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We need for children to be able to stay calm both for their own benefit and for ours, so that we adults can go about the business of taking care of problems. In addition to the necessary food, medical, hygiene and other items recommended by your local authorities, you may want for your emergency kits have a variety of things for your children. These items will help keep your children occupied and help give them a sense of normalcy in a stressful situation.
These may include:
- Favorite toys
- A flashlight for each child
- Extra batteries
- Books
- Card-games
- Travel-size games
- Work-books and flashcards for basic school skills
- "Incentives" for behavior, such as stickers and small hard candies.
- Blank composition books for kids to record their experiences.
- Favorite comfort foods (canned mac n' cheese anyone?)
- Child-friendly information about weather and other emergencies. Resources are often available at local grocers, news stations, fire stations.
- Ways to keep in touch with friends and family that kids may worry about.
- "Lovies" (teddy bears or security blankets), duplicates if possible.
Korrin H. Johnson,
ABC Learning Resource Center, Fernandina Beach, Florida
