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Foundations for
social studies
SAFE WITH ME
Activities and Strategies
for Development
You’re Safe With Me
Let children know throughout daily routines that your first job is to keep
them safe.
As you greet children and the adults who bring them to the center, make them
feel secure with your words and actions.
Offer your hand to the toddler or pick them up. Say,“Hi, I’m glad to see you. You
are safe with me until Papa comes back to get you.”
As the child plays and attempts physical skills such as climbing, sit nearby and say
for example,“I will help you stay safe as you climb.”
If a child is a victim of hitting, biting, pushing, or some other hurtful actions, go
immediately to the child that receives the hurt.
As you comfort the child by holding him and talking calmly to him, say,“I’m sorry
you got hurt. You are safe with me.”
Pets on Parade
Send a note home with each child asking if there is a family pet.
Ask the name of the pet, the type of pet and any activities the toddler enjoys
with the pet, such as throwing a ball or giving a treat.
Invite the parent to send in a photo of the pet, if available.
Collect magazine or calendar pictures of dogs, cats, birds, and other pets for
children who do not have pets or do not have pictures of their own pet.
Sit on the rug with your pet pictures and pet information.
Invite the children to sit with you and see some pictures of animal friends
or pets.
As you hold up a picture, say for example,“Micah has a pet dog. Micah what is
your dog’s name? Oh, your dog’s name is Pepper. Do you throw a ball to Pepper?
Show us how you throw Pepper a ball!”
For children who do not have a pet, let them choose a picture of a pet they
like best.
Say for example,“If Ella-Kate could have a pet, she would choose the bunny.”
After sharing the photos together, glue them on a poster board, write the
children’s names with their pets’ names under the photos, and laminate. Hang
the poster at the children’s eye level to look at and recall the activity.
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