- This module is sponsored by
the Children's Services Council of Broward County.
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Hi! - Hi.
- I'm Penny.
- Hi Penny, I'm Robyn from Hollywood Beach.
- These are the KidVision VPK kids
and we're here today for a beach day.
- Great, great.
First thing we have to do is make sure everybody is safe.
- Let's see.
- Do you have your sunscreen on?
- [All] Yes.
- And I see you have sunglasses.
- [All] Yes.
- And hats.
- [All] Yes.
- And sandals.
- [All] Yes.
- Great, what else do we need to be safe at the beach?
- I brought an umbrella, so that we can have shade.
- And water. - And water, good idea.
- Very good.
Well, come on, let's go to the beach.
- [Penny] Okay, here we go.
(laughing)
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Wow, here come the lifeguards.
They work out on the beach to stay in shape
so they can protect us.
♪ 101 is sure crowded this time of day ♪
♪ Fun, fun, fun in the sun ♪
♪ When they see me drive by ♪
♪ All the pretty girls stop and wave ♪
♪ Fun, fun, fun in the sun ♪
- Hi, I'm Mike and I'm a Hollywood Beach lifeguard.
And I just wanna show you some of the devices that we have
that we use during rescues.
We have our standard orange buoy
which all the lifeguards carry with them on a rescue.
We have our ATV, which is not only do we use on the beach
to enforce the rules but it allows us to get to a rescue
very quickly on the beach.
We have our rescue board, which is a long board.
This is used for a multiple victim rescue usually one,
two, three, four, however many it could be.
And then we have our jet-ski which is for usually
if the rescue is very far out or if there's a boat
that is in distress with people on it that need help.
A jet-ski is a very good tool
for getting there very quickly.
And just remember when you come to the beach
always swim near a lifeguard for your safety.
- Thank you very much.
- Ah, no problem.
- Thanks for keeping us safe.
Okay, kids, look at that.
We learned all about lifeguards, we learned that lifeguards
stay in shape, that they take care of us
and that they have safety equipment.
But one of the most important things
is that you know how to take care of yourself at the beach.
To do that you might want to come over
to the lifeguard stand, meet the lifeguard
and find out what the rules of the beach are.
- Every beach you go to has rules
and they are posted on the lifeguard tower.
You can come over and you can read what the rules are
for that beach to keep you safe.
- Rules keep people safe and if everyone knows the rules
everyone will have a great, safe day.
- In the United States we have a flag system for the beach.
Every beach you go to will post a different color flag
telling you the conditions of the ocean on that day.
The flag system works very much like the stop light.
Red means stop.
- [Penny] You got that right.
- Yellow means slow down, caution.
There might be something dangerous in the water.
Green means go.
It's safe, it's safe to swim.
Purple is for dangerous marine life.
Which could be jellyfish, or man o' war.
Double red, this is the no swimming flag.
And we use this with the other red flag
when there's lightning.
It means no swimming and clear the beach and seek shelter.
There's a lightning storm.
- So if you see that flag flying on top
of a lifeguard stand, what do you do?
- [Kids] Clear the beach.
- Clear the beach, you're so smart.
That's right. - That's right, very good.
- Get out of the water.
Now I have a question.
It is a beautiful day today.
What color flag do you think they should be flying today?
- Green! - Green.
- Very good and we are,
we're flying the green flag today.
Have fun at the beach.
- Great we get to go play at the beach,
it's a green flag day, let's go.
Here we go.
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Everyone find a shell that you found
on the beach today and let's look at them.
- Look. - This one.
- A seashell is an animal.
An animal is born and it grows up and it grows a protective
covering around the outside and when they grow up
they go find another shell for them.
But these are animals.
And who can tell me about the ocean?
What is the ocean?
- A big body of salt water.
- That's right!
A big body of salt water.
- And regular water doesn't have salt water.
- Right.
Does the ocean taste different than this?
- Yes. - Yes.
How does it taste different?
- Because it's salty.
- Is that salty or this salty?
- That's salty. - And is this salty?
- [All] No.
- So the sea water, the ocean water,
is salty but drinking water is not salty.
- It's fresh.
- All right, well did you have a great beach day?
- [Kids] Yeah.
- Are you ready to go? - No.
- Would you like to play beach ball?
- [All] Yeah!
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