Smart Steps Resources
The Smart Steps: Making safer choices - Taking smarter steps program is a comprehensive road safety education program for educators and parents and carers. The resources in this program have recently been revised and present adults with suggestions on how to help young children to develop skills, behaviours and attitudes so that they can stay safe when travelling as passengers, pedestrians and users of bikes and wheeled toys.
Smart Steps: Making safer choices - Taking smarter steps
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OVERVIEW DOCUMENTThe Smart Steps: Making safer choices - Taking smarter steps overview document explains how the Smart Steps program has been constructed and the links to national and state-based frameworks and curriculum that underpin the program resources. |
National Practices for Early Childhood and Road Safety Education
Road safety education must be informed by research and developmentally appropriate. The Smart Steps: Making Safer Choices - Taking Smarter Steps program has adopted the eight National Practices for Early Childhood Road Safety Education (Waters, Baker, &; Bruce, 2012) which are research-based and aligned to the practices in the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF).
Use the following resources to embed road safety education in the curriculum within your service.
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| Assessment for learning | Continuity of learning and transitions | Cultural competence | Holistic approaches |
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| Intentional teaching | Learning environments | Learning through play | Responsiveness to children |
Case studies using the National Practices for Early Childhood and Road Safety Education
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| A visit from Izzy | Building connectedness | Growing up! | The bike event |
Using SDERA resources to teach, explore and practice road safety
Browse the Smart Steps: Making Safer Choices - Taking Smarter Steps resources to teach, explore and practise road safety.
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| Challenges and Choices Pre-Primary |
Challenges and Choices Year 1 |
Challenges and Choices Year 2 |
Key road safety messages to teach
Download, print and even enlarge these three posters for the early learning environment. Each poster shares key road safety messages for children aged 0-8 years as they engage with the traffic environment as a passenger, pedestrian and rider.
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| Key message: Passenger safety | Key message: Pedestrian safety | Key message: Rider safety |
Road safety videos
Driveway safety - find your safety spot with Izzy
Izzy's guide to getting on and off the school bus safely
Izzy's tips for riding your bike safely
Izzy's guide to crossing the train track in a rural area
Izzy's guide to crossing the train track in a metropolitan area
Izzy's guide to crossing the road in a rural area
Izzy's guide to crossing the road in a metropolitan area
Let's learn bike safety with Izzy
Additional Resources in the Smart Steps Program
Road Safety Booklet for Parents and Carers
The Smart Steps: Road Safety Booklet for Parents and Carers has key road safety messages for parents to use and share with children such as – always hold a grown up’s hand when crossing the road. The three activity cards in the booklet can be used to engage children in their road safety education. A free copy of this booklet is provided when playgroups, day care centres or early learning centres run a parent Smart Steps workshop.
Smart Steps Traffic Mat
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The Smart Steps Traffic Play Mat has been designed and included in the Smart Steps program to encourage children to explore the traffic environment. Through creative play using the play mat, children can apply and enhance their road safety knowledge. |
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The Smart Steps Traffic Play Mat (AO size) is provided to participants who attend a half day Smart Steps professional learning workshop. * One play mat per organisation |
Your guide to child car restraints
It is the law that all children under 16 years of age, when travelling in a motor vehicle in Western Australia, must be restrained in a suitable restraint that is properly adjusted and fastened.
The information in this brochure will assist you in making the correct choices when buying and using child car seats.
Visit the Child Car Seats website for more information on buying a child car restraint.
Buckle Up brochures
Buckle up every child, every trip. Having your child in a car restraint is the law.
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Click Clack and That’s the Sound the Street Makes road safety storybooks
These beautifully illustrated storybooks - Click Clack and That’s the Sound the Street Makes - are written by Danny Katz and illustrated by Mitch Vane share road safety messages suitable for early childhood programs and families.
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Izzy's road safety storybooks
Our road safety mascot Izzy features in these three storybooks that have age-appropriate road safety messages for young children and families such as ‘buckle up’, ‘hold my hand’ and ‘always play away from roads’. The storybooks can be ordered by emailing rsde.rfa@education.wa.edu.au.
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Izzy's road safety colouring in sheets
Download an Izzy sheet for children to add colour to and talk about staying safe around roads.
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Smart Steps songs
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 Pedestrian Safety |
 Safety on Wheels |
A ride in the car Listen to the MP3 © Vic Roads/ Melissa Perrin |
The hold my hand rap Listen to the MP3 Download the music and lyrics © Vic Roads/ Melissa Perrin |
A safe place to play Listen to the MP3 Download the music and lyrics © Vic Roads/ Melissa Perrin |
| Click clack Listen to the MP3 © Franciscus Henri/Origin Network PTY LTD/NSW Roads and Traffic Authority) |
Before we cross the street Listen to the MP3 Download the music and lyrics © Vic Roads/ Melissa Perrin |
Silly Billy and Silly Gilly Listen to the MP3 Download the music and lyrics © Franciscus Henri/Origin Network PTY LTD/NSW Roads and Traffic Authority) |
| Rolling down the highway Listen to the MP3 © Vic Roads/ Melissa Perrin |
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| The seatbelt song Listen to the MP3 Download the music and lyrics © Franciscus Henri/Origin Network PTY LTD/NSW Roads and Traffic Authority) |
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| The footpath side Listen to the MP3 Download the music and lyrics © Franciscus Henri/Origin Network PTY LTD/NSW Roads and Traffic Authority) |
Discussion photos
Download the discussion photos containing discussion points and key messages related to each topic.
1. Restraints
2. Safety door
7. Bikes, helmets and shared paths
