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4 Outstanding Children's Books About Safety for Families
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7 Ways Your Home Can Be Infiltrated in a Storm
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The First 5 Calls to Make After a Blizzard
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4 Outstanding Children's Books About Safety for Families

04/24/2012

Mythical Ways to Predict a Storm (and How the Experts Really Do It)

04/18/2012

Fastest Ways to Prep for a Spring Storm

04/11/2012

5 Worst Area Mudslides and Other Wet Weather Disasters

03/23/2012

7 Ways Your Home Can Be Infiltrated in a Storm

03/01/2012

The First 5 Calls to Make After a Blizzard

02/01/2012

Weather Disasters: 10 Ridiculously Unprepared Homes – Would Yours Make the List?

02/16/2012

15 Tips for Protecting Your Pets In a Weather-Related Disaster

02/08/2012

Face Your Fire & Smoke Claim with Confidence

01/31/2012

The Ice Dams are Coming!

01/18/2012

Winter Maintenance Tips For Your Home

01/16/2012

8 Surprising Lifesavers in a Windstorm  

02/06/2012

4 Outstanding Children's Books About Safety for Families

We all know how much joy, love and fun a house full of children can be—but they also get into (and create!) messes at an astounding rate! Even when your whole property is meticulously childproofed, any parent can tell you you’re never totally in the clear. Fatal injuries in the home are still a leading cause of death in the U.S. Yes, maybe teaching your children the basics of home safety is a huge bore, but we here at Paul Davis still think your family’s safety is our number one priority…boring or not! To that end, we’ve compiled a list of four outstanding children’s books to educate your little ones! Here’s how families in the Northeast can turn their kids into experts and budding scientists about home safety, thunderstorms, emergency preparedness and more.

 

Teaching kids the home safety basics

1.       Claire Llewellyn’s Watch Out! At Home is a great way to start kids on the path to home safety awareness. With cartoon illustrations and short, informative passages, it’s appealing to elementary-aged kids while teaching them to avoid the stove, electrical appliances, sharp objects and to generally turn them into home safety crusaders!

 

The wild world outdoors

2.       Kids who live in Northeast may be used to thunderstorms, especially when summer heat waves roll around, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t afraid of them! Help lessen their fear with Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll, by Franklyn M. Branley. The beautifully-illustrated book teaches new readers all about thunderstorms, how to perform your own weather experiments, and, of course, thunderstorm safety.

 

3.       In big East Coast cities, outdoor family-friendly gatherings are abundant and more and more people include their furry family members in on the fun. To keep your child safe around dogs, check out Be A Dog’s Best Friend: A Safety Guide for Kids by Renee Payne. It’s told in the voice of 10-year-old Ema, who shares her knowledge of how to safely play with dogs you do know, steer clear of those you don’t and how to safely approach a new dog. With playful illustrations and lists of dos and don’ts, this fun read will ensure your kid’s next encounter with a dog is full of big, wet, happy kisses


Emergency preparedness

4.       Once your child is old enough to stay home alone, a whole new realm of safety issue opens up! Dottie Raymer’s A Smart Girl’s Guide to Staying Home Alone teaches older children the basics of staying home without you, including invaluable safety tips and quizzes designed to get them thinking about emergency situations ahead of time. The book also delves into basic first-aid, which can come in handy in the event of a blizzard or flood.

 

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