Join Mister Rogers and Daniel Tiger as they explore the doctor's office and learn about why check-ups are important in our favorite select clips from The Fred Rogers Company. Through these episodes, clips, activities, and articles, help your children and students gain a much more thorough understanding of what a doctor's visit entails and, with the help of Mister Rogers and Daniel, feel prepared before they take the trip themselves.

Childhood is full of new experiences. Whether going to the doctor, traveling on an airplane, or visiting a relative's house for the first time, talking about and planning for new experiences can help children manage their fears and expectations. In this set of resources, we will focus on how you can help children work on using play to better understand feelings, develop imagination, and feel proud of themselves for facing a new experience. Watch the videos about New Experiences and think about how you could use them as part of the classroom activity or throughout the year as children face new experiences such as a trip to the doctor.

Lily's father takes her to the doctor to get a checkup and a shot. Help kids understand the full process of going to the doctor and getting a shot. Remind kids that when they are scared they can think of something happy. [2:40]

Explore the changes that have occurred within the health insurance field and the impact on the consumer's ability to afford insurance, and understand the dilemma physicians face in providing managed care.

This Little Farm is full of sweet farm animals! Come with Miss Penny and the KidVision Pre-K Kids as they collect eggs, measure a pony, and milk a goat. You will hear the sounds all your favorite farm animals make! It will inspire your class to sing..."Old MacDonald had a farm......" Included are links to age-appropriate lesson plans. [8:51]

"Have you ever had a favorite pair of funky shoes that you wore every single day, until they started to hurt the bottoms of your feet? Everhelped your mom or dad plant flowers in the yard and later noticed a weird bump on your palm? Have you taken a tap dancing class that left painful little bumps on your toes?"

Just about every kid needs to have stitches at one time or another. Whether you're playing a bit too hard and conk your head - ouch! - on your dresser, or your little brother trips you and you cut your knee, sometimes your skin needs some extra help to heal. That's where stitches come in - they are used to join your skin back together. Read this article to find out all about kids and stitches.

A directory of kid-friendly articles and videos about the people who keep kids healthy and the places where medical professionals work. Also learn about the kinds of tests that are used to diagnose health problems and about different kinds of medicines and medical devices that improve the health of children.

Many children have questions and can feel uneasy when emergencies occur in their communities. The Meet the Helpers toolkit is designed to introduce "helpers" and explain the role they play in emergency situations. Included in the toolkit are videos and hands-on activities that provide educators and families with developmentally appropriate resources for young children.

If a crisis has occurred in your community, reassure children that adults are working to keep them safe. Many different types of medical professionals help during an emergency. Included are printable resources to practice emergency preparedness in your home or classroom. [0:50]

Dive deeper into a doctor's career and find out how this Helper assists in emergency situations. Make A Plan: Download, print and complete these resources to practice emergency preparedness in your home or classroom. [2:00]