Parents, carers, primary teachers, early years staff and child and family practitioners are the most likely users of these printable child safety sorting cards, especially when working with younger children who benefit from visual prompts. The activity is suited to safety education, safeguarding conversations, PSHE lessons, family support work, direct work with children, and simple home discussions about everyday choices.
The PDF contains illustrated cut-out cards with short captions describing safe behaviours children may need to practise. Topics include telling an adult if they get lost, holding an adult’s hand near a busy road, looking both ways before crossing, wearing a seatbelt, wearing a helmet on a bike or scooter, staying where a trusted adult can see them, asking before going somewhere else to play, and checking with an adult before taking medicine.
Other cards focus on personal safety, playground safety and asking for help. Children are shown telling an adult if someone makes them feel unsafe, using playground equipment safely, waiting their turn, washing their hands before eating, staying with their group on a school trip, checking before opening the front door, and telling an adult if they find something dangerous.
The later cards add further safety scenarios, including wearing shoes outside, following school safety rules, telling an adult if someone is hurt, asking permission before using the internet or a device, saying ‘no’ and telling an adult if someone touches them wrong, moving away from fighting or danger, wearing a life jacket near deep water, and reporting sharp objects. These prompts make the cards useful for sorting into safe and unsafe choices, matching discussions, role-play, circle time, or one-to-one work with children who need extra support understanding boundaries and risk.
Because the cards use clear pictures alongside simple wording, they can support children with different language levels and can be used as a visual child safety worksheet, behaviour sorting activity, safeguarding prompt, or social story style discussion tool. Created by Edita Stiborova.
