Description
Help students learn the difference between safe secrets and unsafe secrets, a critical part of Child Abuse Prevention and Erin's Law, with this companion lesson for the story "Family of Secrets" by Alexis & Alyssa Cino. This lesson is designed to empower children with body safety knowledge in a developmentally appropriate, non-threatening way while reinforcing that their safety is always more important than keeping a secret.
⚠️ This lesson is meant to be used with the book "Family of Secrets" by Alexis & Alyssa Cino. The story/book is not included in this purchase.
⭐INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:
✅Lesson Plan: instructions/walk-through of activity, objectives, materials, guiding questions, SEL competencies, and ASCA standards.
✅10 activities: Story Map, Story Questions, Writing Craftivity, Think & Discuss, Cut and paste, Character perspective, Social-emotional learning, Draw & write, Creative activity and posters.
✅Black and white version included.
Students Will Learn:
✔ The difference between safe and unsafe secrets
✔ When a surprise is okay to keep
✔ Why unsafe secrets should always be shared with a trusted adult
✔ Who trusted adults are
✔ How to ask for help
✔ That telling an adult is never tattling when someone is unsafe
✔ Why their feelings matter
✔ That safety always comes before secrecy
❤️This resource was posted with permission from the authors.
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