TRAFFIC
EDUCATION
Przedszkole Publiczne Nr 5
w Głogowie
• The objective of a
teacher is to provide
children with the
necessary knowledge
and get them into the
habit of behaving
properly on the
roads as a passer-by
and a passenger.
Traffic education, is one of nursery education areas.
• Playing in the kindergarten, playground, or while
walking, a child unwittingly becomes a participant
of the road traffic. Knowing traffic rules, a child is
able to behave safely. Teachers, parents and
police are partners in doing the task. The
structure of the nursery school curriculum
enables to carry out the content of the traffic
education on the basis of grading difficulties
adapted to the development potential of children
and children’s age always through the action of
surrounding reality.
• The selection of topics
depends on the
conditions of a particular
kindergarten, specificity of
a town, the landform
features of the vicinity
(child’s movement in the
nearby area ). Only then
do we continue with more
general issues related to
road safety.
The objectives of the traffic education are
carried out through walks to junctions and
observing traffic and traffic lights,
excursions to the police headquarters and
watching police officers’ work and also by
means of reading books, watching
educational films, meeting a policeman,
taking part in competitions or educational
traffic games and plays.
Our nursery school has
drawn up its own original
curriculum entitled
“A safe nursery school
pupil on the road”,
which main objectives are:
- teaching basic traffic rules,
- teaching rules of conduct
conditioning child’s
security,
- drawing up and carrying
out various tasks, solving
problems
Author of program:
Dorota Kaczmarek
Methods used in traffic education:
- observation and
demonstration,
- verbal presentation,
- personal example,
- unassisted child’s
experience,
- unassisted child’s
activity.
Stimulating methods in traffic education:
• field games and plays including exercises essential to
participate in the road traffic in a proper way
• teaching is enriched with rebuses, games, jigsaw puzzles,
crosswords, guessing games, games involving physical
movement accompanied by music,
• organizing road safety team competitions,
• getting to know the roads and zebra crossings in our
housing estate,
• including road traffic issues in art and design technology
classes- making scale models of roads, vehicles, designing
board games including road signs,
• inviting police to various meetings, competitions, talks
and presentations
Final results in the area of children’s knowledge, skills and
conduct have been subject to assessment.
Simulation game in nursery school
View movie
On 27 September 2006 our kindergarten
was visited by policemen.
The aim of the visit was to tell about safe behaviour in different
situations.
They told children what should adults do to take good care of
them and to reduce the risks for child’s health and safety.
Among the discussed issues were:
ROAD SINGS for children...
Traffic safety /simulation/
Traffic play /movie/
=> How to use roads in a safe way?
=> Child – a passenger of a car.
=> How to avoid being bitten by a dog?
=> How should I behave when somebody is knocking at the door
and I’m alone at home?
=> I’m lost in a big store or at the train station, don’t know when
my parents are. What should I do?
One of the biggest surprises was listening to a siren of a police car. All
children were also given armadillo puppets. The puppets are to remind
children that they should use child seat and wear safety belts in a car.
Tools used:
• parents’ opinion survey,
• “Safety on the roads” contest results ( the
contest was held in groups with the
participation of a police officer),
• children’s craftwork.
What is the name of road sign?
Stop and give wey
Children going to or from school
Work result:
• the results of the survey show that both
parents and children have a great awareness of
the importance of traffic education ,
• skills
and
knowledge
gained
enable
the children to achieve better and better results in
the guessing games and craftwork competitions
held in the kindergarten,
• the children, behaving irreproachably on the
roads, during walks and excursions, in relation to
other people and animals, show that they
understand the notion of a safe kindergarten pupil.
What is the sound you hearting?
Sound of hoother (klaksonu)
Sound of horse (końskich kopyt)
Sound of braking (hamowanie)
Sound of ambulance (karetka pogotowia)
Sound of start of the engine (ruszającego samochodu)
Sound of motorcycle (motocykla)
The results of the evaluation depicts
pupils’ good knowledge and a large
number of skills gained, which ought to
be continuously developed and improved in
the future..
Thank you