Gifts and secret requests

Learning goal: Recognize gifts and secrecy as reasons to pause and tell.

Prepare: One worksheet per child, pencils or crayons, and the linked book pages. A closed book can stand in for a device. No student account or device is needed.

Book connection: Cyber Safety Coloring & Activity Book Featuring Officer Quackers, PDF pages 31, 43. Numbers are PDF positions, including blank backs.

Teach the lesson

1. 3 min · Connect

   Read: A player offers a prize if Mo keeps their chat secret from family.

2. 4 min · Model and say

   Model: I will not reply to get the prize. I will tell my grown-up. Explain that children do not owe a reply, photo, or secret for a gift.

3. 8 min · Practice together

   Teacher reads two fictional offers: free game items for a photo; a gift for keeping a chat secret. Children practice pausing and telling, without acting as the person making the request. Read the worksheet aloud and let children respond by pointing, speaking, circling, or drawing. Use optional coloring only if time allows.

4. 3 min · Discuss

   Invite two different responses. Ask: What would you do? Why could that help? Use the answer guide on the next page.

5. 2 min · Check understanding

   Give a new pretend gift request and check for no sharing plus adult help.

Answers & follow-through

Worksheet guidance

1. A player offers a gift for your photo. You…

   Do not send the photo; tell a trusted adult.

2. A chat must be secret from your family. You…

   Tell a trusted adult. Requests to hide an online conversation are a reason to seek help.

3. Draw a safe next step for Mo.

   Look for stopping and asking for help rather than accepting the offer.

Check, then respond

Give a new pretend gift request and check for no sharing plus adult help.

Mark your observation: □ Independent   □ With a prompt   □ Needs practice. If a child needs practice, demonstrate the same action again and offer a new example in the next class. This is a teaching check, not a safety certification.

Make it work for your learners

Support: Read aloud, point to two choices, model one response, and accept a gesture, spoken answer, drawing, or partner scribe. Do not require independent reading.

Extend: Ask the child to invent one new pretend situation for today’s goal and explain a safe response to a partner.

Family conversation

Remind your child they can tell you about online requests for secrets or gifts.

No personal information or signed homework needs to be returned.

Teacher care note

Use fictional situations. Do not collect passwords, addresses, or private experiences. Offer an alternative to role-play. If a child shares a concern, listen calmly, avoid public questioning, and follow school procedures.