I'm Safe and Sure is Camp Fire USA's six-week crime prevention program that teaches kindergarters and first grade children personal safety skills.
I'm Safe and Sure, like all Camp Fire programs, emphasizes learning by doing and developing decision-making skills in today's young people.
Through puppet plays and role-plays in the protected environment of an I'm Safe and Sure workshop, children learn ways to respond to dangerous situations, identify safe and unsafe use of medicines, drugs and other potentially dangerous substances, and why some secrets should be told to an adult. Program goals for each session include:
Session 1: Rules, Rules, Rules
- Help children understand why rules and laws are good
for them.
- Discuss how rules relate to laws.
Session 2: Safety at Play
- Help children recognize dangerous situations
- Teach children rules to keep them safe.
- Practice saying "no" to dangerous situations
Session 3: Taste Only What's Safe
- Identify the safe and unsafe use of medicines or drugs
and other dangerous products
- Role-play what to do if offered something dangerous
and unhealthy.
- Increase the children's awareness of keeping their
bodies healthy.
Session 4: No Thank You Stranger
- Teach children how to handle situations involving
strangers.
- Help build children's trust and confidence in people who
can be helpful to them, such as police officers.
- Teach children how to use the telephone in an
emergency.
Session 5: Nobody Wins a Fight
- Present children with other ways for settling disputes.
- Give practical reasons for more peaceful behavior.
Session 6: Can I Tell a Secret?
- Introduce children to different types of touches.
- Teach children how to respond to a touch that is
confusing or frightening.
- Help children understand why some secrets should be
told to an adult.
