Concept
Some people touch children inappropriately. These people are wrong to do this.
Objectives
Children will be able to:
- Identify inappropriate touch.
- Say "NO!" assertively, leave the situation (if possible) and TELL appropriate persons.
- Demonstrate either an appropriate spoken phrase or established sign, gesture, or pantomime to report that inappropriate touch has occurred.
- Indicate the offender in the picture is wrong.
- Identify the offender as someone the child might know.
Teacher Information
This picture can serve as a review of inappropriate touch. Again, emphasize that no one should touch children's private parts unless it is for reasons of health or hygiene. For some children, you might want to cover the pictures and expose and discuss them one at a time. At this point we recommend a review of the major concepts through such activities as sorting the lesson panels (e.g. separating "okay touch" from "not okay touch") as well as more roleplaying of the NO-GO-TELL! rule.
The next step of the curriculum is to administer the post-test to individual children. See the Curriculum Guide for instructions. If a child has been frequently absent and has missed parts of the curriculum, the post-test should be postponed until that child has received make-up lessons.
- It is appropriate at this time to send home parent letter #4. (See Curriculum Guide.)
Picture Description and Suggested Language Guidelines
Here is a picture of many "not okay touches."
- In this picture, the lady and the little boy are in a car. The lady puts her hand on the boy's private parts.
- In this picture, a man is putting his hand in the boy's pants. He should not touch the boy on his private parts.
- In this picture, the little boy is in bed. The man is touching the boy's private parts.
- The man is touching the little girl under her shirt. The man is wrong.
Nobody should touch you on the private parts of your body. All of these children feel confused. They all feel "Uh-oh! Something is wrong!" Nobody should touch them on their private parts. What should these children do?
Activities
- Select activities from past inappropriate touch pictures, #46-54.
- Photocopy and clip apart "okay touch," "not okay touch," and "inappropriate touch" pictures from panels #29, #35, #55, and reduce panels #26 and #43, and a few selected others, to the same size. Have children sort them into "okay boxes" and "NO-GO-TELL! "
- Using the pictures in activity #2, have children randomly select a picture from a box or bag. An "okay picture" should be demonstrated, a "not okay picture" means they should role play the NO-GO-TELL! safety rule.