Puppet theater for young children

Initiative details

Children learn basic traffic safety principles such as looking both ways before crossing the street, traffic lights, etc.

Initiative date

to

Who was/is your target audience?

Children 0-16

Topic

Education in school or in community organizations

Organisation details

La Sécurité Routière asbl
Association
Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Contact name

Dina Freitas

Telephone number

+352 31 97 86-1

Project activities

If you work together with external partners, list the most important partners and briefly describe their role.

Police Luxembourg perform the play
Cactus sponsors the flyers

Please describe the project activities you carried/are carrying out and the time period over which these were implemented.

Members of the Luxembourgish police force perform a puppet play for children in cycle 1. The elementary schools of the country are invited to attend the play in the venue closest to them. Within two years, the play is performed for every Cycle 1 child in the country.

Evaluation

What has been the effect of the activities?

Every year, the play is performed for more than 6000 children between 3 and 5 years old. It is a tradition in the schools that eagerly await the arrival of the program at the beginning of the year.Thanks to the teaching material, the schools continue to teach the song in the classroom and the song is known by all young children.

Please briefly explain why your initiative is a good example of improving road safety.

The puppet theater is a great way to convey a simple and clear, but very important message to young children. It is the foundation of their road safety education.

How have you shared information about your project and its results?

Through the municipalities and the Ministry of Education to reach teachers
Through a press release to encourage parents to continue the efforts at home