This is my cheat sheet I made/used for Safety Town over the summer.
I had about 20 minutes and groups of 15-20 kids.
Who here rides in a car seat or booster in the car?
Every time?
Do you know what a booster seat is for?
It’s important to ride in your seat every single time you are in a car because accidents can happen at any time, even just a quick ride to the store, or grandma’s house.
When should you ride in your booster or car seat? “EVERYTIME!”
Does anyone know what seat belts do in an accident? Their biggest job is to keep you in the car.
EGG RAMP DEMO (shows how a seatbelt keeps you IN the car)
KIDS IN ADULT CLOTHES DEMO (shows how some things are made for adults, not kids)
Talk about how seat belts and air bags are designed for adults who fit into the clothes they're wearing, and how boosters help them fit properly into seat belts. Air bags can hurt children very badly, and children should always sit in the back seat until they are 13 years old.
Who uses safety harnesses? (race car drivers, window washers, rock climbers)
Why do they use them?
What would happen if a race car driver put it behind his back?
What would happen if a rock climber put it on their legs?
What happens in a car accident?
I’m going to show you a very special trick, something a lot of grown-ups don’t even know!
Stand up and feel your tummies, now your shoulder and hip bones.
Is your tummy soft or hard?
Are your shoulders and hips soft or hard?
Talk about how the seatbelt MUST fit over the strong/hard parts.
TWINKIE DEMO – what happens when the seatbelt is on the soft parts.
Teens weigh and measure kids
In Minivan Misuse Demos (belt under arm, behind back, kid in front seat in booster etc.) kids point out what’s wrong.
