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Week 11 · Ready for Anything

Tuesday

Who to ask for help
// Know it, ask for help, and have a plan
⏱ about 15 min

Tuesday: Who to ask for help

Bruce tells a story at the den. "Once, at the big market, I turned around and my grown-up was gone."

Lucy the Ladybug gasps. "What did you do?"

"I stopped. I stayed right where I was. I looked around slowly. A worker with a name tag was close by, so I asked her."

"I said, I am lost, and I told her my grown-up's name. We waited together right there. My grown-up came in two minutes."

Stop, stay, look, ask

If you lose sight of your grown-up, do not run around looking. Running makes you harder to find.

Stop where you are and stay in that spot. Look around in a circle and listen for someone calling your name. Most of the time your grown-up is close.

If a worker with a name tag or uniform is close, ask for help. If not, keep waiting in your spot and call your grown-up's name.

  1. Stop where you are.
  2. Stay in that spot. Do not walk off to look.
  3. Look around in a full circle and listen for your name.
  4. If a safe helper is close, say, I am lost. If not, keep waiting.
  5. Tell them your grown-up's name and wait right there together.

Who is a safe helper?

A safe helper is a grown-up who is there to help people. Look for these signs.

Safe helperHow you can tell
A worker at the storeA name tag or a store uniform
A police officerA uniform and a badge
A teacher or a coachSomeone you already know from school or a team
A park ranger or security officerA uniform and a badge

A safe helper stays with you in a busy, open place. You do not go anywhere with them.

Never leave with anyone who is not your grown-up. Not even if they say your grown-up sent them.

PUT THE LOST PLAN IN ORDER.
  • ?Stop where you are
  • ?Stay in your spot
  • ?Look around in a full circle
  • ?Ask a safe helper who is close by
  • ?Wait right there for your grown-up
WHY THIS EXERCISEStop, stay, look, ask, wait. Your grown-up is looking for you too, so staying put helps them.
SAFE HELPER OR NOT?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
You are lost in a store. Who is the best person to ask?
Someone says, Your grown-up sent me, come with me. What do you do?
You cannot see your grown-up. What is the very first step?
While you stay in your spot, what do you listen for?
What do you say to a safe helper?
Does a safe helper wait with you in a quiet corner or an open place?
StatementTrue or false?
Running around is the fastest way to be found.?
A name tag is one sign of a safe helper.?
A park ranger in uniform can be a safe helper.?
You may leave with someone who says your grown-up sent them.?
WHY THIS EXERCISESafe helpers wait with you. They never take you away.
What did the worker who helped Bruce have on their shirt?
WHY THIS EXERCISEA name tag is the quickest sign that someone works there.
Try it
With your grown-up, play Stop, stay, look, ask in your living room.
Your grown-up pretends to be the worker. You say, I am lost, and give their name.
Then swap and let your grown-up practice too.
Safety first
This is a practice game at home. Never practice being lost in a real store.
A safe helper waits with you in the open. You never go anywhere with anyone but your grown-up.

Brave and smart, Helper! Tomorrow Bruce shows you what to do about a scrape.

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