Water Safety for Kids
Water Safety for Kids
Resources to help your child learn about water safety while having fun in and around water.
Resources to help your child learn about water safety while having fun in and around water.
Resources to help your child learn about water safety while having fun in and around water.
Resources to help your child learn about water safety while having fun in and around water.
Did you know Whale Tales is available in Spanish?
Meet Longfellow! His WHALE Tales are short, engaging and age-appropriate videos that teach important water safety topics. Each lesson centers on a memorable rhyming phrase to help children retain what they've learned.
We have content designed for Kindergarten through second graders, as well as for third through fifth graders. Encourage your child to watch the video, do the activity sheet for their age group, and then take a quick 3-question quiz to help them demonstrate what they've learned and take pride in their new knowledge! A parent and caregiver guide is available to help you enhance their learning.
Please note: younger children may need help printing the activity sheets and reading the quiz questions.
Red Cross Swim, sponsored by The ZAC Foundation, can help children and adults learn to be safer in and around water. Knowing how to swim is exciting and opens the door to many opportunities, but water is not without risk. Learning to enjoy the water safely should be the first step for anyone who will be around water. Have fun learning water safety in an engaging way with video and activities for kids and families. Track your kids’ progress with this FREE app as they learn to swim.
Or text: "SWIM" to 90999
Your child’s personal safety engaging in this content is of utmost importance to us. Using this material is not a substitute for formal instruction by a properly certified swimming instructor. We suggest that you use a certified swimming instructor that you trust to assist your child’s transition into swimming. We take reasonable measures to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this content; but, do not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the content. We are not liable for any loss or claim arising out of any event beyond our reasonable control and reserve the right to make changes or corrections to this content, from time to time.