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Safety for Preschool

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Simple safety pages for preschool: hot things, the traffic light, the stop sign, calling 9-1-1 and safe or not safe choices.

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Hot and not hot

Circle the hot things that can hurt.

Traffic and street safety

Color the traffic light and the stop sign, and trace the word stop.

Getting help

Trace 9-1-1 and practice what to do in an emergency.

Safe or not safe

Sort everyday choices into safe and not safe, with or without scissors.

Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these safety worksheets

Young children learn safety rules best with clear pictures and lots of practice. These pages cover the safety basics most preschools teach: hot things can hurt, red means stop and green means go, a stop sign means stop and wait, and 9-1-1 is the number for a real emergency.

The safe or not safe sort brings it together. Children look at everyday moments, like wearing a helmet on a bike or running into the street after a ball, and decide which choices keep them safe.

Standards

  • ELOF P-PMP 6Child demonstrates knowledge of personal safety practices and routines.
  • ELOF P-ATL 2Child follows classroom rules and routines with increasing independence.
  • ELOF P-ATL 5Child demonstrates an increasing ability to control impulses.
  • ELOF P-SCI 3Child compares and categorizes observable phenomena.

How to use them

  1. Point to real hot things at home, like the stove and the oven, while you talk about the Hot! Don't Touch page.
  2. Play red light, green light after the traffic light page, so the colors become actions.
  3. Practice 9-1-1 on a toy phone only. Talk about what an emergency is and that the number is never for play.
  4. On the safe or not safe pages, talk through each picture. Ask: What could happen? What is the safe choice?
  5. Keep the stop sign page by the door and practice stopping at the curb on every walk.

Teaching tips

  • Say the rule the same short way every time: Stop, look and wait for a grown-up.
  • Teach the safe action, not only the danger. Hold a grown-up's hand is easier to follow than don't run.
  • Some children worry after safety talks. Keep the tone calm and end with what keeps them safe.
  • Teach your child their grown-up's name and, later, a phone number.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What safety rules should preschoolers know?

Hot things can hurt, hold a grown-up's hand near streets, stop at the curb, wear a helmet on a bike, ride buckled in a car seat and call 9-1-1 only in a real emergency.

Should preschoolers learn 9-1-1?

Yes. Children can learn the number and that it is for a real emergency when no grown-up can help. Practice only on a toy phone.

Are there answer keys?

Yes. Hot! Don't Touch and the safe or not safe sorts have an answer key on page 2.