| If you have a young child like I do, it's never too | | | | of "Don't plug anything into me. Let your parents |
| early to start teaching them about safety. But it's | | | | do it." That, of course, was an outlet on the wall. |
| boring, not only for them, but for you. So like | | | | Again: sure, it might be enough just to remind |
| anything else, making a game out of it might | | | | your kids once or twice about the importance of |
| prove to be the best course. How about coming | | | | safety around the house, but making a game out |
| up with a safety scavenger hunt like we did in our | | | | of it makes it not so boring, and they can |
| home a few months ago? I'll tell you about ours, | | | | remember it much better, or so I'VE found. |
| and see if you like the idea. | | | | The last thing we did that I'd like to share with |
| Basically, we did it like any other scavenger hunt: | | | | you involved winter. We all know that ice can be |
| we used note cards with clues on them, but the | | | | very dangerous, especially if you already have |
| clues were a little different than we normally used. | | | | problems walking. As many of you know, having |
| For instance, a bandage was one of the items | | | | salt in the garage can be a necessary item in cold |
| that needed to be "found" (not a "Band-Aid"...that's | | | | areas. So we drew a picture of a "puddle" of ice, |
| a brand name!). So instead of describing a | | | | and asked for a solution to the problem. That led |
| bandage as usual, we drew a picture of a knee | | | | our child to the salt. |
| with a scrape on it, begging for attention. It's | | | | Those are just a couple ideas for you. Have fun |
| elementary that the bandage is needed. | | | | and think safety! |
| On another clue, we said something to the effect | | | | |