- Children spend more time outside during warm months.
- Ticks live in wooded areas, tall grass, and brush.
- Tiny nymph ticks are very hard to see.
- Nymphs cause most infections because they are small.
- Ticks can give people Lyme disease.
- Shower after outdoor play to wash off ticks.
- Do nightly tick checks on the head and body.
- Remove ticks with fine tweezers close to skin.
- See a doctor if you get fever or rash.
Difficult words
- tick — small insect that bites people and animalsticks
- nymph — young form of a tick, very smallnymph ticks, Nymphs
- wooded — land area with many trees and plants
- infection — sickness caused by germs entering the bodyinfections
- tweezers — small metal tool to pull out thingsfine tweezers
- rash — red spots on the skin
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Discussion questions
- Do you play outside in warm months?
- Do you check your head and body for ticks at night?
- Have you ever had a fever or rash after being outside?
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