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Parents, Grandparents & Caregivers, Thank
you for visiting our website. Below we have listed just a few of
the resources that we feel you may find particularly interesting.
Feel free to browse all of the resources that we have found to be
useful in the development of our programs by clicking
here. Smart
Grilling Keeps Summer Safe For
many of us, the smell of burgers, hot dogs, seafood and steaks sizzling
on the grill signals the true start to summer. Before you fire up
the barbeque, click
here to review the basics for safe cooking all summer long.  BIC
play safe! be safe!® An
award winning fire safety program developed by BIC Corporation with
Fireproof Children Company and other fire safety and child development
experts. The multi-media kit includes a 20-minute video, the Keep
Away!/Alejate card game, activity boards and a teacher’s manual.
It is designed especially for children ages three to five, and teaches
four important lessons in fire safety: My Friend the Firefighter;
Stop! Drop! And Roll!; Crawl Low Under Smoke; and Safe for Play!
Keep Away!. Available in English (with English and Spanish
video & activities) and French. To
play play safe! be safe! games online or to learn about
play safe! be safe! workshops for educators visit: http://www.playsafebesafe.com/ To
play play safe! be safe! games in Spanish, visit http://www.ninossegurosninoscontentos.com. To
play play safe! be safe! games in French, visit http://www.jsuisprudentjsuiscontent.com To
download an order form for a play safe! be safe! kit click
here or contact us for more information. American
Academy of Pediatrics www.aap.org The
American Academy of Pediatrics’ TIPP (The Injury Prevention
Program) age related safety sheets provide safety and unintentional
injury prevention information pertinent to each developmental stage.
TIPP also has webpages devoted to fire safety in the home. See especially
the safety section of the site’s You & Your Family page. Head
Start Information and Publication Center – Health Safety &
Nutrition for Young Children www.headstartinfo.org This
site’s health, safety and nutrition information
resources page is a comprehensive listing of links prepared
by the Head Start Information and Publication Center. Their list
includes links to over thirty sites that present information about
health guidelines, child care, parenting, disease prevention, nutrition
and safety.
National Association of State Fire Marshals www.firemarshals.org
Recently NASFM published “Children are No Match for Fire,” www.firemarshals.org/Children's_Book.asp a fire safety/prevention book for children ages 3-6. The book addresses several safety issues, including the dangers of matches, lighters, candles, sparklers, and grills, and the importance of learning and practicing Stop, Drop, and Roll.
The
National SAFE KIDS Campaign http://www.safekids.org/ The
National SAFE KIDS Campaign’s mission is “Protecting
Children From Their Number One Killer…Unintentional Injury.”
Take special notice of the site’s safety tips addressing top
causes of unintentional injury in young children including fire
& burn, with printable checklists in English and Spanish. SAFE
KIDS also offers resources designed specifically
for teachers including an activity book and pedestrian safety kit. Sesame
Street Workshop http://www.sesameworkshop.org/
The
Sesame Workshop develops educational content for all forms of media.
Their work is grounded in research on children's developmental needs
and the ways in which children perceive messages in the media. You
may be especially interested in the following pages, both of which
emphasize prevention, offer suggestions about ways to keep children
safe and provide examples of effective ways to teach children safety
lessons through skill building and without the use of threats and
warnings: Safe
at Home - Surefire Strategies for Household Safety & I'm
a Big Kid - Nurturing Independence in Your Young Children .
SOS
FIRES http://sosfires.com SOS
Fires’ Juvenile Firesetting Intervention Resource Site offers
resources for parents and professionals of all disciplines including
articles of interest to those working with juvenile firesetting
behavior, a parent/teacher resources page, contact information for
juvenile firesetting programs across the country and a resource
exchange page allowing the reader to ask questions, share experiences
and learn from others.
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