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Summer Safety Tips For The Kids Summer is approaching, the weather is warming up, the days are longer and there is more time to be outside doing all kinds of fun activities. Summer in maximum places of US is a beautiful and wonderful time of year for the children. The weather is pleasant and there is so much to do – swimming, boating, hiking- trekking, making a sandcastle on sea beaches, etc. But along with all this fun, one has to experience the damaging effect of the sun, and childcare San Dimas, CA thinks that sun safety should be practiced all yearround though the grade of safety should be enhanced during summer. The following precautions should be taken by the children to avoid sunburn, dehydration, and other summer-related problems. Most of the Montessori caregivers think that it is essential to make children aware of the risks of sunburn and heatstroke and how ultra-violate rays can harm the skin so that they themselves take the needed precautions before going outside. Using sunscreen can be regarded as the number one summer safety tip. Apply a good quality sunscreen not only on the face and neck of the children. The application of ample use of sunscreen is need on all exposed areas. Buy a sunscreen with SPF 30 and those are specially made for the children. Reapply the sunscreen every two hours or after swimming because water removes most of the cream from the skin.