Ages 4+ · Life Skills · Staying safe
Who are my grown-ups?
🏡at home🧑🏫teacher🫶carer🤗a hug
Grown-ups who care.The big ideaGrown-ups at home, at school and at care look after us.
How it works
Grown-ups look after us at home, at school and at care.
A teacher, a carer or a grandparent can be a grown-up who looks after you.
Different families have different grown-ups. We can ask them for help, and tell them when we feel sad or worried.
Example 1: Ask for help
- Kit's shoe will not go on.
- He says, please help me.
- His grown-up comes right away, and click, click goes the shoe.
Example 2: A hug when we are sad
- When Kit felt sad, he ran to his grown-up.
- He got a hug.
- Grown-ups help us stay safe and well.
😢sad🏃run to a grown-up🤗a hug
A hug helps.Example 3: Draw your grown-ups
- Draw the grown-ups who look after you.
- Show your picture to a grown-up.
- Say thank you, and talk about how they help.
Words to know
- grown-up
- A person who looks after children.
- teacher
- A grown-up who helps children learn at school.
- carer
- A grown-up who helps look after children.
- family
- The people who care for you.
Watch out
- Every family is different. Name grown-ups the way your family does.
- A friend is not a grown-up: friends play, and grown-ups look after us.
- A toy is not a grown-up, even a favorite one.
Try it
- Who can help when a shoe will not go on?
- Who looks after children at school?
- What is a carer?
- Is a friend a grown-up?
Answers: 1. a grown-up · 2. a teacher · 3. a grown-up who helps look after children · 4. no
Try at homeDraw a picture of the grown-ups who look after you, then show it to a grown-up and say thank you. Talk about how they help.
For grown-upsAsk your child to draw the people who look after them, then talk about how each one helps; use the names your family uses.