Step-by-step list of what teachers and caregivers can model and explain to young children.
Children at this age:
Parents, whānau and caregivers will:
The primary learning process involves children:
Case study
Four-year-old children at Papamoa Kindergarten get supervised experience of walking safely when going to a local park.
Teachers take them through a neighbouring school, along reserve pathways and down a couple of streets. The route minimises risks, with just one street to cross.
There is one adult in front and another at the rear. Everyone is told to link hands, and the children are reminded to stop, look and listen before the group crosses a road together.
“We cross just one road but we cross lots of driveways so we will talk about looking and listening even when you’re just on the footpath, and that you shouldn’t run or push past others,” says teacher Donya Feci.
During these walks, the children learn about keeping themselves and others safe from harm, a leaning outcome of the early childhood curriculum Te Whāriki.
Checklist: road safety in Years 0-4