Ages 4+ · Life Skills · Staying safe
Playing outside safely
🏡the yard👀seen by a grown-up🙋ask first🛝the park
Playing outside safely.The big ideaPlay where a grown-up can see you. Ask before you go.
How it works
Play where a grown-up can see you.
In the yard, the fence is the edge, and the gate is the edge too. We stay inside it.
Ask before you go, and do not go off with anyone.
Example 1: Ask at the gate
- A butterfly lands on the gate, and Kit wants to follow it.
- The gate is the edge of the yard, so he goes to his grown-up and asks.
- She says, let's watch it from the yard.
Example 2: Ask at the slide
- At the park, Kit plays near his grown-up.
- He asks, may I go on the slide?
- She says yes, and whoosh, down he goes.
Example 3: Someone says come with me
- Someone Kit does not know says, come with me.
- Kit says, no thank you! I must stay with my grown-up.
- Then he goes back and tells his grown-up all about it.
🙅say no thank you🏃go back🗣️tell a grown-up
No thank you.Words to know
- yard
- The outside place at home where we play.
- edge
- Where the safe place stops.
- ask
- To say, may I?
- park
- A place to play outside near your grown-up.
Watch out
- The gate is the edge. Do not go through it without asking.
- Do not go off with anyone, even if they offer something fun, like a puppy.
- Say no thank you, and tell a grown-up.
- Play in the yard or the park, not near the road.
Try it
- Where do we play outside?
- What is the edge of the yard?
- Someone we do not know says, come with me. What do we say?
- What do we do before we go somewhere new?
Answers: 1. where a grown-up can see us · 2. the fence and the gate · 3. no thank you, then tell a grown-up · 4. ask a grown-up
Try at homeWalk round your yard or park with a grown-up. Show the edge where you stop, and practise asking, "May I go there?"
For grown-upsWalk round your yard or park together and show exactly where the edge is, then practice asking, may I go there?