Cheri J. MeinersBe Careful and Stay Safe (Learning to Get Along®)

I bought several books to start the conversation with my kindergartener about certain precarious situations which I hope he will never find himself in but that must be addressed at some point. My biggest concern was that I didn't want to scare him. This book is so positive. It focuses on finding solutions and making safe choices rather than frightening the child. The text was very simple and straightforward and encourages a start to a discussion. We start by reading the text and looking at the illustration on each page then we spend about 5 minutes just discussing each scenario. The other books were extremely complicated and somewhat scary for a 5 year old, using dark colors, scary faces, or just rambling on and on to the point that even an adult would have a hard time following. Each page had a beautiful illustration with vivid colors and a safe/unsafe situation and how to resolve it. I liked that the book covered a wide array of situations, such as how to be safe at home, at shcoo, in the mall, with strangers etc. My 3 year old daughter follows along and I believe she understands the concepts that her brother and I discuss and she participates in the discussion and is already getting a grasp of what safe choices she has to make. As the kids grow older, I am sure there are books that are more in-depth about the types of self-defense techniques or situations they may find themselves in (such as peer pressure, drugs, kidnapping, etc) but at thi age level, this is really enough. I really love this book and I highly recommend it.

I thought with the picture in the front that the book would talk about road safety. There are no scenarios about road safety. There is a scenario about being careful in the kitchen, what to do when lost, and what to do in an emergency. There are some posed questions at the back to help your child think through situations. the book is probably better for a five year old or around that age.

Good book to get about teaching children about safety.

This book is great as an overall introduction to safety book. It talks about finding adults you trust to help with unsafe situations. I was hoping it was more about road safety and using crosswalks as the cover implies. However, it talks in broad generalities about many safety situations. It works as a great intro to a unit, but if you need to focus on one particular area of safety like road safety or fire safety, this probably won't be your best option. Still, it does offer valuable information for the Pre K-1 audience.

I am a School Counselor and love this whole series of books! When I was searching for a book to cover safety for Kindergarten this was by far the best one I found. It covers everything to keep our little ones safe and introduce big ideas that can be followed up at home. In the back of all of these books are follow-up questions and activities that are great for parents and teachers.

I was searching for a book that would help my children know how to be safe when I'm not around. This book had pages that vaguely discussed being safe around things like toasters, knives, fire, etc. There was one page that talked about strangers but there was really nothing about tricky people or good touch and bad touch or private parts or what to do if someone makes them uncomfortable or any of those topics. From reading the reviews, I thought this book was going to be just what I was looking for, but unfortunately it's not. It was really vague and didn't really even open up much conversation about other things. The illustrations are cute and it's definitely an easy read, but it just wasn't what I was looking for.

These books are great for teaching Social Skills to Pre-K and Kindergartners. They are engaging and have the perfect amount of words on each page. The books also include ideas for discussion and activities at the back of the book.

I bought this book and others in the series because I have an 8 year old struggling in school (and out) socially. He likes them and he likes to read them to his siblings.It gives us opportunities to talk about situations (even when he is not in trouble).

I have been reading these books with my son who has ASD, since he was 4 years old and he can relate to them and take on board the information. One book helped him to speak to new people and make friends. They simplify normal situations for children that need some help with various social communication development needs. I would highly recommend this whole range and just order two more that deal with our next issues. Our local school have found them very useful for the small SEN class too.

It arrived all dirty, full of coffee and God knows what...I thought it was about traffic safty rules: Know Your Signals. ...Stop, Look, And Cross. ...Pay Attention – Listen. ...But it is nothing like that.Will have to order from elsewhere

I loved this type of books after I have seen on you tube, come little bit later than expected otherwise are perfect for young children with special needs and non, also beautiful illustration to help them to understand even before they start reading.

Very good at explaining the issues of safety in a clear way for my 5 year old. We also laughed at the sunflower seeds in the emergency preparation cupboard - sounds strange but its about planning what you'd do before something risky happens.

This series of books by C J Meiners is great for teaching children social skills. I use them with 3-4 year olds. They are simple and illustrate the point well.