Here’s some more instructions for Kids, lifted from other websites…

If a dog approaches you:

• Don’t run away and scream.
• Stand very still, “like a tree.” (See first picture below.)
• Avoid making direct eye contact with the dog.
  If you fall or are knocked down, act “like a log.” (See second picture below.)
  When the dog understands that you are not a threat, it will probably walk away.
  If a dog bites you, tell an adult right away.

So both this post and the last on the topic have had some good information. Like most subjects, this information is easily understood by adults - but how do we get this across to kids?

My suggestions to begin with would include the following but maybe you have some more to add in the comments area?

• show the child what you mean with a picture or soft toy! (How often do you just filter out what people are saying to you? Kids do it more.) For example, you raise the teddy bear’s “hackles” (fur behind the head) to show the child what that looks like.
• help them understand the relevance by telling a story (we all need to know WHY the information is important before we listen and apply it).
• make a time specifically devoted to talking through this subject; don’t sandwich it in between brushing their teeth and grabbing their schoolbag in the morning or part of the dinner table conversation. Avoid distractions while talking about it.
• go back over the points with them often. Ask them questions about it. Give them quizzes with a prize. Get them saying the information back to you (until they say in frustration “I know this!” and then ask them once more! )

You can read more on this important subject here.