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How to protect children from ticks and Lyme disease (Level A1) — a close up of a tick laying on someone's arm

How to protect children from ticks and Lyme diseaseCEFR A1

27 May 2026

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Adapted from Tufts University, Futurity • CC BY 4.0

Photo by Erik Karits, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
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  • 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 animals
    ticks
  • nymph — young form of a tick, very small
    nymph ticks, Nymphs
  • wooded — land area with many trees and plants
  • infection — sickness caused by germs entering the body
    infections
  • tweezers — small metal tool to pull out things
    fine 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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