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Free Doctor and Hospital Activities, Rhymes, Printables, and Doctor Books

Compare and Contrast Story Character Doctor and Hospital Experiences

Read several of the recommended children’s books about well-known characters that experience doctor’s visits and hospital stays. Choose two of the characters, for example Curious George and Franklin, and ask children to compare and contrast their medical experiences. They should note the things that are the same about the characters’ experiences and the things that are different. Write children’s responses on chart paper and post it for visitors to read.

Miss Twiggle had a Baby
(Original Author Unknown, adapted by Jolanda Garcia)

Miss Twiggle had a baby.
She named him Tiny Tim.

She put him in the bathtub,
To see if he could swim.

He drank up all the water.
He ate up all the soap.

He tried to eat the bathtub,
But it wouldn't go down his throat.

Miss Twiggle called the doctor.
The doctor called the nurse.
The nurse called the lady with the alligator purse.

In walked the doctor.
In walked the nurse.
In walked the lady with the alligator purse.

"Measles!" said the doctor.
"Mumps!" said the nurse.
"Nothing!" said the lady with the alligator purse.

Out went the doctor.
Out went the nurse.
Out went the lady with the alligator purse.

Miss Twiggle with Baby Coloring	Doctor's Office Coloring Page	Doctor's Tools Label

At the Doctor

What Does the Doctor Check?
Adaptation by Erin Lassiter, KidsSoup, Inc
Tune: “Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes”

Use a call and response format along with the “Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes” melody and movements

Call (teacher): What does the doctor check?

Response (children): The doctor checks my…

Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
My head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
That’s how the doctor’s visit goes, how it goes.

Call (teacher): What does the doctor check?

Response (children): The doctor checks my…

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose, 
My eyes and ears and mouth and nose, mouth and nose,
That’s how the doctor’s visit goes, how it goes.

Call (teacher): What does the doctor check?

Response (children): The doctor checks my…

Heart and back and how my body grows,  
My heart and back and how my body grows, body grows,
That’s how the doctor’s visit goes, how it goes.

Hospital or Doctor's Office:

Hospital or Doctor’s Office Dramatic Play Area

Set up an area of the room as a doctor’s office. Include a scale, measuring tape, eye chart, stethoscope, reflex hammer, cotton balls, gauze, elastic bandages, tiny flashlights, doctor’s coats, kid’s magazines, and chairs etc. Include some stuffed animals or dolls as patients, and let children pretend to be the doctors and nurses taking care of them. 

Doctor and Hospital Books

ABC Doctor	The Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor (First Time Books)	I Want To Be A Doctor	Curious George Goes to the Hospital	Doctor Maisy
Franklin Goes To The Hospital	Going to the Doctor (First Experiences)	Harry Goes to the Hospital: A Story for Children about What It's Like to Be in the Hospital	Little Critter: My Trip to the Hospital	My Friend the Doctor

More doctor and hospital activities will be added soon...