🔔doorbell🧑find a grown-up🍳stove: grown-ups🔌plugs: grown-ups
Staying safe at home.
The big ideaAt home, ask a grown-up first, and leave stoves and plugs to them.
How it works
At home, ask a grown-up first, and leave stoves and plugs to them.
When the doorbell rings, we do not open the door by ourselves. We find a grown-up.
If we need help, we call out. A grown-up is near.
What Kit does when the doorbell rings.
Example 1: The doorbell rings
Ding dong! Kit stops playing and listens.
He walks to find his grown-up. He does not shout or run.
He says, 'Excuse me, the doorbell rang, and someone is at the door.'
He waits while his grown-up looks out of the window and opens the door.
Example 2: A hot stove
Kit asks, 'Can I help?'
His grown-up says, 'Yes, but the stove is hot, so that job is mine.'
Kit stays well back and does a safe job instead, like setting out bowls and spoons.
🥣bowls and spoons🥬tear lettuce🧻fold napkins
Safe jobs for Kit.
Example 3: A plug on the wall
Dot asks, 'Can I plug in the toaster?'
The grown-up says, 'Not yet. Plugs are for grown-ups to handle.'
Kit keeps his paws well away from sockets and cords.
Example 4: Needing help
Kit's grown-up is next door.
Kit calls out if he needs them.
A grown-up always answers, because they want to help.
Words to know
grown-up
A person in your family or home who looks after you.
stove
The hot place where food is cooked.
socket
The place on the wall where a plug goes.
cord
The long wire on a plug.
Watch out
Do not open the door by yourself. Go and find a grown-up.
Do not turn on the stove or poke anything into a socket.
Do not climb on the counter or play with a sharp knife. Ask for help.
A hot pot stays where it is. Stay back, and a grown-up will lift it.
Try it
When the doorbell rings, who opens the door?
Whose job is the hot stove?
Can you plug in the toaster by yourself?
What can you do if you need help and your grown-up is next door?
Answers: 1. a grown-up · 2. a grown-up's · 3. no · 4. call out
Try at homeWith a grown-up, talk about your family's rules, and practise what to do when the doorbell rings.
For grown-upsPractice the doorbell steps together on a calm day: stop and listen, find a grown-up, tell them, wait, say hello. Make your own rules for your home and say them aloud so they feel familiar.
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