Road Safety Cut and Paste Worksheet for Kids
Children ages 3-5 practice identifying safe versus unsafe behaviors near roads and traffic by sorting pictures into 'Do's' and 'Don'ts' columns, building early safety awareness alongside basic classification skills. Talking through why each picture belongs in its column helps children move beyond simply memorizing rules toward actually understanding the reasoning behind road safety.
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Month 10: Learning & Development | Ages 6-7Curriculum
How to use this worksheet
Look at the pictures at the bottom of the page together and describe what's happening in each one before your child starts cutting. Have your child cut out each picture, then decide together whether it shows a safe action, like holding an adult's hand while crossing, or an unsafe one, like running into the street. Glue each picture into the correct 'Do's' or 'Don'ts' column, discussing the reasoning behind the placement as you go.
Materials needed
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pencil
Extension activities
- •Discuss each picture in detail and talk through why it is safe or unsafe in real-life terms.
- •Draw your own safe road scene showing people crossing correctly and using a crosswalk.
- •Practice looking both ways and holding hands before crossing a real street together, narrating the safe steps out loud.
- •Act out a short role-play with toy cars and figures showing a safe versus unsafe road crossing.
Tips for parents and teachers
Review the concepts of road safety with your child before and after the worksheet, since reinforcement close in time to the activity helps it stick. Encourage them to ask questions and discuss real-life scenarios they might encounter on the way to school or the park. Use this worksheet as a natural jumping-off point for setting clear road safety rules your family follows every time you're near traffic.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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