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Kindergarten - How we organize ourselves

Safety Patrol

Central Idea:
Various systems and people help ensure our safety.

An Inquiry Into:
- What keeps us safe
- Systems that ensure our safety (fire station, police department, hospitals)
- People who ensure our safety

OPAC - Online Catalogue

Bookcassettes :

  • BKC E The Berenstain Bears learn about strangers. The Berenstain Bear cubs learn not to be overly friendly to strangers and give rules for dealing with them.
  • BKC E Curious George at the fire station. Curious George sets off a false alarm while visiting the fire station but redeems himself by rescuing a dalmatian puppy.
  • BKC E Fire! Fire! said Mrs. McGuire. In this version of the old rhyme the fire turns out to be the smoke from the candles of a birthday cake.
  • BKC E Hansel and Gretel.
  • BKC E Harry by the sea. The adventures of a little dog when he gets lost at the beach.
  • BKC E How, hippo!. An adaptation of the book of the same title by Marcia Brown in which a little hippopotamus faces danger when he wanders too far from his mother. For primary grades.
  • CHT 620.8 Electrical safety. Shows all the possible everyday life situations in which electricity could be a danger and which measure to take.

      DVDs and videotapes :

  • VID 362.7 Stranger smart: the new personal safety system. StrangerSmart teaches your children how to stay safe from abductors and molestors, and teaches them the skills and principles of StreetSmart 4-steps personal safety system.
  • VID 363.1 Be cool about fire safety. "The program focuses on teaching children hoy to be prepared in the event of a fire in their home. Kids are encouraged to become the Deputy Fire Marshal at their home and practice lessons regularly with parents and siblings" (from container).
  • VID 363.1 I am safe on wheels. Covers 5 keys to safe riding: correct helmet fit and use, safe clothing, safe places to ride, maintaining safe equipment, and safe riding skills.
  • VID 363.1 Mommy I can learn myself-- Safety. Animated vignettes teaching children safety in the street, riding a bike, on a bus, at the playground, at home, inthe water and elsewhere.
  • VID 363.4 My body belongs to me : a video about good touch and bad touch. A puppet show designed to teach children to recognize and protect themselves against sexual abuse.
  • DVD 613.6 Safety awareness. Provides children with tips for basic safety practices in all kinds of situations.
  • DVD 613.6 Staying safe strangers, cyberspace & more. Shows children how to be safe in a variety of situations. Includes rules to follow when dealing with other people in the neighborhood, at home, and on the Internet.
  • DVD 613.6 Help: What to do in an emergency. Find out where to turn in defferent emergency situations.
  • DVD 628.92 A day in the life of a firefighter!. A behind-the-scenes look at the Los Angeles Fire Department. Wink and Blink explore the fire department in search of their friend Magic Door's favorite fire safety lesson. Learn essential rules of fire safety, visit the Fire Academy, spend a day at the fire station and watch a real fire engine race to a fire.
  • VID 646.7 Hygiene & safety. Taking care of your body -- Taking care of your clothes -- Safety signs. Basic lessons in grooming and safety.
  • DVD 796.6 Totally rocks. Educational adventure with host Zeke in the Red Rocks of Moab, Utah, for a weekend of extreme mountain biking to bouldering. Introduces the fun of being active in the outdoors. Encourages a healthy, active lifestyle, good nutrition, sports safety, self-confidence and perseverance, caring for the environment and more.
  • DVD 812 Arthur's school of hard knocks. Arthur and the Brain become suspicious of their strange new crossing guard when he charges them money to cross the street; Buster, the class clown, must get a B on his final test or face third grade again without his friends; and D. W. dreads her first preschool fire drill, unsure of what it really is.
  • DVD 812 Big Bird gets lost. Big Bird forgets all about sticking together and takes off after a runaway skate. Now that he's lost, will he remember what to do, and where to go for help?
  • DVD 812 D.W. blows the whistle. Arthur's little sister learns lessons about tattle-telling, name-calling and more.
  • DVD 812 Harry the dirty dog-- and more terrific tails. Harry the dirty dog narrated by Bruce Johnson. Officer Buckle and Gloria narrated by John Lithgow. Presents three stories featuring very special doggies, including "Harry the Dirty Dog," "Officer Buckle & Gloria," and "Angus and the Ducks."
  • VID 812 The Berenstain Bears learn about strangers. Two adventures of the Bear family. Papa Bear tells the cubs not to talk to strangers and Sister overreacts (first title). The bear detectives set out to find who stole Papa's blackberry honey.
  • DVD 812 D.W. Rides Again. Contains three Arthur adventures, including the title selection in which D.W. works to improve her riding skills enough to participate in the bike-a-thon
  • VID 812 Rainbow fish : High tide heroes. How Sea Filly got her groove back -- Blue's fishy catch -- Grandpa's fish tales -- Riptide. A school of fish find themselves in a series of underwater adventures with important lessons about honesty, safety and the importance of rules, the value of old-age people.
  • DVD 812 Red Riding Hood .... and more James Marshall stories. [Part 1] Red Riding Hood meets a charming wolf on her way to Granny's house. What harm can come from chatting with the big-eyed, big-toothed stranger? [Part 2] The three bears come home from a bicycle ride. Somebody has eaten their porridge, sat in their chairs, and is sleeping in Baby Bear's bed. [Part 3] A hungry wolf is after the three little pigs. Only one is clever enough to save his chinny-chin-chin.