Meet the Helpers: Virtual Family Kit #2

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How prepared are you for an emergency? Help you and your child prepare and learn about emergencies with these videos, activities, and more!

Taking time to plan for emergencies helps in case there every is one. Use these activities, videos, songs, and more to prepare you and your family for possible emergencies - learn about helpers, learning and write down important phone numbers, make fire escape plans, create an emergency kit, and more.  

WXXI Education, with funding support from Meet the Helpers, has collected the below resources to use as a Virtual Family Kit. 

Virtual Family Event |Emergency Plans | Emergency Supply Kit | Emergency Phone Numbers |
Know First/Last Names | Community Helpers

Virtual Family Event: Being Prepared for Emergencies

Join us a for a virtual family event focused on how you and your child can be prepared for emergencies - from knowing the helpers to learning first and last names to creating an emergency supply kit. 

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Emergency Plans

• Activity: Create an Emergnecy Escape Plan (from Meet the Helpers). Use this grid to make a plan for how your family will get out of the home, if there's an emergency.
• Article: Talking to Children About Emergencies (from Sesame Street in Communities). Use this article for tips on how to talk to your child about emergencies and why we prepare for them. 
• Article: 5 Ways to Get Emergency-Ready (from Sesame Street in Communities). This article outlines 5 starters to getting prepared for an emergency. 
• Article: How to Prepare Your Child for Unexpected Events and Emergencies (from PBS Parents)
• Video: Follow the Plan (from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood)
  

Emergency Supply Kit

• Activity: Build Your Own Emergency Supply Kits (from Meet the Helpers). Use this guide to put together a kit of items that you might need if there was an emergency.
• Activity: Build a First Aid Kit (from Meet the Helpers). Use this guide to create your own family first aid kit to keep in your home, car, or take on the go with you. 
• Activity: Let's Pack an Emergency Kit (from Sesame Street in Communities). 
• Video: Emergency Kit (from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood)
  
  
  
• Video: Make an Emergency Kit (from Sesame Street in Communities)
  

Emergency Phone Numbers

• Activity: I Know Our Address and Phone Number (from Sesame Street in Communities). Use this to learn and practice important phone numbers. 
• Activity: Make an Emergency Contact List (from Meet the Helpers). Use this printable to write down the contact information of other trusted family and friends that could be called if there was an emergency. 
• Activity: Make an Emergency Plan (from Sesame Street in Communities). Use this printable to write down all your family members, emergency phone numbers, helper neighbors, and more. 
• Activity: Practicing My Personal Information (from Meet the Helpers). Use this printable to help your child practice their personal information.

Know First/Last Names

• Video: Knowing First and Last Names (from Sesame Street in Communities)
  

Community Helpers

• Videos: Meet the Helpers video series introduces community helpers and specifically helpers who respond to emergencies. Learn more about helpers in our Virtual Family Session: Who and What are Helpers?
  
• Printable: How Helpers Keep Me Safe (from Sesame Street in Communities). Use your finger or a crayon to help Elmo, Grover, and Grover’s mommy visit their neighborhood helpers.
• Video: Emergency Helpers (from Sesame Street in Communities) 

Meet the Helpers was created and is owned by WUCF, a licensee of the University of Central Florida. Funding for this project and engagement has been provided by WUCF and Meet the Helpers. Learn more about Meet the Helpers at meetthehelpers.org