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Every Girl Scouts know the motto "Be Prepared". Read pages 62-75 in the Brownie Girl Scout Handbook about safety and try these activities.
#1. Street Safety
Make a map of your neighborhood and mark the places you need to know
about, like the police station and firehouse, to stay safe. Or use a map and
mark the important places.
#2. Fire Safety Practice
Read the section on fire safety on pages 66-67 in your handbook. Find
out about the fire escape plan for your Brownie Girl Scout meeting place an
practice it. Design a backup plan that can be used if the first way out is
blocked.
#3. Smoke Alarm
Having a working smoke alarm is an important part of fire safety.
1. Learn what a smoke alarm is and how it works. If there is no smoke alarm in
your home, talk to an adult in your family about why it's important to get one.
2. If you have a smoke alarm, have an adult test it so you can hear what it
sounds like. Discuss what you should do when you hear the alarm.
#4. Playground Safety
Playgrounds are great places to have fun. You can swing, jump, run, and
hang by your legs. But they can also be dangerous if you are not careful. What
are some rules that you can use to make sure playgrounds are safe? Talk with
your Girl Scout leader and troop about your ideas. Afterward, make a poster
illustrating these safety rules.
#5. First Aid
Learn a skill that could save a life in an emergency. For example, many
people do choke while eating. You can tell if a person is in trouble if she
can't talk or cough, if she points to her mouth or holds her neck, or if she is
turning blue. With an adult, learn a first-aid technique for choking.
Pretend your partner is choking. Keep her calm. Ask her to cough. If she cannot
breathe, cough, or speak:
1. Stand behind her.
2. Use your left hand to make a fist and place it above her belly button, just
below the rib cage.
3. Use your right hand to make a fist and place it on top of the left fist.
Remove your left hand. Then cover your right fist with your left hand.
4. Then push your fist in and up quickly. Be sure when you're practicing not to
push hard on the person's stomach.
5. Keep doing this until she can spit out the object and can breathe and speak.
Practice first aid for choking on yourself so you'll be prepared in case there is a time when no one can help you.
Craft - Make a First Aid Kit:
- Use a child sized fanny pack (dollar store or Oriental Trading
Catalog).
- Red Cross Patches are availalbe from Design It Patch Company -
http://www.design-it.com/catalog/skills/pages/4029.htm
Sew the patch to the front of the fanny pack (do this before your meeting). At your meeting, fill it with sample sizes of band aids, antispetic wipes, onitments, etc. Create an "information card" with name, address, phone, birthday and medical conditions. Talk to the girls about safety, wound care, burn care, etc.
#6. Safety Center
Make a place to keep information you'll need in an emergency.
You will need:
1. Wrap one end of the oak tag around the hanger and glue it.
2. With a marker, label the envelopes. A few ideas are:
Include an envelope in which to keep paper and a pencil for taking messages.
3. Glue each envelope to the oak tag. Hang it near the phone
for you to reach easily.
If you'd like, you can substitute felt for the oak tag.
Other Helpful Links:
Kids Fire
Safety Tips
Safety City Bus
Safety
Safety Tips
Sparky's the Fire Dog Home Page
Smokey Bear - Splash Page
USDA/FDA Food
Safety
Kite
Safety Fun Book
McGruff
Food Safety Quiz