I’m Safe! Walk with Me • Head Start Teacher's Guide © Child Safety Solutions, Inc.

Meeting the Requirements of Head Start Regulations 1304.21, 1304.22, 1304.40 & 1310.21

Head Start Requirement (for the exact wording, go to http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/)

Examples from the I’m Safe! Walk with Me Curriculum Kit

1304.21 (a)(1) (i-iii) Requires a developmentally and linguistically appropriate approach, inclusive of children with disabilities, and provision an environment of acceptance.

I’m Safe! educational materials provide the fl exibility to adapt activities to individual learning styles, include children with disabilities, as well as foster acceptance and respect. For examples, please review the I’m Safe! Walk with Me DVD and Safe Walking Star storybook as well as the parent handouts provided in Spanish on pages 5, 7, 19, 21, 23, 25 and 27.

1304.21 (a)(2) Describes requirements for parent involvement.

1304.40 (d)(1) States grantee and delegate agencies must provide parent involvement and education activities that are responsive to the ongoing and expressed needs of the parents.

Throughout the I’m Safe! Head Start materials, parents are encouraged to help plan, participate in and observe their children’s learning experiences. For examples, please see pages 4-7 and 18-27 of this Guide.

1304.21 (a)(3) Requires grantee and delegate agencies to support social and emotional development.

I’m Safe! curriculum materials offer activities that help build trust, foster a child’s independence, encourage re-spect and support children’s culture and family composi-tion. Please refer to pages 4-7, 8-10, 12-15 and 24-25 of this Guide for examples.

1304.21 (a)(4) Requires grantee and delegate agencies to provide for the development of each child’s cognitive and language skills.

Each child’s learning is supported in the I’m Safe! mate-rials through opportunities for experimentation, inquiry, observation, play and exploration. Creative self-expres-sion, interaction and language use, emerging literacy and numeracy development are encouraged through use of I’m Safe! activities.

1304.21 (a)(5) Requires promotion of each child’s physical development.

Opportunities for active play, as well as gross and fi ne motor movement are included in I’m Safe! activities. Please see pages 8-9, 13-17, and 22-23 in this Guide.

1304.21 (c)(1) Describes curriculum requirements for pre-schoolers.

I’m Safe! materials support individual learning patterns, the development of age-appropriate cognitive, problem-solving and reasoning skills; enhance each child’s understanding of self as an individual and as a member of a group; provide opportunities for success and for individual and small group experiences both indoors and outdoors.

1304.22 (d) (1-2) Injury prevention. Grantee and delegate agencies must ensure that staff and volunteers can demon-strate safety practices and foster safety awareness among children and parents.

Safety awareness and education are integrated through-out I’m Safe! materials and activities for educators, children and their families.

*Due to the space constraints of this sample guide, we did not list all the requirements the full guide supports. Please call or email for the full list, 877-669-7233 ext. 205; alison@imsafe.com.

CONTENTS Page

Welcome.......inside front cover

Quick Start Guidelines....... 1

Parent Letter/Fact Sheet..... 3

Song 1/Lesson 1:The Walking School Bus.. 4-5

Song 2/Lesson 2: Are you Ready...............6-7

Song 3/Lesson 3:Signs & Signals................8-9

Song 4/Lesson 4:I’m a Safe Walker.......10-11

Song 5/Lesson 5: That Big Yellow Bus.....12-13

Take Home Masters....14-18 Activity Masters..........19-21

Evaluation Forms .......22-23

Head Start Grid...............24

Meets Safety Education Requirements of Head Start Regulation 1310.21

For Grades Pre-K – K

Head Start Teacher’s Guide

Walk with MeFor Grades Pre-K – K

Head Start Teacher’s Guide

Walk with Me

Pedestrian & School Bus Safety Education Kit

This time-saving kit meets Head Start requirements and includes one I’m Safe! Walk with Me Teacher’s Guide, one I’m Safe! Walk with Me video, one “big” storybook, one classroom poster, one set of 12 teaching cards, 25 award certificates, one plush puppet, one set of 25 bingo cards, 25 paint sheets, 25 parent tip sheets, 25 removable tattoo sheets, all in a durable carrying bag. Item Code: 6-4511

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Stop Sign don't walk signalBe Sure Drivers See you

look left-look right-look left

Railroad Crossinggreen light

crossing guard school bus stop

red light walk signal

how safe are you around a school bus?

CONTENTS Page

Welcome . . . . inside front cover

Quick Start Guidelines . . . . 1

Parent Letter/Fact Sheet . . . 3 Song 1/Lesson 1: The Walking School Bus . . 4-5

Song 2/Lesson 2: Are you Ready: . . . . . . . . .6-7

Song 3/Lesson 3: Signs & Signals . . . . . . . . .8-9

Song 4/Lesson 4: I’m a Safe Walker. . . . .10-11

Song 5/Lesson 5: That Big Yellow Bus . . . .12-13

Take Home Masters . . 14-18 Activity Masters. . . . . . .19-21

Evaluation Forms . . . . .22-23

Head Start Grid . . . . . . . . 24

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• If you have just a few minutes...use the Talking Points and/or 5 minute activities found at the beginning of each section in this Guide.

• If you have 15 minutes...pick one of the ideas from the “Have 15 Minutes?” activities found in each section of the Teacher’s Guide.

• If you can devote 30-45 minutes per day for a week...take advantage of the planner below and use the lessons provided under “Let’s Go!” in each section of the Teacher’s Guide.

“safe walking WEEK” PLANNER

1-3 weeks before . . .

Look through the “Materials Needed” section for each lesson and gather the materials you will need.

Prepare yourself. Watch the I’m Safe! Walk with Me video and read through the lessons and Take-Home materials in this Guide.

Practice using the Hoot Owl Hand Puppet in this Kit. Review the suggestions in this Guide.

Option: Use the Behavioral Observation Form on page 22 as a pre-test.

Send a letter home to parents (see page 3), along with the “Walk Safely” Parent Tip Sheet in this kit. Please note that Parent and Take Home materials are written at no more than a fourth grade level.

The Afternoon before . . .

Build excitement. Provide the children with a sneak preview of what’s coming. You can ask the Critical Thinking Questions on page 23. Jot down the childrens’ responses in the space provided.

The Week of . . .

Set up a display and/or manipulatives in the classroom. Place the Are You a Safe Walker? poster on a wall near a table or shelf containing toy cars, trucks, and buses.

Post the laminated traffic signs around the classroom. Place the Safe Walking Star big book in the Book Corner. Encourage the children to look through the book and notice what the characters in

do to stay safe.

Send Parent and Activity Pages home each day.

Repeat the Critical Thinking Questions on page 23 at the end of the week to determine what the students have retained.

The day after . . .

Fill in each child’s name and distribute the Safe Walking Award Certificates to each child.

Option: Use the Behavioral Observation Form as a post-learning evaluation.

Throughout the school year . . .

Review Safe Walking skills with your students by using the 5 and 15 minute activities in this Guide, playing the Bingo Game, and doing the activities included on the back of the 12 laminated Teaching Cards in this Kit.

Quick Start Guidelines

Head Start Regulations

With each lesson, you will see references to sections of the Head Start Regulations. The ref-erences indicate the Head Start Performance Standards addressed in that lesson. To read the actual regulation, please go to

http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/

A summary of each Head Start requirement addressed in this Teacher’s Guide can be found on the back cover.

References use the following format:

1304.21 (a)(2)

The above reference refers to section CFR 45 1304.21 of the Head Start Performance Standards, titled “Education and early childhood development.” Part (a) of this standard is “Child development and education approach for all children.” The (2) refers to the second section of this part which describes requirements for involving parents.

I’m Safe! Walk with Me • Head Start Teacher's Guide © Child Safety Solutions, Inc.

• Why do people walk? (Possible answers: to get some-where; exercise; fun; better for the enviroment; less traffic; it’s healthy; discover new things; time with friends)

• How can kids walk safely? (Possible answers: walk with a grownup and a buddy; obey signs and signals; check the weather; cross streets safely, etc.)

• Have you ever heard of a walking school bus? How would you describe it? (A walking school bus is a group of students who walk to school with one or more grownups. See http://www.walking school-bus.org or http://teach ertip-straining.suite101.com/article.cfm/walking_school_bus_for_students)

have 5 minutes?

Activity ONE:Watch the DVD

Cue up the “Walking School Bus” song in advance. [approximately 1:00 - 2:19 minutes on the DVD.] Watch this portion of the video and ask the children what they like about the walking school bus.

Activity Two: Brainstorm: Why walk?

With the class, brainstorm about reasons to walk. How many can students think of in 1 minute?

Next, brainstorm reasons to ride

in a car. How many can students think of in 1 minute? Compare the lists. Ask for a show of hands. If students have a choice, how many would rather walk? How many would rather ride in a car?

have 15 minutes?

Activity ONE:Be the School Bus

Have the Owl Puppet tell the students to freeze, wherever they are in the classroom Select two students to be the adults who start the walking school bus, and invite one of them to wear the owl puppet. The “adults” walk from student to student and the owl puppet unfreezes them so they can join the walking school bus. Eventually, all the children will have joined the school bus, creating a parade with one of the “adults” walking in front and the other, walking behind.

Activity Two:Sing a Song

Sing “We all Go Walking” to the tune of “The Ants Go Marching.” (See the column to the right.) Have students make up their own motions to go with the song.

Activity three:Make a Map

Brainstorm with the children places they could travel to as a walking school bus and places they would need to ride to. Show students pictures of different areas such as a park, a downtown shopping area, a highway,

a city street, a suburban neighbor-hood, and other environments.

Ask the children to determine whether each picture shows a place they could get to using a walking school bus.

Song 1 ACTIVITIES: The Walking School Bus

talking points

“We All Go Walking”Sing to the tune of

“The Ants Go Marching”

Words We all go walking two-by-two, hurrah, hurrah. (repeat) We all go walking two-by-two; we follow the rules; we know what to do. And we all go walking safe, with our friends, from the start to the end. Boom, boom, boom, boombah, boom, boom, boom . . .

When we walk, we bring a grown-up, hurrah, hurrah. (repeat) We bring a grown-up and wear bright clothes; we make sure our parents know where we go. And we all go walking safe, with our friends, from the start to the end. Boom, boom, boom, boombah, boom, boom, boom . . .

Before we cross streets, we look all ways, hurrah, hurrah. (repeat) We keep on looking as we cross - left, right, left - we do not stop. And we all go walking safe, with our friends, from the start to the end. Boom, boom, boom, boombah, boom, boom, boom . . .

We pay attention and walk on sidewalks hurrah, hurrah. (repeat) If there’s no sidewalk, stay far to the side. We make sure we go the same way the cars ride. And we all go walking safe, with our friends, from the start to the end. Boom, boom, boom, boombah, boom, boom, boom.

Walking Song