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Sunday, October 25, 2009

3 safety steps

As a Mommy to young children, I find myself asking many other Mothers who have older children the question of "when did you know it was time to teach on _____ and _____ and _____? well the answer is always the same.....as they tell me, you'll know when the right time will be for your child.

So I've started realizing it is true what they say, you really will know when it is time and when your child is ready to learn about certain things.

Aleia is now 4 1/2 and has started pre-school, and so many new situations and conversations have been brought up, such Crossing the street, what do we in case of a fire and what is a stranger. So I've decided to use this little 3 liner 3 step rule system to help her remember what we do when we are:

#1 crossing the street, #2 in a fire, or #3 Stranger alert

Rule #1 = Stop, Look and Listen (crossing the street)
Rule #2 = Stop, Drop and Roll (in case of a fire)
Rule #3 = Run, Yell and Tell (Your heart alarm tells you somethings not right.....Stranger alert)

I found a few really good educational video clips off of lilyguanausa.org and they have been so helpful in re-emphasizing what I've been trying to teach Allie about the 3 safety steps that I feel are very important for her to learn at this time in her life.

Do you have any good safety steps you are teaching your child at this time that could be helpful?

4 comments:

Kendra Lynn said...

I really like # 3...excellent. That is one we've been working on with our girls, too. They are so friendly, and I am so paranoid! But so far, they have been doing just fine...you are a good mommy, Stacey.

The Brown's said...

It sounds to me like you are doing a great job! I might steal a few of those for Mckena she is the one I worry about :)

Stacey said...

Yes! I think Brienna will need to learn these 3 steps sooner then Aleia did. (She is the one I pour out my prayers on that God will keep His hand on her when I'm watching and when I'm not) She is a mess!

Pastor said...

Yeah, thats really cool but when I get home I will be teaching her a slightly different version of stranger response:

DADDY, GUN & SHOVEL!

That is all she or the stranger needs to know.