Summer Safety Tips
Summertime offers many opportunities for exploration and play in outdoor learning environments. With proper planning, early care and education staff can ensure that children are able to enjoy the summer safely.
Early childhood programs keep children safe when their facilities, materials, and equipment are hazard-free and all staff use safety practices such as active supervision. Find resources to help staff and families reduce the number and severity of childhood injuries everywhere that children learn and grow. Discover tips for use at home, in cars and buses, on the playground, and in all early childhood settings.
Summertime offers many opportunities for exploration and play in outdoor learning environments. With proper planning, early care and education staff can ensure that children are able to enjoy the summer safely.
Tornadoes can happen at any time and occur all over the United States. Explore tips for preparing your program for tornadoes.
Review this series of questions to assess how well your management systems reflect active supervision strategies and support child safety.
This fact sheet provides easy tips families can use to ensure their children's health and safety at home, outside, in the water, and in a car or truck.
Everyone contributes to an environment that allows people to speak up about safety concerns. Explore this resource to learn how to create a culture of safety in your program.
Children are more vulnerable than adults to the effects of cold weather. These tips help Head Start parents and staff keep children safe, healthy, and warm in the winter.
Learn strategies to support ongoing home safety conversations with families using home safety checklists.