See how the Kids in the Know program meets curricula outcomes across the country.
Prince Edward Island
Based on the Prince Edward Island Kindergarten Integrated Curriculum (Health and Physical Development, 2008) and Health Curriculum (Grades 1 to 3, 2006; Grades 4 to 6, 2009; Grades 7 to 9, 2007), and Wellness Curriculum (Grade 10, 2014)
Kindergarten
Personal Safety Program (Third Edition)
Lesson 1 – Feelings
- 3.1
- Understand that feelings and emotions are expressed in words, actions and facial/body expressions
Lesson 2 – Identifying a Grown-up Who You Can Go to for Help
- 2.4
- Recognize and discuss safe and unsafe situations
- 2.5
- Apply basic safety rules
Lesson 3 – Naming Body Parts
- 2.4
- Recognize and discuss safe and unsafe situations
Lesson 4 – OKAY and NOT OKAY Touching
- 2.4
- Recognize and discuss safe and unsafe situations
- 2.5
- Apply basic safety rules
Lesson 5 – The Buddy System
- 2.4
- Recognize and discuss safe and unsafe situations
- 2.5
- Apply basic safety rules
Lesson 6 – If Asked to Go and Your Parents Don’t Know, SHOUT NO!
- 2.4
- Recognize and discuss safe and unsafe situations
- 2.5
- Apply basic safety rules
Lesson 7 – What to Do When Lost
- 2.4
- Recognize and discuss safe and unsafe situations
- 2.5
- Apply basic safety rules
Grade 1
Personal Safety Program (Third Edition)
Lesson 1 – Feelings
- R-1.1
- Recognize and demonstrate various ways to express feelings
- R-1.2
- Identify physiological responses to feelings
- R-1.3
- Identify positive and negative feelings associated with stress/change
- R-1.4
- Compare and contrast positive and negative nonverbal communication and associated feelings
Lesson 2 – A Grown-up You Can Go to for Help
- W-1.7
- Describe actions to use in unsafe or abusive situations
- W-1.10
- Demonstrate how to seek emergency help using 911
Lesson 3 – Boundaries — How to be Safe
- R-1.3
- Identify positive and negative feelings associated with stress/change
- W-1.7
- Describe actions to use in unsafe or abusive situations
Lesson 4 – KEEP and SPEAK Secrets
- W-1.7
- Describe actions to use in unsafe or abusive situations
Lesson 5 – The Buddy System
- R-1.5
- Identify characteristics of being a good friend
- W-1.9
- Describe appropriate safety behaviours in and around a school building and on and around a school playground
Lesson 6 – Trust Your INSTINCTS
- R-1.1
- Recognize and demonstrate various ways to express feelings
- R-1.2
- Identify physiological responses to feelings
Grade 2
Personal Safety Program (Third Edition)
Lesson 1 – Emotions
- r-2.1
- recognize that individuals make choices about how to express feelings
- r-2.2
- Become aware that the safe expression of feelings is healthy
Lesson 2 – Identifying a Safe Grown-up
- R-2.3
- Develop communication strategies to express needs and seek support
- W-2.6
- Describe and apply communication safety behaviour at home
- W-2.8
- Identify members of personal safety support networks and how to access assistance
Lesson 3 – Safety Awareness
- R-2.6
- Demonstrate an age appropriate conflict resolution strategy
- W-2.6
- Describe and apply communication safety behaviour at home
Lesson 4 – The Buddy System
- W-2.6
- Describe and apply communication safety behaviour at home
Lesson 5 – Crossing Boundaries
- R-2.4
- Demonstrate ways to show appreciation to friends and others
- R-2.5
- Demonstrate behaviours that show respect for others
Lesson 6 – KEEP and SPEAK Secrets
- R-2.3
- Develop communication strategies to express needs and seek support
Grade 3
Personal Safety Program (Third Edition)
Lesson 1 – Seven Root Safety Strategies
- W-3.8
- Employ practices that provide safety for self and others
- W-3.9
- Describe and analyze appropriate safety behaviours in the local community
Lesson 2 – Emotions
- R-3.1
- Recognize the effects of sharing positive feelings on self and others
- R-3.2
- Demonstrate safe and appropriate ways for sharing and/or expressing feelings through words and behaviour
- R-3.5
- Develop effective communication skills and strategies to express feelings
Lesson 3 – Identifying a Safe Grown-up
- W-3.9
- Describe and analyze appropriate safety behaviours in the local community
- W-3.10
- Describe and apply age appropriate behaviours when encountering an emergency
Lesson 4 – Personal Boundaries and Assertiveness
- R-3.4
- Develop strategies to deal with stress and change
- W-3.7
- Identify strategies to avoid being bullied in different case scenarios
Lesson 5 – Friendship
- R-3.6
- Develop strategies to build and enhance friendships
- W-3.7
- Identify strategies to avoid being bullied in different case scenarios
Lesson 6 – KEEP and SPEAK Secrets
- R-3.4
- Develop strategies to deal with stress and change
- R-3.5
- Develop effective communication skills and strategies to express feelings
Lesson 7 – The Buddy System
- W-3.8
- Employ practices that provide safety for self and others
- W-3.9
- Describe and analyze appropriate safety behaviours in the local community
Lesson 8 – Online Safety
- W-3.9
- Describe and analyze appropriate safety behaviours in the local community
Grade 4
Personal Safety Program (Third Edition)
Lesson 1 – Seven Root Safety Strategies
- W-4.7
- Expand practices that provide safety for self and others
- W-4.9
- Describe and demonstrate ways to assist with the safety of others
Lesson 2 – How We Feel and How We Act
- R-4.1
- Recognize that individuals can have a positive and negative influence on the feelings of others
- R-4.2
- Identify and use short-term strategies for managing anger
Lesson 3 – Expanding the Circle of Protection Around Children
- R-4.6
- Identify and describe ways to provide support to others
- R-4.7
- Demonstrate an understanding of effective communication skills and behaviours to reduce escalation of conflict
Lesson 4 – Friendship
- R-4.4
- Describe and demonstrate communication skills and behaviours that show respect for the feelings of others
- R-4.5
- Identify changes that may occur in friendships, and explore strategies to deal with changes
- W-4.9
- Describe and demonstrate ways to assist with the safety of others
Lesson 5 – Common Lures
- L-4.3
- Demonstrate effective decision making
- W-4.7
- Expand practices that provide safety for self and others
- W-4.9
- Describe and demonstrate ways to assist with the safety of others
Lesson 6 – Home Alone
- W-4.7
- Expand practices that provide safety for self and others
- W-4.9
- Describe and demonstrate ways to assist with the safety of others
Lesson 7 – Online Safety
- W-4.7
- Expand practices that provide safety for self and others
- W-4.9
- Describe and demonstrate ways to assist with the safety of others
Grade 5
Personal Safety Program (Third Edition)
Lesson 1 – Seven Root Safety Strategies
- W-5.7
- Promote safety practices in the school and community
Lesson 2 – Emotions
- R-5.1
- Recognize that certain behaviours may mask underlying feelings
- R-5.2
- Identify and use long-term strategies for managing feelings
Lesson 3 – Circle of Protection
- W-5.7
- Promote safety practices in the school and community
- W-5.8
- Determine appropriate safety behaviours for community recreational situations
Lesson 4 – Boundaries
- W-5.6
- Identify personal boundaries, and recognize that boundaries vary depending on the nature of relationship, situation, and culture
Lesson 5 – Friendship
- R-5.4
- Practise effective communication skills
Lesson 6 – Common Lures
- R-5.7
- Apply mediation skills when resolving conflicts
- W-5.7
- Promote safety practices in the school and community
Lesson 7 – Home Alone
- W-5.7
- Promote safety practices in the school and community
Lesson 8 – Online Safety
- W-5.6
- Identify personal boundaries, and recognize that boundaries vary depending on the nature of relationship, situation, and culture
- W-5.7
- Promote safety practices in the school and community
Grade 6
Personal Safety Program (Third Edition)
Lesson 1 – Seven Root Safety Strategies
- W-6.7
- Evaluate the impact of personal behaviour on the safety of self and others
Lesson 2 – Emotional Range
- R-6.1
- Recognize that individuals can choose their own emotional reactions to events and thoughts
- R-6.2
- Establish personal guidelines for expressing feelings
- W-6.9
- Describe physical, emotional, and social changes that occur during puberty
Lesson 3 – Circle of Protection
- R-6.6
- Develop strategies to maintain and enhance appropriate cross-age relationships
- W-6.8
- Demonstrate responsibility for, and skills related to, the safety of self and others
Lesson 4 – Relationships
- R-6.5
- Develop and demonstrate strategies to build and enhance relationships in the family
- R-6.6
- Develop strategies to maintain and enhance appropriate cross-age relationships
- R-6.8
- Analyse the influence of groups and cliques on self and others
- W-6.5
- Identify and communicate values and beliefs that affect healthy choices
Lesson 5 – Healthy vs. Unhealthy Boundaries
- R-6.3
- Develop personal strategies for dealing with stress and change
- W-6.5
- Identify and communicate values and beliefs that affect healthy choices
Lesson 6 – Common Lures
- R-6.6
- Develop strategies to maintain and enhance appropriate cross-age relationships
- W-6.8
- Demonstrate responsibility for, and skills related to, the safety of self and others
Lesson 7 – Online Safety
- W-6.7
- Evaluate the impact of personal behaviour on the safety of self and others
- W-6.8
- Demonstrate responsibility for, and skills related to, the safety of self and others
Lesson 8 – Babysitters’ Safety
- R-6.7
- Apply a variety of strategies for resolving conflict
- W-6.7
- Evaluate the impact of personal behaviour on the safety of self and others
Grade 7
Personal Safety Program (Third Edition)
Lesson 1 – Emotions
- R-7.1
- Analyse how thinking patterns influence feelings
- R-7.2
- Demonstrate an understanding for short-term and long-term support for emotional concerns
Lesson 2 – Identifying Personal Boundaries
- R-7.5
- Examine the characteristics of healthy relationships, and develop strategies to build and enhance them
- W-7.7
- Analyse differing personal perspectives on safety
Lesson 3 – How to Set Personal Boundaries
- R-7.5
- Examine the characteristics of healthy relationships, and develop strategies to build and enhance them
- R-7.7
- Identify strategies for dealing assertively with conflict
- W-7.7
- Analyse differing personal perspectives on safety
Lesson 4 – Friendships
- R-7.3
- Identify sources of stress in relationships, and describe positive methods of dealing with such stressors
- R-7.5
- Examine the characteristics of healthy relationships, and develop strategies to build and enhance them
- R-7.7
- Identify strategies for dealing assertively with conflict
Lesson 5 – Relationships
- R-7.3
- Identify sources of stress in relationships, and describe positive methods of dealing with such stressors
- R-7.5
- Examine the characteristics of healthy relationships, and develop strategies to build and enhance them
- R-7.7
- Identify strategies for dealing assertively with conflict
- W-7.11
- Analyse the influences on personal decision making for responsible sexual behaviour
Lesson 6 – Online Record
- R-7.5
- Examine the characteristics of healthy relationships, and develop strategies to build and enhance them
- R-7.7
- Identify strategies for dealing assertively with conflict
- W-7.6
- Demonstrate an understanding of the concept and possible consequences of various forms of harassment
- W-7.7
- Analyse differing personal perspectives on safety
Lesson 7 – Getting Out of Unhealthy Situations
- R-7.5
- Examine the characteristics of healthy relationships, and develop strategies to build and enhance them
- W-7.7
- Analyse differing personal perspectives on safety
- W-7.8
- Identify characteristics of resiliency
Grade 8
Personal Safety Program (Third Edition)
Lesson 1 – Identifying Feelings
- R-8.1
- Describe characteristics of persistent negative feeling states
Lesson 2 – How We Think, How We Feel
- R-8.1
- Describe characteristics of persistent negative feeling states
- R-8.3
- Evaluate the relationship between risk management and stress management
Lesson 3 – Identifying Healthy and Unhealthy Personal Boundaries
- R-8.5
- Describe strategies for maintaining healthy relationships
- R-8.6
- Describe and provide examples of ethical behaviour in relationships
- R-8.7
- Develop and demonstrate strategies for promoting peaceful relationships
- W-8.8
- Identify potentially unsafe situations, and begin to develop strategies to reduce risk
- W-8.13
- Determine the signs, methods, and consequences of various types of abuse
Lesson 4 – Dating Relationships
- R-8.5
- Describe strategies for maintaining healthy relationships
- R-8.6
- Describe and provide examples of ethical behaviour in relationships
- R-8.7
- Develop and demonstrate strategies for promoting peaceful relationships
Lesson 5 – Sextortion: What Teens Need to Know
- W-8.1
- Examine the relationship between choices and resulting consequences
- W-8.8
- Identify potentially unsafe situations, and begin to develop strategies to reduce risk
- W-8.13
- Determine the signs, methods, and consequences of various types of abuse
- W-8.15
- Demonstrate an understanding of responsibilities and consequences associated with being sexually active
Grade 9
Personal Safety Program (Third Edition)
Lesson – Healthy Relationships
- W-9.10
- Apply coping strategies when experiencing different rates of physical, emotional, sexual, and social development
- W-9.11
- Identify the four basic types of sexual assault
- W-9.12
- Describe the consequences of sexual assault on a victim and those people associated with that victim
- W-9.13
- Determine “safer” sex practices
- R-9.1
- Identify and categorize various types of abuse
- R-9.2
- Develop an awareness of the warning signs of abusive relationships and available community support
- R-9.3
- Distinguish between abusive relationships and healthy relationships
- R-9.4
- Gain an understanding of the complex societal and individual factors that perpetuate abuse
- R-9.5
- Identify safe and effective alternatives to abusive behvaiour
- R-9.6
- Determine effective support for a friend who may be involved in an abusive relationship, as a victim or as an abuser
- L-9.3
- Use decision making skills to select appropriate risk taking activities for personal growth and empowerment
Grade 10
Personal Safety Program (Third Edition)
Lesson – Healthy Relationships
- W1
- Evaluate one’s self in each dimension of wellness.
- W5
- Assess one’s own self-awareness and self-management for the purpose of enhancing personal well-being and the well-being of others.
- W6
- Model safety and injury prevention practices.
- W9
- Assess how relationships influence all dimensions of wellness.