The Danish Road Safety Council recommends that kindergartens use every day walks to teach children about traffic. They provide recommendations on how to teach children to walk safely (and travel safely by bus), as well as how to practise crossing the road safely.
They also provide activities for when the children are a little bit older – and have practiced walking often – that increase the difficulty level a little bit, for example how to cross smaller, low traffic volume intersections without lights, or how to walk along roads where there is no pavement.
A kindergarten’s traffic safety and mobility policy could, among other things, include guidelines on how children and pedagogical staff should behave in traffic when they are out on walks, as well as how parents can avoid traffic chaos in the morning (rules for parking cars, prams, bicycles, etc.).
The Danish Road Safety Council’s webpage on recommendations for kindergartens to take children for walks safely, translated from Danish.
More Information
Danish Road Safety Council (n.d.), Børnehave – På tur.