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The Indigo Haired Boy Taught Us about Vaccinations

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I really struggled with what to write about using the color indigo. Mrs. Matlock’s Summer School class is studying the color indigo this week. JDaniel and I went to Lowes to find an indigo paint chip to help me think about things that are indigo. I thought about making play dough or finger paint that was indigo. Since color mixing has never been my forte, I feared someone would come along and point out my indigo wasn’t really indigo at all. I tried finding pictures of indigo things on Google and found some people have purple things the call indigo and others have blue. That search wasn’t much help to me. While watching TV., I noticed Sid the Science Kid has indigo hair. I decided to tell you about Sid a boy who has indigo-colored hair if your television tint is just right.

We don’t watch a lot of the television each day. We do watch Sid the Science Kid periodically in the morning. Who is Sid? He is the Indigo Haired Boy that has a cartoon science show for preschool-age children on PBS. On Monday Sid announced at the beginning of his show that his grandma was coming to his school to give him and his friends vaccinations for the flu. He wondered what vaccinations were and why he had to take one. His parents told him it was something that parents decide to do to keep their children and the people around them healthy. The show proceeded to explain ways to avoid getting and passing on germs along with more information about vaccinations once Sid got to school. Hand washing, elbow coughing and keeping your house clean were three of the ways to stay away from germs covered. It was really informative episode for JDaniel and me. There were lots of opportunities for us to talk about germs, antibodies, and shots.

We as a family have chosen to get flu shots. I know not everyone makes that same choice for their families. If you choose to get them, the episode of Sid the Science Kid may be a good one for you to watch with your child.



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  1. My boys always liked Sid! That’s a cool take on writing about Indigo. We do vaccines in our house (lots don’t) but that may be an episode I want to look up and see if I can watch online with my boys before their next shots.

    God bless! Hope you have a great week!

  3. We LOVE Sid. Bunny was talking about her muscles, bones, skin, eyes… My mom asked, Where did this come from. I told her that she loves the show and learns alot from it. What did my Mom do? She went out and bought a box set of DVDs. LOL.
    I enjoyed that episode. It was very informative :o)

  4. I had a hard time thinking of Indigo thoughts this week too 🙂

    Sid the Science kid sounds like an interesting show. We don’t have anything like that which is unfortunate since it sounds very educational.

    Thanks for such an informative Indigo post 🙂 I hadn’t even thought of the flu shot yet since the weather here is still so hot. Maybe this year I check to see if E can get it at her doctor.

  6. I loved that episode too- and how they made his fun grandma the nurse! And I loved that they were honest with kids that it would hurt – but just for a second:)

    Love Sid:)

  10. I’ve never heart of Sid, but this sounds like a really fun show. And his hair is indigo? How perfect! Cute post. Kat

  11. I’m shot phobic…maybe I should watch! Usually I just make sure the rest of the family gets them.

  14. My daughter loved Sid for a while. I think it is a great show with lots of fascinating information for the kiddos. Good luck on the indigo!

  15. We love Sid the Science Kid! We saw the vaccination episode when it first aired late last fall. It was during the swine flu scare and they were encouraging kids to get their flu shots! My daughter saw it right before she received her non-swine flu shot. Unfortunately, she didn’t have access to the swing flu shot until about 2 weeks after she had already come down with swine flu. Luckily, her swine flu was pretty mild and she now as immunity for life! Yay!

  16. I’d never heard of him before (because I’m ancient), but what a great idea for a way to teach.

  20. Aaah, did my comment just save there or get lost? probably get lost!

    Was just saying that we are lucky to have our little people in our lives, makes these post challenges easier!!! 😉

    Now onto violet!!

    Maggy

  22. The flu is not fun. I saw too many previously healthy individuals succumb to the ravages of swine flu last year…so very tragic. But as you said, the choice to vaccinate is a personal one for the parent to make. Very good post JDMom.

  26. What a great way for kids to understand! We had the flu mist last year and the kids loved it…no shot! Probably do the same this year too.

  28. Good stuff here Dierdre. Nice way to stay out of the controversy and share some relevant information for those who may have children who’re afraid.

  29. What? A cartoon that my Grands haven’t told me about? How can this be?

    Oh. Wait. It’s educational. That would explain it!

    ha!

    What a fun and informative stop on our little journey through Rainbow Summer Schools Indigo.

    Definitely a tough color but you did awesome.

    A+

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