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Safe at Play: Outdoor Safety (What Would You Do? Game Book)

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The concept is great, but it's much too short. Plus, there's no need for the yellow light (could've had a 'close' answer to make use of the yellow light since it's there). And, the arrows are confusing on their placement on the page.

Overall, it's a good way to introduce the discussion of safe practices outdoors (and, the indoors safety book...same thing).

I think the books are great. Yes some autistic kids may take it literal however if used as a social story and whome ever is reading it can fill in the blanks that are needed. I actually bought all the books to use with autistic children. Teaching the concept of safety is tricky no matter how you present it. These books offer a fun way to teach a concept and makes it a little more interactive to help build interest for safety awareness for that child, and then we generalize to real life situations. This book would not be something to solely rely on to teach any child about safety. Parents/teachers should always be there to help elaborate on any safety awareness books " still a fun book" :)

While the book itself it a fun idea, the execution of the idea is poor.

For example, a question asks: "What would you do if you had to cross a busy street and no adult was there to help you?"

The answer according to the book is: "Stop at the curb. Look left, then right and then left again. Continue to look as you cross the street."

Well that's good, but it fails to mention that you should make sure no car is coming. Or better yet: Just don't cross the street. This may seem obvious, but it is not obvious to all kids. I can see a very literal minded autistic kid reading this and doing exactly what it says, look and then cross no matter whether a car is coming or not.

Same problem with the next question: "What would you do if while you are walking home from school, a car pulls up close to the curb and someone inside asks you a question?" No mention in made in this question as to whether the person inside is a stranger or a parent or normal caregiver of the child. A literal minded child can interpret this to run from all people in cars.

Same problem with the question about "someone" offering candy.

So this book requires an adult to explain each question. The kind of child that needs to book cannot understand it without explanation. Of course, it could be argued that the child that needs this information can't read yet -- but that is not always the situation.

Also, it is unclear that one should press on the number to get the response from the book. The numbers don't look like something you should press. It does say to press them on the front cover, so there are directions. Its just not intuitively obvious. I thought I was supposed to push the lights on the stop light.

That said, the book can be used by a parent to keep a child's interest while discussing safety issues.