Find my trusted helpers

Learning goal: Identify two trusted adults and practice asking for help.

Prepare: One worksheet per child, pencils or crayons, and the linked book pages. A closed book can stand in for a device. No student account or device is needed.

Book connection: Cyber Safety Coloring & Activity Book Featuring Officer Quackers, PDF pages 35, 43. Numbers are PDF positions, including blank backs.

Teach the lesson

1. 3 min · Connect

   Ask: Who helps us when we have a question at school?

2. 4 min · Model and say

   Say: A trusted helper listens and helps keep you safe. Model: Teacher, I need help with something on my screen.

3. 8 min · Practice together

   Use page 35. Children draw a helper, then practice asking a second helper if the first is unavailable. Name roles rather than collecting contact details. Read the worksheet aloud and let children respond by pointing, speaking, circling, or drawing. Use optional coloring only if time allows.

4. 3 min · Discuss

   Invite two different responses. Ask: What would you do? Why could that help? Use the answer guide on the next page.

5. 2 min · Check understanding

   Ask children to name or point to two helper roles and rehearse one request.

Answers & follow-through

Worksheet guidance

1. Circle someone at school who can help.

   Teacher. Other known school helpers may also be appropriate.

2. A helper is busy. What can you do?

   Ask another trusted adult. Keep asking until someone helps.

3. Draw a helper at school and a helper outside school.

   Accept trusted caregivers, teachers, counselors, or other safe adults; children may use roles.

Check, then respond

Ask children to name or point to two helper roles and rehearse one request.

Mark your observation: □ Independent   □ With a prompt   □ Needs practice. If a child needs practice, demonstrate the same action again and offer a new example in the next class. This is a teaching check, not a safety certification.

Make it work for your learners

Support: Read aloud, point to two choices, model one response, and accept a gesture, spoken answer, drawing, or partner scribe. Do not require independent reading.

Extend: Ask the child to invent one new pretend situation for today’s goal and explain a safe response to a partner.

Family conversation

Talk together about whom the child can ask when their usual grown-up is busy.

No personal information or signed homework needs to be returned.

Teacher care note

Use fictional situations. Do not collect passwords, addresses, or private experiences. Offer an alternative to role-play. If a child shares a concern, listen calmly, avoid public questioning, and follow school procedures.