Lost or Missing Children

This article describes strategies to teach young children what to do if they become lost.

This video offers fun activities to help children memorize their home address and phone number.

Children are never too young to learn their phone number and other critical identifying information. This article describes how to teach a toddler to memorize them.

This webpage describes the steps a parent needs to take if their child is missing.

Teaching kids their whole names (and those of the grown-ups who care for them) can help everyone find each other in an emergency. Rosita and Grover sing a song to help kids practice their first and last names.

One of the most basic, yet crucial,  pieces of information for a child to know is their home address and phone number. This information can help them in an emergency or if they ever get lost. This article provides some tips to help child learn and remember their address and phone number.

Preschoolers should learn their address and phone number in case of an emergency. This article provides activities that help a child learn that information. 

Why do some kids get lost so often? Kids develop at different rates. And their sense of direction can develop at different rates too. Finding their way involves spatial awareness and other skills that don’t come easily to some kids. Learn why some kids have trouble finding their way.