I Can Be Safe: A First Look at Safety (First Look At...Series) - Softcover

Thomas, Contributor Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764124609 ISBN 13: 9780764124600

Publisher: Sourcebooks Explore, 2003

Synopsis

Safety first! This book acknowledges kids' fears and all the big feelings they have, and makes them aware of things they need in order to feel safe in different situations--to look both ways when crossing a road, to wear protective clothing for sports, to know their parents' names, phone number, and emergency numbers, and many other details.

Parents, teachers, and gift givers will find:

• language that is simple, direct, and easy for young children to understand
• information how to be safe and self sufficient
• a book to help anyone develop a growth mindset
• a helpful book written by a psychotherapist and counselor
• a whole series of books for children to explore mental health and emotional issues

The A First Look At series are great classroom books and promote positive interaction among children, parents, and teachers, and encourage kids to ask questions and confront difficult social and emotional questions. Books feature appealing full-color illustrations on every page plus a page of advice to parents and teachers.

What parents and educators are saying:

• My four-year-old son and I love this book. It introduces many different aspects of being safe and provides questions for you to start conversations with your child.
• This introduces safety tips, such as simply crossing the street, yet ranges to scarier stuff (without being scary) such as strangers, private parts, and more. It even broaches the subject of intuition and having a bad feeling which I think is important. Very age appropriate!
• Teaches kids to respect and understand intuition (without using this word), and to get away from bad situations. It's a smartly written book. You will not regret your purchase.
• I bought this as a supplement for a safety unit I presented to elementary students. It was a great way for them to remember what our lesson was about. It's simple and gets to the point.

About this title

About the Author

Pat Thomas is a trained psychotherapist, naturopath and journalist. After working as a journalist and broadcaster in the USA, she now works in the field of child development and writes for various publications including "Practical Parenting".

From the Back Cover

This friendly book helps make children aware of things to know and do in order to be safe in different situations. They learn, for instance, to look both ways when crossing a road, to wear special clothing for sports, to know their parents' names and phone number in case of an emergency, and many other safety-related details.
Written by psychotherapist and counselor Pat Thomas, these superb advice books promote interaction among children, parents, and teachers on personal, social, and emotional issues.
Books in the series:
Don't Call Me Special -- a first look at disability I Can Be Safe -- a first look at safety I Miss You -- a first look at death Is It Right to Fight? -- a first look at anger My Amazing Body -- a first look at health and fitness My Brother, My Sister, and Me -- a first look at sibling rivalry My Family's Changing -- a first look at family break-up My Friends and Me -- a first look at friendship My New Family -- a first look at adoption Stop Picking on Me -- a first look at bullying The Skin I'm In -- a first look at racism

Edition details

• Publisher: Sourcebooks Explore
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764124609
• ISBN 13: 9780764124600
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Harker Lesley
• Number of pages: 32