Safety actions for teenagers

Activities and suggestions for educating children learn how to be secure

Parents and caregivers are fierce protectors of their children who care deeply about all the time preserving their kids secure. But there are moments when children should be on their very own, or away from their dad and mom. That’s why it’s essential for teenagers to know learn how to keep secure by themselves.

“Kids learn by watching their parents,” says Amy Frias, group educator and Safe Kids Orange County coordinator, and Michelle Lubahn, group training supervisor at CHOC.

Doing actions collectively that promote security might be an effective way for folks to show children learn how to have secure habits. Amy and Michelle provide the next enjoyable, simple security exercise concepts.

Activities to show highway and sidewalk security to children

• Take a security stroll collectively as a household. Point out potential security hazards in your neighborhood.  Show your children secure locations to cross the road, keep away from distracted strolling (like telephones) and keep seen by sporting reflective clothes.
• Cross the road collectively and ensure to remind children to all the time look left, proper and left once more and make eye contact with the motive force earlier than crossing. 
• Set up a crosswalk simulation. Using chalk or tape, arrange a mock crosswalk. Teach your children in regards to the significance of utilizing crosswalks, wanting each methods earlier than crossing and ready for the sign at an intersection.
• Play purple gentle, inexperienced gentle. This might be an effective way to show children about site visitors gentle colours.
• Go on a household bike trip and train your children learn how to correctly put on a helmet. Make positive to level out and observe the principles of the highway. Don’t overlook to put on a helmet your self — your children will be taught from you!   

Activities to show automotive security to children

• Have a buckle-up relay. Set up a relay race the place kids must “buckle up” by fastening a seatbelt accurately in a delegated seat. The first workforce to complete buckling up wins. Use this chance to show them the significance of sporting seatbelts and learn how to correctly safe them.
• Remind your children below 13 to all the time sit at the back of the automotive as a result of it’s the most secure place for them. Make the again seat enjoyable by providing coloring or exercise books to your children. Younger kids ought to all the time be buckled up in an applicable automotive seat or booster within the again seat.
• Sing this track to the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round,”  to remind your children about automotive security:

Activities to show water security to children

• Create a listing of water security pointers for your loved ones collectively. Use drawn or cut-out footage from magazines to assist illustrate your guidelines like:
  • Always swim with a buddy.
  • Wear a life jacket.
  • Look earlier than you leap or dive.

• Teach your children the “Stewie the Duck” track (to the tune of “Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star”) from the Stew Leonard Foundation:  

• Have your youngster take a group training class on water security from native authorities packages, healthcare organizations or swim faculties. CHOC Community Education affords a free “Stewie the Duck Learns to Swim” class to children ages Pre-Ok to first grade. Call 714-509-8887 for sophistication availability.
• Have your youngster enable you to empty out buckets, wading swimming pools and the bath once they aren’t in use—kids can drown in as little as two inches of water. Make it a sport, and luxuriate in splashing water on one another whilst you empty.

Activities to show children dwelling security

• Have a security scavenger hunt at dwelling. Walk round your house and level out potential hazards to your youngster like a second-story open window, unattended stovetops or uncovered electrical cords. Be positive to elucidate to your children learn how to be secure throughout these eventualities.
• Have an at-home fireplace drill. Show your children what the fireplace alarm appears like, observe “stop, drop and roll,” and the place to seek out the closest exit.
• Role-play eventualities collectively. Teach your youngster to not settle for items or speak to a stranger who could strategy them or come to the door, have a kitchen security lesson and present them learn how to deal with sharp objects, flip pot handles inward and use oven mitts and the place to go throughout an earthquake.
• Practice first help. Teach your kids fundamental first help expertise, like learn how to clear and bandage minor cuts, the significance of washing fingers and when to hunt assist from an grownup. Your youngster may even role-play like a nurse or physician to observe first help.

More security assets for households

• Visit Safe Kids Worldwide, a nonprofit group serving to households and communities maintain children secure from accidents within the US and past. The Safe Kids Orange County coalition is led by CHOC, offering assets like handouts, movies and different methods to maintain your children secure and scale back unintentional accidents.
• Visit CHOC’s Health Hub for extra security suggestions and methods from our pediatric consultants.
• Take free group training courses for folks and youngsters close to you. Visit CHOC’s Community Education web page for extra details about our courses for the group.
• Read books and watch movies about security collectively as a household
  • Stewie the Duck Learns to Swim, by Kim and Stew Leonard Jr.
  • Safety in Seconds: Bike Helmet Fit Test video
  • Chuggington I Rail security video

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