Danger Rangers Teach Valuable Life Lessons

       Danger Rangers is a television program that aired on PBS Kids. From September 2011 to September 2012, the show was re-aired on CBS as part of Cookie Jar TV.

       Danger Rangers was originally created with its first pilot in 1999; however, the first Hollywood production was completed in 2003. The show was born from the cause of children's safety and was the first show to successfully put Disney quality productions into a quality curriculum. The Danger Rangers series was the most successfully distributed independent show on PBS Affiliates and was documented to have saved lives.

       Seven animal heroes called the "Danger Rangers," their robot Fallbot, and their artificial intelligence called SAVO teach children about safety through examples, such as environmental hazards and unsafe places.

 The Danger Rangers teach about safety rules.

Click on the video to see more of the 16 episodes

 of Danger Rangers at YouTube.

D.A.R.E. for Kids

       D.A.R.E. Primary is a life skills and drug education program for 9-11-year-olds. The course, consisting of 10 one-hour sessions, aims to provide children with knowledge, skills, and an opportunity to explore attitudes, to help them to make informed decisions, and to develop safe and healthy lifestyles. Topics covered include, tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, volatile substances, bullying, anti-social behavior, and different types of pressure. Children look at normative beliefs about alcohol and tobacco. The sessions are interactive and provide a range of learning opportunities through individual activities, teamwork, discussions, storyboards, and appropriate role play. DARE Primary can be delivered by:

• DARE Officer (Serving or former Police Officer, Police Community Support Officer, or School Officer--- a school liaison officer)
• Teacher and DARE Officer where the Officer attends every other week (called 50/50). It also becomes part of the Health Unit in most schools.
• Teacher delivered (Teachers receive training from DARE)

       Each pupil is provided with a DARE workbook for use during the course. DARE Officers and Teachers (where the Teacher delivered option is chosen) are provided with session guides. An important part of the program is the graduation ceremony which is an opportunity for families and schools to celebrate the children's achievements.

• D.A.R.E. program director in Crestwood Missouri
• Drug Abuse Resistance Education home page
• DARE World
• How to Start a DARE Program in your Community
• International Association of Chiefs of Police, IACP
• 2003 U.S. General Accounting Office letter to Senator Richard J. Durbin
• A Different Look at D.A.R.E.
• UK website
• Training Center Minas Gerais / D.A.R.E. Brazil (PROERD)
• D.A.R.E. Brazil (PROERD)
• Official Keepin' It Real website
• ASU's official Keepin' it REAL website

Rigmarole

Rigmarole.

There is a land where bunnies dance

While foxes play the flute,

Where puppy-dogs in polkas prance,

And bear-cubs swiftly shoot

In sledges o'er the slipp'ry ice,

Which isn't safe, though very nice.

There on their hind-legs kittens walk,

And elephants steal jam,

There lions sit at tea and talk,

As gentle as a lamb,

There rats at school long copies write,

While bears are put to bed at night.

And if you don't believe it, look

At all the pages in my book!

The Rain Regiment

The Rain Regiment

by Mathilda Schirmer

Across the city's many roofs

Comes a sound of heavy hoofs...

The Regiment of Rain

That beats the windowpane;

That floods each country lane;

That tramples the farmers' grain;

That tangles the horse's mane;

That teases the weather vane,

And angers the raging main!

There are none who can refrain

From admiring the Regiment of Rain.

Pillow-Time!

Pillow-Time!

Pillow-time!

Friendly, bright stars

Gleaming out

In the dark sky,

Above quiet trees

A jolly moon

For Company;

And to lure one

Far into sleepy-land,

Thee beguiling

Pillow-time tales

About other children's

Dream adventures.

Why, pillow-time

Is the happiest time

Of all the day!

Autumn

Autumn

by Albert Laighton.

The world puts on its robes of glory now;

The very flowers are tinged with deeper

dyes;

The waves are bluer, and the angels pitch

Their shining tents along the sunset

skies.

Fireman's or woman's badge for playtime.

         Below are fireman's badges that teachers and parents may print, cut and laminate in order to give away to young children for play time after they have been visited by the local fire department. You can adhere special safety pins to the back side of the badges. I found a large pack at Amazon for little ones here. You could probably find them in your local craft store as well if you prefer.

        Individual graphics are included for parents who only need one or two. Four graphics are included on one sheet of badges for easier printing in the classroom. Enjoy!
       Fire Departments feel free to pass out these crafted fireman's badges too, if you would like. They are free from kathy grimm!

A fireman's badge including an "engine house" number.

A fireman's badge including an eagle.

A fireman's badge with a blank ribbon for teachers who wish to include a name.

A fireman's badge including the symbolic tools of the trade.

All four fireman's badges on one png. for those who need to print multiple quantities.