Children learn about safety issues, whether presenting or attending a safety fair.
Safety fairs can be presented by adults for children or by children themselves. A child involved in a safety fair learns in-depth information about his topic as he gathers information, creates a display, and talks to the fair attendees. Fairs directed toward children and presented by adults can provide safety information through colorful displays, games and activities about each topic, as well as give children pamphlets or tokens to remind them of what they learned.
Kids on Wheels
Bicycles, tricycles, skates and skateboards all put kids at risk for injury. For a safety fair project, post pictures or real models of toys with wheels. Write out tips to post near the toys or pictures, such as, "Always wear a helmet and protective pads," and "Obey traffic laws." Have safety helmets and child models illustrate how a helmet should properly fit. Display knee and elbow pads that should be worn when skating or skate-boarding. Make a chart with the heights of a car, truck and van, showing that these vehicles are too big to see over and that drivers cannot see a child who is about to dart across a street on a bike, skateboard or skates.
Fire Prevention and Safety
Provide a carpeted area or soft play mats for the children to practice crawling as low as they can to teach them escape smoke. Your local fire department may have a "safe kids' house," in which the kids can experience crawling through a smoky area and exiting a multi-story building by climbing down a chain ladder. Post tips about not playing with matches and lighters. Pair children up and have them practice putting their arms around each other under the armpits to illustrate drag someone from a burning building. Display a poster of the "Stop, drop and roll" method that is used if your clothing catches fire.
Poison Prevention
Children can be poisoned by swallowing chemicals, medications or other harmful substances that might be found around the house. Display empty chemical containers with a "poisonous" symbol on the label. Show empty medicine bottles alongside candy or drink containers that look similar to illustrate the point that children should not put anything in their mouths that may be harmful.
Water Safety
For water safety tips, provide safety vests for children to try on and practice fastening correctly. Place a baby doll face-down in a tub with only 2 inches of water to show that small children can drown in a small amount of water.
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