Practice - Games and FHE

There are some really great games and activities that you can do as a family to be prepared and teach them about disasters. Family Home Evening (FHE) is simple a regular family together time, which is a great time to do and practice your preparedness.

Here are some fun ideas for practicing preparedness:

—       You can have a drill down – call out the disaster, they have to shelter for it, if you miss it or are the last one your out. The last one standing is the “survivor” and wins the game.

—       Charades – act out different disasters or what to do in them while they guess which one it is

—       Matching game – make your own with pictures and instructions of what to do and they have to match response to disaster (earthquake – under desk)

—       Scavenger hunts – this is a great way to look for potential hazards and safety issues in your home (there are 2 on the blog) any inspection list can become a scavenger hunt

—       There are numerous coloring books and workbooks out there, along with on-line games. On the Natural Disasters Educational Resources page of this blog you'll find a links to games, activities, coloring pages, and on-line games and teaching tools that can be used.