Resources
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4-012 Order
I'M GROWING UP SAFELY - GROWTH CHART
Saskatchewan Prevention Institute, 2003This resource provides home safety information for parents and caregivers in the form of a children’s growth chart. The growth chart reaches a maximum height of 90 cm (36 inches or 3 feet) and is intended for children between birth and 2 years of age.
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I'M GROWING UP SAFELY: BIRTH TO 1 YEAR - BROCHURE
Saskatchewan Prevention Institute, 2011This brochure contains home safety information on the common causes of injury for children less than one year of age. Specific information and preventative messages are included on the following topics: safe sleep, coping with crying, car seats, falls, drowning, choking, and burns and scalds.
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I'M GROWING UP SAFELY: 1 TO 4 YEARS - BROCHURE
Saskatchewan Prevention Institute, 2011This brochure contains home safety information on the common causes of injury for children between one and four years of age. Information is divided by activities around the home including: play time, bath time, sleep time, and meal time. Injury topics include: falls, car seats, drowning, choking, strangulation, poisoning, and burns and scalds.
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I'M GROWING UP SAFELY: 5 TO 9 YEARS - BROCHURE
Saskatchewan Prevention Institute, 2011This brochure contains information on the common causes of injury for children between five and nine years of age. Injury prevention at home as well as within a community is discussed including: car seats, playgrounds, bikes and other wheels, pedestrian safety, falls, drowning, poisoning, and burns and scalds.
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4-302 Order
KOOKUM'S GIFT: THE GIFT OF FIRE - DVD - (10 MIN.)
Saskatchewan Prevention Institute, 2004Grandmothers are wonderful teachers. In the video, a winter campfire provides Kookum (Cree for Grandmother) an opportunity to teach fire safety. The video begins when Kookum and her two grandchildren, who have been setting snares all day, stop to eat.
While cooking on the campfire, Kookum remembers a story of how the Creator brought into being: the wind, water, rocks, and fire. She reminds her grandchildren to always respect fire.
The video highlights important information about fire prevention and safety.
This video is also available for loan. Please refer to Item Number 4-V-333.
As part of the Kookum’s Gift, download the Fire Safety Colouring Sheet and Mix ‘N Match Fire Safety Rules from the Prevention Institute’s website: www.preventioninstitute.sk.ca.
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4-358 Order
IS YOUR CHILD SAFE? - BOOKLET
Health Canada, Revised 2006This booklet deals with important information on prevention of childhood injuries and covers such topics as baby carriers, blind and curtain cords, children’s clothing, playpens, playgrounds, safety gates, etc.
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4-V-304 Loan
BE A HOUSE DETECTIVE! HOW TO PROTECT YOUNG CHILDREN FROM HAZARDS IN THE HOME - DVD - (18 MIN.)
Community Health Services Department County of Lambton, 2002The video takes viewers on a "House Detective Home Tour" through four rooms (nursery, bathroom, kitchen, and living room) looking at the most common sources of childhood injuries. Each room features a different family with children birth to age 6 who discover real solutions to preventing household injuries. A manual is included.