Street-Sign Safety

Get to school safely each day! These miniature traffic signs help young children learn about road safety while they play.

• 1.

  You pass colorful road signs everyday when you walk or ride to and from school. What do these signs mean to drivers? Why do you need to know what those signs mean? After you make your miniature signs, place them on a map to practice safe walking.

• 2.

  Mix Crayola Model Magic® with aquarium gravel (to add weight) for your sign bases. Form into bases. Poke a craft stick in each one.

• 3.

  With Model Magic, shape several signs in the correct colors. You can make different colors by kneading color from Crayola Washable Markers into white Model Magic.

• 4.

  Press your signs down on craft sticks. Air-dry signs.

• 5.

  If necessary, use Crayola School Glue to hold craft sticks in the bases. Air-dry the glue before using them.

Benefits

• Students identify and study traffic signs.
• Students learn the meanings of street signs as they apply to their lives.
• Students reproduce signs in miniature and practice safe walking rules.

Adaptations

• Draw a floor map of the neighborhood. Make buildings with recycled boxes. Add traffic signs. Use miniature vehicles to practice safe walking to and from school and to learn the routes.
• Make up new symbols for "traffic" issues within your classroom and design signs for them.
• Study the colors used on road signs. Find out the reasons behind the color choices.
• Research what road signs look like in other countries. Can you understand them even though you don’t speak the language?
• Start a list of expressions you use that come from traffic signs, such as "proceed with caution."