The American Red Cross presents
Water Safety for Kids
The American Red Cross believes that one way to help
reduce drowning incidents among children is to
teach water safety education, so they created
Longfellow’s WHALE Tales to help teach children
about safe behavior in, on and around the water.
 
Hi, I am Longfellow*, a blue whale.
WHALE is an acronym for Water Habits Are Learned Early.
 
Click on the link below to enjoy my WHALE tales
and learn all about water safety!
 
 
https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/water-safety/water-safety-for-kids.html
 
 
The Red Cross wants to help parents, caregivers and kids
to learn and share water safety knowledge and skills together.
If your child isn't able to take formal swim lessons right now,
you can still help them learn to be safer around backyard pools, ponds or other natural bodies of water.
 
*Commodore Wilbert E. Longfellow started the Red Cross Lifesaving Corps in 1914 to train volunteers in the methods of lifesaving and resuscitation. His next step was to provide large-scale instruction in swimming. The commodore’s teaching philosophy was to “entertain the public hugely while educating them gently.” He did just that. In tribute to Commodore Longfellow, who was known as the “amiable whale,” the mascot for water safety education is named Longfellow.
 BTL hopes your family enjoys
a safe, healthy and fun summer!