A way to teach safety rules

[sctmom 11]

This was my son's idea in 4th grade for talking about safety with the Webelos.

 

He took his carpet that looks like a road, used to play with matchbox cars, to the den meeting. He also took an array of matchbox cars, including a school bus, pick up truck, police car and ambulance. Used army men as pedestrians. You could also use those little Lego people.

 

He set up the mat with the vehicles and people in different situations, some safe and some not safe. Then we went around the circle, having each boy point out an unsafe condition and what to do to fix it. Once we finished the main part of the meeting, the boys got to play cars for a few minutes.

 

I think this would work well with any of the Cub Scout ages. The 4th graders had a great time with it. They were so quick and excited to point out the problems.

 

Some of the unsafe problems,

standing too close to the curb when the school bus arrived

riding in the back of a pickup truck

not getting out of the way of the police car

not crossing at the cross walk

 

I'm sure you can think of many more. Some have to be "acted out" to work well.

 

Hope this helps.