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ROAD SAFETY FOR CHILDREN Every year many children die and some are seriously injured whilst walking or cycling on roads, more than double those that die in car crashes. Children need to learn to use the roads safely, to walk and cycle in safety, and also to use their common sense when crossing a road or getting into a car. Road safety is essential for children’s freedom, development, and exercise and of course the roads need to be used with respect. It should be taught by example and guidance with a trusted adult, many governments have ambitious targets to reduce the number of children who die or are injured by 50% but parents and schools have a duty to inform, educate and train our children and to maximize child safety on our roads. Parents of babies and small children should take the given advice seriously ensuring they follow the government and authority guidelines on safety, whether for car safety or road safety. Parents and teachers need to teach children practical safe behavior on the road from the moment children are able to understand, primary age children should be taught pedestrian safety and attend cycle training courses to learn the risks of cycling on difficult road and during difficult traffic conditions, Older children need to take seriously the road safety taught by parents and from schools as they travel longer journeys on their own.
Parents should talk through the motions of road safety as they walk with their children or cross a busy roads, or indeed step into a car, child car seats are a must, They save lives!! But make sure it is properly fitted; if you have any problems contact the manufacturer, retailer or a competent garage.
Useful Tips: Hold your child’s hand when crossing the road. Get your child out of the car on the pavement side. Put your child in conspicuous clothing especially when they walk or cycle at night.
WHAT IS PICTIONARY BOARD GAME? Free Encyclopedia
Pictionary is a guessing word game invented by Robert Angel with graphic design by Gary Everson and first published in 1985 by Angel Games Inc. Hasbro has been the publisher since 1994 after acquiring the games business of Western Publishing, the game is played with teams, players are trying to identify specific words from their teammates' drawings. Each team moves a piece on a game board formed by a sequence of squares, each square has a letter or shape identifying the type of picture to be drawn on it, the objective is to be the first team to reach the last space on the board, to achieve this a player must guess the word or phrase being drawn by their partner, or if the player lands on an "all play" square, one player from each team attempts to illustrate the same concept simultaneously, with the two teams racing to guess first.
The team chooses one person to begin drawing; this position rotates with each word. The drawer chooses a card out of a deck of special Pictionary cards and tries to draw pictures which suggest the word printed on the card. The pictures cannot contain any numbers or letters, nor can the drawer use verbal clues about the subject he/she is drawing, the teammates try to guess the word the drawing is intended to represent. There are five types of squares on the board, and each Pictionary card has a list of five words printed on it. Players must then draw the word which corresponds to the square on the board on which the team's marker is: Subject P
Person/Place/Animal
O
OBJECT
A
Action
D
Difficult (words which are difficult to represent in a drawing)
AP
All Play Appears in certain versions. Player may pick a card and choose which word he/she wishes to draw from the five given.
Each team designates a player whose purpose will be to draw pictures. The team that guesses the word first gets to advance and take the next turn. If none of the teams guess the word, the turn passes to whichever team should have been next. A one-minute timer, usually a sand timer, is used to compel players to rapidly complete their drawing and guessing.
4 SIMPLE TIPS FOR CHILDERN READING SUCCESS! Dr. Richard Allington
Choose High-Success Books Kids should be reading with 99 percent accuracy, or, they should only miss one word for every 100 they read. When you’re choosing a book with your child, have him/her read a page or two and hold up a finger for every word that he/she has trouble reading. If your child is holding up more than one finger, the book is too hard.
Take Turns; Shared Reading Read books with lots of dialogue, or take turns reading paragraphs or pages in books that are at your child’s reading level. During shared reading you’re helping your child understand the story and modeling fluent reading, while they’re practicing recognizing words and spelling patterns.
Let Them Be the Librarian Let your child choose what he/she reads, any print, including words on a web site or words on a recipe card, activates the reading centers in the brain and will strengthen her reading fluency. If your child wants to read a book that’s outside her comfort level, read it together.
Practice “Deep Reading” For some of your child’s reading practice, focus on deep reading, or reading the same material over and over. Make deep reading authentic by adding an audience. Bring poetry or play books home and have your child read their favorite poems or act out their favorite plays to you, their grandparents or family friends.
