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ROAD SAFETY THEME

CRAFTS:

Traffic Lights
Make stop and go lights out of shoeboxes. Tape the lid to the bottom of the box. Cover with black construction paper and have children place green, yellow and red circles in correct order on the box. Red circles on top, yellow middle, green on bottom.

GAMES & ACTIVITIES:

911 Telephone Acting 
Have a few phones in the class, and go over with the children what to say when the phone rings and the child answers. Teach them the proper and safe things to do, like: not giving their name, telling the person on the phone where they live, or if they are alone. You can even have each child come up to the phone , as you pretend to ring the phone & be the stranger. This is also a good time to go over dialing 911 in case of an emergency.

Bike and Pedestrian Safety
Talk with the children about crossing the street. You need to look both ways, follow traffic signals and look for the white lines to walk between.

Bicycle Rodeo
Set up a bike rodeo in a school yard or empty parking lot with assistance from the local police, safety association or your local detachment of the RCMP. Set up these check stations: riding skills, how to do a bike safety check, street sign identification, and the rules of the road. At all times emphasize the use of bike helmets! Also check out information on the Flashback Safety Education Program.

Block Play
Provide the children with bikes, cars, and people in the block area. Encourage the children to create a neighborhood, and follow the safety rules.

Crossing Guard
Provide the children with a paper stop sign, and bright orange crossing guard shirt. Let the children take turns pretending to be a crossing guard.

Flashback
For this activity you will need: a dark field, bright or fluorescent clothing, a flashlight and something reflective.
Begin to show your group the truth about the visibility of fluorescence by wearing bright, or fluorescent clothes in an unlit park, or other safe location. One person at a time should act as the "tester" and have a flashlight held up to one eye and pointing straight in front of him. This imitates what a driver sees from behind his headlights.  One brightly coloured Beaver should then walk away from the tester until she can no longer be seen. She should then look down at themselves and see that she is still lit up by the flashlight. This would be the point where you think that a car sees you, but in fact you are still invisible to the motorist. The Beaver should then back away from the tester until she is no longer lit up by the flashlight. At this point she can expose a reflective strip, sticker, or flashback product (stop signs and stickers), which will make her visible again to the tester, or motorist. She can then continue to back up until the tester can no longer see any reflection (up to 100 m/325' or more!). This is a good first introduction to fluorescent vs. reflective material.

I Spy a Sign Game
Show the children a variety of different signs. Then give clues.. like "I spy a sign with a that is a rectangle." Keep giving clues until the children can tell you which sign you have chosen.

Pedestrian Walk
Place masking tape on the floor, to represent a cross walk. The children can walk between the lines or roll play.

Red Light, Green Light
Have the children run around and someone yells out, "red light" and the children have to stop what they are doing until they hear "green light."

Stop Signs
Cut out hexagon shapes from white paper. Have the children color or paint them red. Then write the word "stop" and glue a popsicle stick to the paper to create a stop sign.

Sign Match Game
Obtain pictures of the signs. Make two color copies of each (they need to be about the same size) Then glue each sign to an index card and play memory

SONGS:

Stop, Look and Listen
Stop, Look and listen,
Before you cross the street.
First use your eyes and ears
Then use your feet!

Traffic Light
The red light means stop
The green light means go
The yellow light means caution
This you should know.

We are safe (tune of mulberry bush)
This is the way that we are safe we are safe we are safe
this is the way that we are safe every day of the year
 This is the way we cross the street look left then right left the right
this is the way we cross the street look left the right for safety t
 This is the way we ride in the car sit up straight buckle your belt
this is the way we ride in the car buckle your belt for safety

Twinkle twinkle traffic light (tune of twinkle little star)
twinkle twinkle traffic light
standing on the corner bright
when its green its time to go
when its red its stop you know
twinkle twinkle traffic light
standing on the corner bright
 

STORIES:

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FOOD SUGGESTIONS:

Stop Signs
8 sided crackers, peanut butter and jelly on the cracker

Yield Signs
Triangle crackers and yellow cheese
 
 

TIPS/NOTES:

Have a safety patrol from a local school visit your school.