Full Unit: Student Safety Training PreK-K

This unit is designed for grade 1-2. Outdoor/Environmental Education experience is NOT required.

Student Safety Training prepares students and educators to integrate Outdoor Education programming into their curriculum. The safety training and subsequent programming is designed for use in schoolyards and community parks, walking educators through activities step-by-step. Each lesson builds student foundational skills in alertness, responsiveness and awareness for outdoor/natural settings. The Outdoor Safety Training Games teach students to self-assess risk, as well as respond effectively in urgent and emergency situations. Although the plants, animals and insects reviewed are common to temperate mixed forest areas found in the Midwest to East Coast of Canada and the USA, the training is appropriate for diverse ecological areas.

Lessons are also available separately. Each lesson builds on the next with an increasing level of challenge.

The Student Safety Training for Outdoor Education includes:

• Lesson 1 The 5 Outdoor Safety Rules (14 pages)

• Lesson 2 Group Management Training (12 pages)

• Lesson 3 Lost Protocol Training (16 pages)

• Lesson 4 Rapid Response Training (10 pages)

• Lesson 5 Risk Assessment Training (162 pages)

Lessons include:
Lesson plans, discussion questions ("Teachables"), posters, and worksheets.

Lesson 1 The 5 Outdoor Safety Rules (14 pages)
An introduction of The 5 Outdoor Safety Rules to prepare students for outdoor education activities. (15-30 mins)

Lesson 2 Group Management Training (12 pages)
Students learn emergency group formation for rapid assessment and instruction. Bonus educator Rapid Assesment booklet!! (15-25 mins)

Lesson 3 Lost Protocol Training (16 pages)
Students identify when they are lost and demonstrate best practices to be found. (15-35 mins)

Lesson 4 Rapid Response Training (10 pages)
Students practice responding immediately to the educator while distracted.(20-40 mins)

Lesson 5 Risk Assessment Training (138 pages)
Using clues, observations and reasoning, students learn strategies of risk assessment. Includes four case file centers and worksheets. (30 min x 4)

Curriculum Expectations

• Cooperative interactions with classmates and teacher

• Independence, self-regulation, and a willingness to take on responsibility.

• Awareness of their surroundings.

• Responsibility for their own safety and the safety of others as they participate in outdoor activities.

• Potential risks outdoors and in the community,

• Decision making – assessing risk.