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Health and safety skills
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Hands to Hold
Make a “hand to hold” for each child by putting two pieces of felt together and
tracing around the child’s hand with the thumb out and the four fingers together.
The “hand” will be in the shape of a mitten. Make a larger one for yourself.
Cut out each pair of hands and sew them together with yarn. (This would be a
good job for a parent volunteer!)
Put on your “hand to hold” and talk to the children about safety and holding
hands when crossing the street, in a parking lot, or walking outside. Show them
the “hands” you have made and give one to each of them.
Have the children put a “hand to hold” on one of their hands.
Walk to the playground in pairs with each child holding another child’s felt hand.
Collect the “hands” and use them again to teach this safety rule!
Stop & Go
Cut a large stop sign (eight sides) out of cardboard and let the children paint it
with red paint and sponges. Write STOP on it with a black marker and explain
that this sign means “stop.”
While walking down a hallway or outside on the sidewalk, hold up the sign and
say “stop” to emphasize stopping for safety.
Let a child hold up the sign occasionally.
Let the children use the sign outside with the riding toys.
If you have a carpool line, use the sign to teach the children when to stop and go.
Use the stop sign as you move to music with a song such as “Stop and Go” by
Ella Jenkins.
Help the children make small stop signs to use with trucks, cars, and other
vehicles.
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