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The WalkSafe Program encourages crosswalk safety for kids through an online, 3-day school curriculum, and educational materials for parents.
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The WalkSafe Program offers educational materials for...
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It’s always best to walk on sidewalks or paths and cross at street corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks. If there are no sidewalks, walk facing traffic as far to the left as possible. Teach kids to make eye contact with drivers before crossing the street.
4 sie 2024 · Every parent knows that streets and street crossings pose a threat to the safety of their children. Children don’t have the ability to judge distance and speed as well as adults do. That’s why it’s all the more important to start teaching street safety while they’re young.
The WalkSafe Program offers educational materials for parents or schools to teach K-5th grade children how to cross a crosswalk safely on the way to school.
This safety activity will give children an opportunity to learn about the traffic environment, driver behavior, as well as how to stay safe while crossing the street. Kids today are raised with technology, so by the time they’re teenagers, they are already pros at texting and posting pictures.
The Child Pedestrian Safety Curriculum teaches and encourages pedestrian safety for students grades Kindergarten through 5th Grade. It is organized into five lessons: walking near traffic, crossing streets, crossing intersections, parking lot safety, and school bus safety.
20 wrz 2024 · Be a role model when walking with your child by demonstrating safe pedestrian practices. As you walk, point out safe areas to cross the road, use available crossing signals, and look “left, right and left again” each time you cross the street. Saying what you are doing aloud can also help draw a child’s attention to your safe behaviours.
