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What to Teach Kids If They Get Lost in a Store or Park
A calm, practiced plan for the moment a child cannot find their grown-up: stop and stay, look and yell, ask the right helper, and know a phone number by heart, with the...
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Safety Activities for Preschoolers That Actually Stick
Ten short, physical safety activities for preschoolers covering fire, trusted adults, water, germs and the playground, each built on pediatric and child safety guidance...
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Classroom Emergency Posters: Boo-Boo, Nurse or 911?
A simple ladder young children can learn: tell a grown-up about a small hurt, see the nurse when something feels wrong, and know what...
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Calm Corner Visuals: What to Put on the Wall and Why
Which calm corner visuals actually help a child calm down, which ones are decoration, how many to hang, and how high, with a breakdown...
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Playground Safety Rules for Kids to Learn Before Recess
Five playground rules a young child can learn before the first recess, the equipment and supervision checks that stay the adult's job, and what...
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Fire Safety for Kids: What to Teach and How to Practice It
A short, fixed fire safety routine, practiced twice a year: two ways out of every room, one meeting place outside, and what a child...
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Safety Corner vs. Calming Corner: What's the Difference?
A Calming Corner and a Safety Corner sit on the same supply list and get mistaken for the same idea. They are not. Here...
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Safety Corner Ideas: How to Set Up and Decorate
A safety corner is one small patch of wall that does a specific job, and most of them fail for layout reasons rather than...
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How to Teach Kids Personal Safety Without Scaring Them
The safety talk most of us grew up with was one sentence long and it was the wrong sentence. Here is what pediatric and...
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