Body safety cards

The ‘Body Safety Cards’ provide children and young people with empowering phrases and rules they can remember and use in unsafe situations. Each card has a sentence for a child or young person to learn and refer to, a fun image, and a discussion prompt to open up the conversation.

There are several ways you can use the cards:

• You can print and cut these cards out and display them in a prominent place in your home or classroom so children and young people can refer to them often. These displayed phrases also send a clear message to other adults and older children that your child is educated in personal safety.
• Make two copies of the cards and play a game of Concentration with a child or young person.
• Have the child or young person ‘act out’ each phrase —using both their voice and body stance.
• Have the child or young person read the phrases to you, then discuss what each phrase means.