Risk Watch: Make Time for Safety

" Be a Risk Watcher" Safety Book
Grades Pre/K
by Kristie Chapman, Palm City, FL

Objective

The kindergarten students will participate in a project with their third grade buddies.
Each third grader will pair up with a kindergarten student and will assist the kindergarten student in writing and drawing a picture of a safety message. When completed, each of the illustrations will be put together to create a class safety book!

Core Subject Integration

Materials

Procedure

Invite a third grade class to come to your kindergarten class.
Pair each of your students with a third grader.
Create 25 safety messages and put them in a bag or hat. Have each pair of students randomly pick a safety message out of the bag or hat.
Have each pair of students create a picture illustrating their safety message. On a separate sheet of lined paper, the third grade student will write the safety message on the top, and their names on the bottom.
Collect all the safety messages and create a class safety book.