Lesson 1: Introduction and Review

This lesson will review the Safety Superstar Tools that help keep us safe. In first grade, students learned the concept that every person has safety tools that they can use to keep themselves safe. These items are conceptually kept in a “Safety Tool Belt.” Though people don’t have real tool belts, every person has the tools to stay safe. It’s important to stay safe because everyone should feel respected and happy no matter where they are. In order to stay safe, students have to use safety tools and stay with trusted adults, like Grown-Up Buddies who are a part of a Trusted Triangle. Students’ Trusted Triangle of Grown-up Buddies, who children can tell anything to, reinforces the concept of talking to students’ Grown-Up Buddies until they are helped and heard. Children will learn to use the “Safety Stop Sign” when something does not feel safe and use their “I Mean Business Voice” to help them stay safe. In this lesson, children will learn that when something does not feel safe, they will use “Think, Feel, Act” (TFA). TFA teaches children to Think about a situation, assess what they Feel, and Act by using one of their tools – especially when telling someone in their Trusted Triangle if something unsafe has happened or if something is making them feel unsafe or icky. A new tool will be introduced, the “Safety Barometer,” to help children figure out whether a situation is safe or unsafe.