Subject(s): Other, Social Studies, P.E. & Health Grades(s): Grades PreK-1

Title – Summer Safety Safari

By – Nancy Hagerty

Primary Subject – Health / Physical Education

Secondary Subjects – Social Studies, Other

Grade Level – 1

Objective: First grade students will demonstrate their understanding of summer safety by creating guidelines for Summer Safety posters.

Health Education Standards:

– Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.

– Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision-making skills that enhance health.

– Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family and community health.

Performance Indicators:

– Students will identify personal health and safety needs.

– Students will describe the relationships between personal health behaviors and individual well-being,

– Students will develop injury prevention and management strategies for personal health.

Life Skill:

– Students will become aware of their responsibility for personal injury protection and safety.

Materials:

– Various art materials

– Teacher created hazard and safety precaution sheet

Anticipatory Set:

– As a class, we will brainstorm a list of summer activities.

– The students will determine which activities can be categorized together.

– Swimming, sun exposure, camping, insects, bike safety, riding in a car, playing at a park, sports, heat, severe weather, etc.

Exploratory Activity:

– Each table will be given one of the categories to determine the hazards of that particular activity.

– The students will record the hazards on the sheet provided.

– The students will come together as a group to share their hazards.

Application:

– Each table will address their individual hazards and develop safety precautions for each one of them.

– The students will record the generated safety precautions on the sheet provided.

Check for Understanding:

– Each group will incorporate their ideas into a poster.

Closure:

– The students will present their posters to the class for discussion.

– Posters will be displayed in the halls the last 2 weeks of school.

Extension:

– Each group of students could work cooperatively with a parent on the computer to create a summer safety brochure to take home over the summer.

– Students could work together to create a short skit and/or puppet show demonstrating some of the safety precautions.

**Field Day Extension

– Most buildings do a field day of sorts near the end of the year, so why not build the activities around the summer safety theme?

– Each “station” of the relay type course could represent a summer activity.

– Students would have to perform some sort of safety activity relevant to that station, Example:

          Swimming: Apply sunscreen and find a buddy.

          Camping: Put dirt on the campfire and tuck jeans into socks for hiking.

– Parents usually turn out to bring snacks and cheer the kids on so they would be getting the messages too.

– Administrators would like it because instruction is still being given.

– Everyone is a winner because each is exposed to safety awareness!

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