• Ways to Stay Safe
  • Recognize: Is it safe? What’s the rule? Refuse: Say words that mean no. Report: Tell an adult.
• Never-Never Rules
  • Never: touch a gun, play with fire, ride on wheels without wearing a helmet, use a sharp tool without an older person’s help, go in water without an older person watching, touch a dog without asking the person in charge, ride in a car without wearing a seatbelt, or cross the street without checking all ways for traffic.

Practice Together

• When would you use a Never Never Rule?
  What would you do if a friend wants you to play with matches, or touch a gun? www.besmartforkids.org

• Always ask a parent or a person in charge when someone wants you to do something like watch a video, go somewhere even if you know the person, or take something like candy.
• Getting permission first keeps children safe from situations that might be unsafe, and keeps their adult informed.
• Always ask before putting personal information on the internet.

Practice Together

• When would you use this rule?
• What if you’re asked to watch a video, or help an older person find their lost dog?

• Safe touches help you feel cared for, unsafe touches like hitting hurt, unwanted touches don’t hurt but you don’t want them.
• Say words that mean no to any touch you don’t want. Refuse unsafe touches that hurt your body and tell an adult if you can’t get it to stop.
• Reporting unwanted touches lets your parent or caretaker know how you feel, and can help keep you safe.

Practice Together

• Name a safe, unsafe, and unwanted touch.
• What could you say if you did not want an older relative’s arm around you, or an older friend’s hug?

• Your swimsuit covers your private body parts.
• No one should ever touch your private body parts except to keep you healthy, and you shouldn’t touch someone else’s.
• Assertively say words that mean no and tell a grownup.
• It’s never your fault if someone breaks this rule.

Practice Together

• What words or actions could you use if a babysitter touched your private body parts?
• List adults you can tell.

• Secrets are unsafe if they keep you from reporting unsafe situations or uncomfortable behaviors from others, to your parents or caretaker.
• If someone breaks or tries to break The Touching Rule they might ask you to keep it a secret. Never Keep Secrets and tell an adult.
• It’s never too late to tell, and it’s never your fault when someone breaks the Touching Rule, and the Never Keep Secrets Rule.

Practice Together

• What could you do or say if an older friend tried to break the Touching Rule and asked you to keep it a secret?
• What adults could you tell?

• Reviewing personal safety skills helps reinforce rules and skills.
• Kindergarten and 1st Grade watch Julie Stays
  • How did Julie use the Ways to Stay Safe when her babysitter broke The Touching Rule?
• 2nd Grade and 3rd Grade watch David Speaks Up.
  • What rules did you recognize, and what did David speak up about?