Longfellow's WHALE Tales

Teach American Red Cross water safety right in your classroom! Longfellow's WHALE Tales provides an easy-to-follow lesson plan for school teachers, parents, or other adult leaders teaching children ages 5 to 12 about safe behavior in, on, and around the water.

Make water safety fun and easy to learn! Each lesson is reinforced with color posters, worksheets, activities, and a video that features Longfellow, the animated whale.

Longfellow's WHALE Tales Includes Five Basic Lessons.

1. Swim with a buddy in a supervised area.
2. Be cool, follow the rule -- the reasons behind water safety rules.
3. Look before you leap -- choose safe places to swim and dive.
4. Think so you don't sink -- what to do when things go wrong, such as leg cramps, exhaustion, or getting caught in a fast-moving current.
5. Reach or throw, don't go -- safe ways to rescue a swimmer in trouble.

Additional lessons are included for upper elementary grades. Contact your local Red Cross chapter for more information.