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Ages 4+ · Life Skills · Staying safe
Crossing the road
🤝hold a hand✋stop at the edge👀look and listen🚶cross together
Crossing the road.
The big ideaHold a grown-up's hand. Stop, look and listen, then cross.

How it works

Cars are big, and they go very fast.

A driver might not see a little one, so we always cross together, where a grown-up can see us.

Hold a hand, stop, look and listen, then cross.

Hold a handStop at theedgeLook and listenCross together
Four things we do at a road.

Example 1: Hold on tight

  1. Take your grown-up's hand before you go near the road.
  2. Hold on all the way across.
  3. Hands stay together.

Example 2: Stop at the edge

  1. Walk to the edge of the road and stop.
  2. Stand still, with your toes back from the road.
  3. Stopping gives us a moment to think.
🤝holding hands🦶toes back🛣️the road
Stop at the edge.

Example 3: Look and listen

  1. Look both ways and listen for cars.
  2. If a car comes, stay still and let it pass.
  3. When the road is clear, look and listen one more time.

Example 4: Cross together

  1. Walk, do not run.
  2. Keep holding hands all the way over.
  3. Step, step, step.

Words to know

edge
The place where the path stops and the road starts.
listen
To use your ears to hear.
together
With a grown-up beside you.
clear
No cars coming.

Watch out

Try it

  1. What do we hold before we cross?
  2. Where do we stop?
  3. Do we walk or run across the road?
  4. What comes after we look and listen?
Answers: 1. a grown-up's hand · 2. at the edge of the road · 3. walk · 4. we cross together
Try at homeNext time you cross a road, hold a grown-up's hand, stop at the edge, look and listen, then cross together.
For grown-upsSay the four steps aloud every time you cross a road together, so the habit becomes automatic.
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