Explain that sometimes it is necessary to make decisions about water safety. List the choices. Think about what might happen for each choice. Make a decision. Think about what happened.
Students practice making decisions about water safety.
Use a puppet to pose some of the following situations for students to practice decision-making skills. Have students suggest options and consequences to the puppet. Puppet wants to go in the water, but there aren't any adults around. Puppet is playing in the backyard at a friend's house. Her friend has a pool.