
Longfellow's WHALE Tales
Teach American Red Cross water safety right in your classroom!
Longfellow's WHALE Tales provides an easy-to-follow lesson
plan for school teachers, parents, or other adult leaders
teaching children ages 5 to 12 about safe behavior in, on,
and around the water.
Make water safety fun and easy to learn! Each lesson is reinforced
with color posters, worksheets, activities, and a video that
features Longfellow, the animated whale.
Longfellow's WHALE Tales Includes Five Basic Lessons.
- Swim with a buddy in a supervised area.
- Be cool, follow the rule -- the reasons
behind water safety rules.
- Look before you leap -- choose safe places
to swim and dive.
- Think so you don't sink -- what to do
when things go wrong, such as leg cramps, exhaustion, or
getting caught in a fast-moving current.
- Reach or throw, don't go -- safe ways
to rescue a swimmer in trouble.
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