A Safe Adult Stays Close
A Safe Adult Stays Close
The adult carries responsibility for real road safety; the poster supplies shared language only.
Today's Approach
Amara is about 1 year 11 months to 2 years old. Keep every segment to 3–8 minutes. Looking, pointing, moving, making a sound, saying one word, staying quiet, pausing, or declining all count. Use only the poster and audio; do not request repetition, performance, touch, or eye contact.
A4 Teaching Picture
Open the teaching poster to download or print
Goals
- Chinese: understand “孩子和安全成人待在一起。” and “靠近道路时，成人就在旁边。” in complete short sentences.
- English: hear
The child stays with a safe adult.andThe adult stays close near the road.with picture support. - Early maths: count only one hat, two fish, and three blocks in the separate bottom strip.
- Relationship: the adult follows Amara's attention and boundaries without requiring an answer.
Materials
- The one A4 poster above, printed or displayed full-screen.
- The English audio below.
- No cards, toys, food, containers, or other physical objects are needed.
1. Chinese Picture Talk
Time: 5–8 minutes.
Say slowly, “孩子和安全成人待在一起。”“靠近道路时，成人就在旁边。” Say each sentence once, then add one short natural expansion. Do not ask “What is this?” or “Say it,” and do not correct pronunciation.
Amara may look anywhere, point, move, make a sound, say one word, stay quiet, pause, or decline. Treat all of these as communication and leave waiting time.
2. English Time
Time: 3–5 minutes.
Download today's English audio
Transcript: English time. Listen, look, or point. The child stays with a safe adult. The adult stays close near the road. One hat. Two fish. Three blocks. All done.
Play it once. The adult may point gently to the matching part of the poster. Repeating, answering, and performing are not tasks.
| English | Chinese | Possible response |
|---|---|---|
The child stays with a safe adult. | 孩子和安全成人待在一起。 | Look, point, make a sound, say one word, or stay quiet |
The adult stays close near the road. | 靠近道路时，成人就在旁边。 | Move, pause, or decline |
One. Two. Three. | 一、二、三。 | Follow the adult's point or make no response |
3. Early Maths: 1, 2, 3
Time: 3–5 minutes.
Count only the complete target objects in the three separate bottom cells: exactly one hat in the first cell, two fish in the second, and three blocks in the third. Point one-to-one and say “one, two, three” once. Do not count text, frames, or objects in the main picture, and do not require a number answer.
4. Co-Regulation and Boundaries
Time: 3–5 minutes.
The adult can say, “You are looking. I will look with you,” and “You want to stop. We will stop.” If Amara turns away, pushes the screen away, stays silent, or says no, lower the voice, pause, or finish. Do not use scores, rewards, comparisons, or repeated drills.
Development and Safety Note
The adult carries responsibility for real road safety; the poster supplies shared language only. The adult remains responsible for real-world safety decisions, necessary care, and risk management; a poster never replaces supervision. Explain necessary care first, move gently, and offer feasible choices whenever possible.
Gentle Bedtime Recall
Time: 3–5 minutes.
Say “孩子和安全成人待在一起。 靠近道路时，成人就在旁边。” once, then say The child stays with a safe adult. once. Amara may look, point, make a sound, say one word, stay quiet, or finish immediately.