Fun with Character: Safety Rocks!
For this activity have the students interview their parents about safety and security precautions that they encounter on the job. Look for things such as hard hats, steel toe shoes, earplugs, safety glasses, id badges, security guards, surgical gloves, passwords, signs, locked doors, etc. You will get all kinds of answers on this. Once the items or procedures have been shared, discuss why they think businesses take safety and security so seriously. Relate these precautions to safety and security rules that families have from curfews to prescription drugs and cleaning products being stored out of the reach of small children, etc.
To process this activity, ask these or similar questions:
Was it fun to interview your parents?
Did you learn something about their job that you didn’t know before?
Does knowing about all the precautions make you feel more or less safe?
Does your family have similar safety rules as other families?
Can you appreciate your family rules about safety more?