WalkSmart/BikeSmart Vermont! Curriculum

This curriculum contains essential concepts and skills related to pedestrian and bicycle safety.  Its goal is to promote healthy habits, prevent injuries and increase the number of children walking and biking safely.

The curriculum is divided into two sections: a pedestrian safety program for K-2 students and a bicycle safety program for students in grades 2-6.  The lessons are designed to keep children actively engaged, utilize their own experience and encourage safe and healthy choices. 

Each lesson features the following components: instructional time, objectives, materials, tips for preparation, activities, integration ideas.  Supporting materials include activity sheets, overheads/handouts, pre-post surveys, parent/guardian letters and a certificate of participation.

The principal author of WalkSmart / BikeSmart Vermont!  is JoEllen Tarallo-Falk, Ed.D.,Executive Director of the Center for Health and Learning.  Alice Charkes, a bicycle safety consultant, and Jon Kaplan of the VT Agency of Transportation provided editorial assistance.  Funding for the development of this curriculum came from the VT Agency of Transportation Safe Routes to school program.

For a .pdf version, click here.

To order a spiral-bound copy, send an email request to info@healthandlearning.org.  The cost is $25.00 for the curriculum and $5.00 for an implementation packet.