BRING A BUDDY ALONG!The Buddy System

ACTIVITY BOOKLET

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What is the Billy Brings his Buddies program?

The Canadian Centre for Child Protection’s Billy Brings his Buddies program is a Kids in the Know initiative. The Billy Brings his Buddies program helps parents teach their children the valuable lesson of always having another individual, a Buddy, accompany them when they are going places whether it be walking to and from school, going to the store or having fun on the playground. Through the various activities, children learn that a Buddy can be a mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, older sister, older brother, babysitter or peer. When children learn and adopt this very important habit, they reduce their vulnerability to victimization, and increase their personal safety.

For more information, please visit the billybuddy.ca website, or contact the Canadian Centre toll-free at 1-800-532-9135 or by email: contact@protectchildren.ca

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Kids in the Know (www.kidsintheknow.ca) is a program of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection – a charitable organization dedicated to the personal safety of all children. For more information on the Canadian Centre’s national programs and services, visit www.protectchildren.ca.

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“It’s important to be safe. I use the Buddy System. I bring a buddy along when I go anyplace!”

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DRAW A SAFE BUDDY FOR BILLYInstructions: Choose a safe buddy for Billy to bring along. Draw the buddy beside Billy.

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BUDDY MATCHING GAMEInstructions: Match Billy with a safe buddy. Draw a line to all the characters that are a safe buddy.

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BUDDY MATCHING GAMEInstructions: Below are pictures of people that Billy knows. If the picture shows a safe buddy, colour the picture green. If the picture shows someone who would not be a safe buddy for Billy, colour the picture red.

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BUDDY SYSTEM SCENARIOInstructions: Look at the picture below. If the buddy system is being used correctly, colour the smiley face. If the buddy system is not being used correctly, colour the sad face.

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HELP BILLY SPELL THE MISSING WORDInstructions: Read the sentence and choose the correct missing word. Write in the missing letters.

Billy brings his b y.(chair, buddy, house)

We p y at the park.(call, book, play)

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HELP BILLY SPELL THE MISSING WORDInstructions: Read the sentence and choose the correct missing word. Write in the missing letters.

C e to my house. (Come, Bell, Tall)

I am s e. (snow, safe, some)

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HELP BILLY SPELL THE MISSING WORDInstructions: Read the sentence and choose the correct missing word. Write in the missing letters.

S is my buddy. (Kit, Fun, She)

Billy is a b . (bat, cat, boy)

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HELP BILLY AND HIS BUDDY GET TO THE PARKInstructions: Help Billy and his buddy arrive safely at the park. Draw a line through the maze to show them the way!

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HELP PUT BILLY TOGETHERInstructions: Colour all the pieces of Billy on the opposite page. Cut out the pieces that you have colored and glue them in the spaces they fit below.

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Answer keyPage 2: A safe buddy for Billy should be someone who can supervise him, such as: mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, older

sister, older brother, babysitter, etc.

Page 3: All characters should have lines drawn to them except the child and the dog.

Page 4: The following characters should be coloured red: the child and the cat. All other characters should be coloured green.

Page 5: The sad face should be coloured. The child has wandered off in the store and is not practicing the Buddy System.

Page 6: buddy / play

Page 7: Come / safe

Page 8: She / boy

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The Canadian Centre for Child Protection is a registered charitable organization dedicated to the personal safety of all children. Our goal is to reduce child victimization by providing programs and services to Canadians.

“CANADIAN CENTRE for CHILD PROTECTION”, is registered in Canada as a trade-mark; and “Billy Brings his Buddies” is used as a trade-mark; of the Canadian Centre Child Protection Inc.

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