Starting Out Safely is Victoria’s early childhood road safety education program, delivered by the Early Learning Association of Australia and funded by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC).
The program is grounded in best-practice principles and informed by evidence-based research, developed in collaboration with leading early childhood experts.
The Starting Out Safely Program brings together children, parents, carers, and early childhood educators to support children in learning how to become safe and independent road users.
The program has five key focus areas:
- Supporting the implementation of Road Safety Education and Safe Transport policies in early childhood services and family day care settings.
- Delivering early childhood road safety education professional development opportunities.
- Providing child car seat and booster seat education sessions.
- Facilitating in-service road safety education sessions with road safety mascot Thingle Toodle.
- Advocating for early childhood road safety education at state and national levels.
Recommended Resources
Car Seats Save Lives
An online resource created to help parents and carers keep children safe in cars.
Car Seats Save Lives
An online resource created to help parents and carers keep children safe in cars.
Starting Out Safely Educator Resource
The resource supports early childhood professionals to help young children develop skills, behaviours and attitudes to be safer on our roads.
Starting Out Safely Educator Resource
The resource supports early childhood professionals to help young children develop skills, behaviours and attitudes to be safer on our roads.
Starting Out Safely Parent Resource
A resource to support parents to help young children develop skills, behaviours and attitudes to be safer on our roads.
Starting Out Safely Parent Resource
A resource to support parents to help young children develop skills, behaviours and attitudes to be safer on our roads.
Click Clack
Click Clack is an engaging story that will help children learn about staying safe as a passenger.
Click Clack
Click Clack is an engaging story that will help children learn about staying safe as a passenger.