Formation of Christian Chastity lesson

Safe Environment Plan
Keeping Myself Safe

Prayer:

Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits me here. Ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule, and guide. Amen.

Catechism of the Catholic Church (#336):

From its beginning until death, human life is surrounded by their watchful care and intercession. Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life. Already here on earth the Christian life shares by faith in the blessed company of angels and men united in God.

Objectives:

Students will know rules for keeping people safe.
Students will understand the difference between good touch - bad touch.
Students will understand that God loves and respects me and I in turn should love and respect myself.

God is our Creator and he made everything good. He made us in his image and likeness. As children of God, we should love and respect all things as well as ourselves. One way of showing respect is keeping our bodies safe.

God loves us very much and wants us to feel safe at all times. We feel safe when we know we are not in danger and we are not afraid. Some touches like hitting, shoving, grabbing and pushing are not good touches. It is important to know the rules that are listed below to keep us from harm and danger:

• When someone touches you and you feel it is not good touch, or it hurts, you should tell that person, whether they are another child or an adult, to STOP. It is O.K. to even to tell a big person "No" when you feel scared.
• Always tell someone, like your mommy, daddy, teacher, or grandparents right away when you feel scared and not safe.

Activities:

• Discuss - What safety rules do you know that keep you safe? Looking
  both ways when crossing the street, wearing a seat belt, not playing with matches, wearing a helmet when riding a bicycle, etc.
• What people give you good touches that make you feel safe and warm? Parent's hug, a friend's High -5, shaking hands when meeting someone for the first time, snuggling up with grand mom when reading a book.
• Draw a "Smiley Face" if you feel safe and a "Frown Face" if you feel sad and scared.

Teacher reads:

• Mommy hugs you for cleaning up your room.
• Your friend gets angry at you and pushes you and you fall down
• You are watching TV and your sister's friend sits real close to you
  and you do not like it.
• Your friend gives you a High-5 for scoring a basket in gym class
• Your teacher gives you a pat on your back for spelling a word
  correctly.

Conclusion: God loves you very much and wants you to feel safe and happy. He gave us our parents, teachers, and friends to help us be safe and secure when we are at home, school, playground, and Church. Remember to follow the rules if your feel sad, scared and not safe. God is our Creator and he made everything good. God gave us our guardian angel to love and protect us and keep us from harm.