How do you teach water safety?

How do you teach water safety?

Before taking your kids to the pool, beach or lakeshore, teach them these 10 basic water safety tips to ensure a safe and pleasant water experience.

1. Never Swim Alone.
2. Supervise Children When They’re in the Water.
3. Don’t Play Breath-Holding Games.
4. Always Wear a Life Vest.
5. Don’t Jump in the Water to Save a Friend.

How do you discuss water safety with children?

Water safety around the house

1. Always actively supervise your child in the bath.
2. Never leave an older child to supervise the younger child in the bath.
3. Take your child with you if your telephone or doorbell rings while supervising your child in the bath.
4. Empty baths and sinks immediately after use.

What are the 4 key water safety messages?

*The four key water safety messages include:

• Always swim in a safe place.
• Always swim with an adult.
• If you fall in, float, breathe, relax.
• If someone else in trouble, call 999/112.

How do you explain water safety?

Water safety rules

1. Supervision means constant visual contact, not the occasional glance.
2. You should actively supervise children, even if they can swim.
3. Avoid all distractions, including using a phone or answering the door.
4. Do not leave older children (under the age of 16) to supervise younger siblings.

Why is it important to teach children about water safety?

Water Safety week not only helps develop safety skills but improves children’s knowledge of how to survive in the water if they fall into a pool, off a boat, into a river, dam, lake or any body of water. The skills learned in these classes include: Not panicking if their face gets wet or they submerge.

What is preschool safety?

Use safety locks and gates to allow preschoolers to explore safely. Avoid furniture that obstructs a clear line of vision and prevents caregivers from seeing and hearing children at all times. In outdoor play spaces, use playground equipment that is appropriate for preschoolers.

What is the first rule of water safety?

Water Smarts Never swim alone; swim with lifeguards and/or water watchers present. Wear a U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket appropriate for your weight and size and the water activity. Always wear a life jacket while boating, regardless of swimming skill. Swim sober.

How can we prevent water safety?

Water Safety—Prevention

1. Never leave a young child alone in the bathtub, not even for a minute.
2. Empty any buckets or other containers of their liquids.
3. Keep bathroom doors closed and install childproof devices (such as doorknob covers) to keep your child out of the bathroom.