About Safety
Clyde Frog teaches children safety and first aid.
About Safety is a children's educational television program that originated in 1972, produced by the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television. In short segments of three to six minutes, marionettes led by Clyde Frog taught children about safety and first aid. The series ran for 47 episodes and was syndicated to public television stations across the United States.
Quick Facts
- Runtime
- 3 to 6 minutes
- Starring
- Clyde Frog
- Country
- United States
- Company
- Mississippi Authority for Educational Television (MAETV)
- Network
- Syndication
- First aired
- 22 December 1972
- Last aired
- 1973
- Episodes
- 47
Facts from the source article.
Educational goals
A puppet named Clyde Frog and his friends teach elementary students about safety through open-ended lessons. Kindergarteners practice safe behavior daily. First graders cover first aid, emergencies, accident prevention, and school safety. Second graders learn accident consequences, while third graders study procedures for natural and man-made disasters.
Summaries
The Hawaii Department of Education website provides summaries for 19 of the 47 episodes. In one episode, a bus accident occurs when Clyde Frog and his puppet friends disregard safety rules. Another episode features Clyde and his friends taking part in a school bus safety contest. Clyde and his puppet friend Andy walk to school in an unsafe manner in a different segment. Clyde panics when given school patrol duties in another story. A TV special makes Clyde the focus of a lesson on walking home safely. Clyde trips over his bicycle in the dark in an episode about reflective tape. His toy catches fire from a campfire in a fire safety lesson. Clyde reads a story about school accidents in a classroom safety episode. He ends up in the hospital after playing baseball unsafely on the playground. For Halloween, Clyde wears a dark costume with a mask that does not fit properly. He learns safety tips during a marathon bike rally in a bicycle safety episode. Clyde breaks safety rules during a car ride with his father. Another episode teaches that safety must be practiced, not just known. Clyde learns first aid for bleeding and sprained ankles while reading about an ancestor. He identifies poison ivy the hard way while hiking with puppet friends. Clyde and Andy learn how to fly a kite safely from a book character. With his friend Max, Clyde looks at germs through a microscope and learns to care for cuts. After several minor accidents at home, Clyde learns safety must be practiced there too. In a gun safety episode, Clyde nearly loses his life when Andy plays with his father's real gun.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which network aired About Safety?
About Safety aired on Syndication.
When did About Safety first air?
About Safety first aired on 22 December 1972.
When did About Safety end?
About Safety last aired in 1973.
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