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By
Catherine Pruissen
As
spring arrives children venture to the great outdoors
for play and pleasure. In so doing they encounter
any number of safety obstacles like learning to cope
with traffic. Going for walks is a great way
to teach young children the rules of the road.
- Always
stop at the curb or road edge before entering the
street.
- Look
left, right, then left again before crossing. Look
over your shoulder for turning vehicles. As
you cross the road, keep looking left, right, then
left again.
- Where
traffic lights are placed, only cross when the light
is green or the "WALK" light is on.
- Before
you cross, always look left, right, then left again.
- When
a "DON'T WALK" sign appears, wait on the
curb until the "WALK" sign comes on. If
you are already in the street keep walking.
- Never
walk out from behind a parked vehicle. Walk
to the nearest intersection to cross the
street.
- If
children must walk where there are no sidewalks,
teach them to facing the traffic and to keep
to the left as far away from the road as possible.
From:
Safety Tip of the Month Cards, published by
About Child Care Consumer Services.
(See
Business Forms in our Exclusive Products section to
order ready-to-use Accident/Illness/Injury Report
and other valuable forms and our Safety-Tip
of the Month Cards.)
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©
Catherine M. Pruissen
Catherine M. Pruissen is the CEO of About Child Care
Consumer Services and developer of child care online.
She has published numerous child care related literature,
including Start and
Run a Profitable Home Day Care, The
Daycare Alternative, How to Find Good Child Care,
Caregiver Aids: Business
Forms for Caregivers and Parents, Income
Tax & Record Keeping for Child Care Providers,
and a host of workshops and workbooks. She was the editor
and publisher of the bi-monthly newsletter, Parent Care,
Your Child Care News-line. Catherine was also the coordinator
and workshop facilitator for The Child Care Information
Centre in Calgary, Alberta, and ran a successful dayhome
for eight years. |
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