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TRAFFIC EDUCATION
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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 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.
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.
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.