🌊 Pool & Sun Safety
This is the most important item to pack for a sunny day to protect your skin from harmful UV rays and sunburns.
What is sunscreen?
You must click and strap this important piece of gear onto your head every single time you ride a bike, scooter, or skateboard.
What is a helmet?
This is a quick mindfulness skill where you slowly inhale through your nose like you are smelling a flower, and exhale through your mouth like you are blowing out a candle.
What is a deep breath?
This rule states that the parts of your body covered by a bathing suit are private and belong entirely to you.
What is the swimsuit rule? (Or bathing suit rule).
Spending too many hours watching YouTube, playing video games, or staring at an iPad over the summer break is a habit known as too much of this.
What is screen time?
This is the safety rule you must follow on the wet concrete around a pool so you do not slip, fall, and get hurt.
What is walking? (No running!)
If your ball rolls into the road, you must stop at the curb and do these three things with your eyes and ears before stepping out.
What is stop, look, and listen for cars?
Instead of holding a mad, sad, or worried feeling inside your head, doing this with a trusted adult helps make the big feeling smaller.
What is talking about your feelings?
If someone asks you to keep a secret about a touch or an action that makes you feel confused, scared, or uncomfortable, you should always do this.
What is tell a trusted adult right away?
To keep your brain strong and avoid losing the skills you learned in 3rd grade, librarians recommend doing this activity every day.
What is reading a book?
You should always make sure this trained professional is sitting in the tall chair watching the water before you swim.
What is a lifeguard?
This is a person you do not know. You should never talk to them, accept gifts from them, or go anywhere with them at the park.
What is a stranger?
When your body feels tight and angry, you can slowly count to this number in your mind to give your brain a moment to cool down.
What is ten?
This is the strong, confident word you have the right to say if a friend or sibling is playing too roughly or crossing your personal boundaries.
What is "No!"
When a summer plan gets cancelled because of bad weather, using this skill means changing your mindset and happily picking a backup plan.
What is being flexible? (Or showing resilience).
If you feel dizzy, super thirsty, or get a headache while playing in the heat, your body is warning you that you need to drink this liquid immediately.
What is water?
After playing in tall grass or the woods, you should have a parent help you check your skin for this tiny, dangerous bug that can latch onto you.
What is a tick?
This is a healthy physical activity you can do outside that releases positive energy and helps change a bad mood into a good mood.
What is playing outside? (Or exercising/moving your body).
This is what we call a group of 3 to 5 safe, reliable adults in your life (like parents, teachers, and your school counselor) whom you can go to for help.
What is your Safety Team?
Taking turns, sharing game controllers, and listening to your friends' ideas during a summer playdate is an example of this skill.
What is cooperation
This is the "Buddy System" rule, which means you should never swim in a pool, lake, or ocean without doing this.
What is swimming with a partner? (Or never swimming alone).
If you see an animal you do not know, like a stray cat or a dog without a leash, this is the safest thing to do.
What is leave it alone and tell an adult? (Do not try to pet it).
This is a quiet coping skill where you write down your secret thoughts, stories, or feelings in a notebook to help clear your mind.
What is journaling?
True or False: If someone breaks a body safety rule, the child is the one who gets in trouble or is to blame.
What is False? (It is never the child's fault).
True or False: Feeling a little bored or lonely during the long summer break is a completely normal feeling that lots of kids experience.
What is True?