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Week 3: Youth Preparedness
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Helpful Tips to Prepare Your Children for Emergencies:
- Teach children what to do in an emergency if they are at home or away from home. ready.gov/kids
- Help your kids know how to communicate during an emergency. Review these topics with them: Sending text message; Emergency contact numbers; Dialing 9-1-1 for help ready.gov/kids
- Update school records and discuss emergency contact numbers with kids before they go: ready.gov/make-a-plan
- Add your kids’ school’s social media info to the family communication plan: ready.gov/kids/make-a-plan
- Review your family emergency communications plan with kids at your next household meeting.
- Include your child's medication or supplies in your family’s emergency kit. More tips visit: ready.gov/kit
- Include your child's favorite stuffed animals, board games, books or music in their emergency kit to comfort them in a disaster.
- Get the kids involved in building their own emergency kit: www.ready.gov/kids/build-a-kit
- Kids can #BeAForce... by playing the online emergency preparedness "Build a Kit" game: www.ready.gov/kids/games
- Your kids can become Disaster Masters with this @Readygov preparedness game: www.ready.gov/kids/games
- Are your students prepared for an emergency? Download curriculum for grades 1-12 for your classroom: www.ready.gov/kids/educators
- 4th and 5th Grade Teachers: STEP up and use this emergency preparedness curriculum: www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/110946
- Teaching kids about disaster prep is important. See the 9 steps @FEMA @RedCross @usedgov have for #YouthPrep http://bit.ly/2axiPcl
Check out these resources:
- Youth Preparedness
- Ready Kids
- Sesame Street Fire Safety Program for preschool children (U.S. Fire Administration)
- Ready Wrigley (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Owley Skywarn (National Weather Service)