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How to Stay Safe

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What you will learn

  • 1State key safety rules for home, outdoors, the road, and water
  • 2Explain the stranger safety rule
  • 3Sort everyday behaviors as safe or not safe with a reason
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Mini Lesson

Staying safe means knowing the rules before you need them. Safety rules are not there to stop you having fun — they are there to make sure you can keep having fun by avoiding injuries and danger.

Home safety

  • Never touch stoves, ovens, or hot appliances without an adult.
  • Never touch electrical sockets or pull on electrical cords.
  • Use sharp objects — knives, scissors — only with a grown-up, and carry them carefully.
  • Never take medicines without a trusted adult giving them to you.

Road safety

  • Always use the sidewalk. If there is no sidewalk, walk facing traffic.
  • Stop at the curb, look left, look right, look left again — and keep looking as you cross.
  • Obey traffic lights. Green = walk, red = stop and wait.
  • Wear a helmet when riding a bike or scooter.

Water safety

  • Never swim alone — always have an adult watching.
  • Wear a life jacket in a boat or if you are not a strong swimmer.
  • Never run near a pool — the ground is slippery.

Stranger safety

  • A trusted adult is someone your parent or guardian has told you is safe — like a coach, family member, or known neighbor.
  • If a stranger asks you to go somewhere or gives you something, say NO, get away, and tell a trusted adult immediately.
  • Know your full name, home address, and a parent's phone number.

Words to know

Safety

Being kept away from harm and danger

e.g. Safety rules keep me out of trouble.

Trusted adult

A grown-up your family says is safe to talk to

e.g. My grandma is a trusted adult.

Stranger

A person you do not know

e.g. I do not go anywhere with a stranger.

Helmet

A hard hat that protects your head when biking

e.g. I wear a helmet on my scooter.

Emergency

A serious problem that needs help right now

e.g. In an emergency I tell a grown-up.

Four safety zones: home, pool, road, and playFour tiles — at home (no fire, no strangers), at the pool (walk, do not run), on the road (look both ways, use crosswalk), and at play (wear a helmet).Safety Rules EverywhereAt HomeNo fire playNo strangersAsk an adultAt the PoolWalk, do not runnear the poolListen to grown-upsOn the RoadLook both waysUse thecrosswalkHold a handAt PlayWear a helmetLife jacket on boatNo swim alone
Safety rules at home, at the pool, on the road, and at play.
Who to call in an emergencyAn emergency contact panel showing a phone icon and three ways to get help: call a parent, a grown-up calls 911 in an emergency, and tell a trusted grown-up, arranged with arrows flowing from the phone outward.If You Need HelpCALLforhelpParentcall home first911emergencyTrusted Grown-uptell them right awayknow a parent'sphone numberdanger?grown-up calls 911
Three safe people to reach in an emergency.
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Ask yourself: "Could this hurt me or someone else? Is a trusted adult nearby? If in doubt — stop and ask!"

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