Booklet 2: Known People vs. Strangers

Objective Students will differentiate strangers from known people and discuss how to stay safe.

Things to be Kept Ready

Pictures of known people (teacher, therapist, OT, speech therapist, games coach, dance class teacher, neighborhood shopkeeper, driver, maid) and strangers (delivery person, plumber, electrician). Use real photos from the child's life where possible.
Visual aids: Labels for "Known People," "Strangers," and optionally "Family" for three-category sorting.
Printed worksheets: Sorting people, safe/unsafe behaviors, yes/no actions, three-column pasting activity.The worksheets are given below on this page.
Word strips for actions with known people, strangers, and family (e.g., greet, smile, buy things, follow boundaries).
If using Avaz, add tiles for "Known People," "Strangers," "Safe," "Unsafe."
Props for role play (e.g., name tags for teacher vs. stranger).

Activities

Introduce the idea of known people and strangers and sort people

Explain: "People I know are known people. People I don't know are strangers."
Use role play: Facilitator acts as teacher ("You know me"), then stranger ("Am I a stranger?").
Show mixed picture cards one at a time. Students sort into "Known People" and "Strangers" trays. Ask: "Why here? Because you know them or not?" Respond verbally, via Avaz, or point to visuals.

Extend to three categories

Extend to three categories : Add "Family" pictures from Booklet 1. Create a three-ring circle chart: Family – Known People – Strangers.
Sort them into 3 categories.
Reinforce the idea that Family - we live in the same space, Known people- people we see regularly, whom we know. Strangers - people we do not know.
Fill the three ring circle chart after the discussion. Use the example chart provided and help the children make one for themselves reflecting them,their family,known people and strangers.

Actions with Each Group

This activity is to distinguish and establish what we do with each group of people.

Provide word strips of actions (e.g., smile/greet/ask for help with known people; buy things/take deliveries with strangers; hug/play with family).
Students sort actions under each category on charts or scrapbooks. Discuss: "We follow boundaries with everyone for safety."
Game 1: Role play scenarios: Neighbor (known), delivery person (stranger), classmate (known). This is played like passing the parcel. Make chits indicating various roles like neighbour, teacher, mother, friend. Each child picks a chit in their turn. They open and read it and act according to the role written in the chit.
Game 2: Find which one is it? Keep the visual ready with the three words. ‘Family, known people and strangers’. This is also played like passing the parcel. Make chits indicating various actions with do with different people. The children take turns, open the chit, read it and indicate whether we can do it with family, known people or stranger.

Safe Behaviors Discussion

Ensure prior knowledge of safe and unsafe adult is activated. If not, you can go through the activities to talk about safe and unsafe behaviors and people. Use the following worksheets.

Ask: "If a stranger talks to you, what do you do?" "What around safe/unsafe adults?" "What if you feel unsafe?"
Connect to boundaries: Same rules for known people and strangers. Use scrapbook pictures labeled with actions.

Use the following worksheets to reinforce the concepts covered in this booklet.