SAFE UNSAFE SECRETS – Erin’s Law Child Abuse Prevention Personal Safety Lesson

Are you looking for a simple, safe, and engaging way to teach young children about personal safety, feelings, and how to ask for help? Teaching early years students about safety can feel overwhelming—especially when trying to keep the language clear, gentle, and age-appropriate. My Safety Matters: Safe Choices, Feelings & Getting Help Digital Game (Grades 1–3) is our interactive, trauma-informed Social Emotional Learning (SEL) PowerPoint designed to introduce foundational safety concepts based on Erin’s Law in a way that young learners can understand, relate to, and remember.

Through short, child-friendly psychoeducation, simple real-life scenarios, and clear guided responses, this resource helps students learn to recognize their feelings, understand safe vs not safe situations, develop body awareness, and confidently seek help from trusted adults—all while reinforcing the message: their body belongs to them, their feelings matter, and it is never their fault.

Perfect for early years teachers, school counselors, psychologists, special education settings, and small group support, this game supports both whole-class learning and targeted intervention in a calm, structured, and engaging format.

HOW IT WORKS:

• Play directly in PowerPoint — no special software required
• Ideal for whole-class lessons, small groups, or individual support
• Students read a short, simple safety message and scenario
• Encourage students to think and respond before revealing the answer
• Click to reveal the correct response with clear explanation
• Promotes discussion, confidence, and emotional awareness
• Reset and replay — perfect for repetition and reinforcement

GAME FEATURES:

Our interactive digital SEL game includes 5 engaging sections, each with 5 simple questions (100–500 points), designed to build understanding step-by-step:

1.My Feelings Tell Me – Helps children recognize “okay” and “uh-oh” feelings and listen to their body signals

2.Safe or Not Safe? – Builds understanding of safe vs not safe situations using clear, concrete examples

3.My Body Belongs to Me – Introduces body autonomy, personal space, and using a strong voice

4.Safe Secrets & Uh-Oh Secrets – Teaches the difference between happy surprises and secrets that feel scary or worrying

5.I Can Get Help – Builds confidence in identifying trusted adults and asking for help

WHY TEACHERS & COUNSELORS LOVE IT

• Designed specifically for Grades 1–3 (early years learners)
• Uses simple, clear, and repetitive language to support understanding
• Trauma-informed and emotionally safe approach
• Supports child protection and personal safety education
• Encourages discussion, confidence, and student voice
• Helps children build early help-seeking skills
• Ideal for SEL lessons, health curriculum, and wellbeing support
• Low prep — simply open and play

IMPORTANT TECH NOTE

This resource requires the desktop version of Microsoft PowerPoint (Windows or Mac). It is not compatible with Google Slides, PowerPoint Online, or Chromebooks without PowerPoint installed.