For some years now, many schools have been assisted by a municipal agent who teaches children the basic rules of road education. Teachers say it is a very positive experience, because children get involved and have a lot of fun.
Many parents think that with 5 years, they are still too young to learn, but the reality is different, up to 7 years children are especially receptive when learning new things, and road safety is such an important issue, that how much Before they learn it better. Just as we teach them the dangers of entering the pool without protection, we must teach them the dangers of urban roads.
With 5 years they are small to learn complicated rules of road education, but not to assimilate some basic notions that will be very useful, such as recognizing their usual environment, home, school, home of the closest relatives, etc. . The agent who goes to the school to teach Road education will teach you the basic rules of circulation, the colors and the meaning of them at a traffic light, the usefulness of a zebra crossing, which must be looked at both sides before crossing, will explain that they have to walk down the street, without running or jumping.
Something more complicated, but that by the forms of the signs and the drawings can also learn, it is to differentiate the different norms that indicate danger, prohibition, obligation…
They learn this teaching through games and sometimes, to reinforce what they have learned, they take a walk around the school to apply it on the ground.
If your child does not have this possibility at school, you must do it to parents, always trying to have fun while we explain the rules, talk to them and make them participate in the decision to be taken, for example, what does the color that illuminates indicate? the traffic light ?, if you make a mistake, we will explain it again and if you have learned it, it will encourage you to congratulate him.
In addition, the General Directorate of Traffic offers an internet service for children to learn and have a great time.
And once again, remember that parents are their models, so we should never stop giving an example to our children, no matter how hurried we are, we should never skip a red light, it is proven that this will make their learning more difficult and so Reduce the risk of accident.
