In-person safety programs for pre-kindergarten children were not able to go on in their usual way during the summer of 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While some communities opted to cancel the programs, one organization in Northwest Ohio chose to reformat it, knowing that this education is a critical introduction to lifelong safety habits. Through social media, video-taped education from community safety professionals, and activity packets given to registrants, “Safety City” was able to go on. The new format incorporated all of the childhood safety topics normally presented in the live version of the program. The efforts described here indicate that it is feasible to alter presentation formats from in-person to virtual to connect even young children with important education. As such, similar programs needing to make this transition while the world continues to adjust to pandemic precautions may benefit from understanding the strengths, limitations, and insights from the process.

由于 Covid-19 大流行，幼儿园前儿童的面对面安全计划在 2020 年夏季无法正常进行。虽然一些社区选择取消这些计划，但俄亥俄州西北部的一个组织选择重新格式化它，因为他们知道这种教育是对终身安全习惯的重要介绍。通过社交媒体、社区安全专业人员的视频教育以及向注册人提供的活动包，“安全城市”得以继续进行。新格式包含了通常在节目现场版中呈现的所有儿童安全主题。此处描述的努力表明，将演示格式从面对面更改为虚拟以将幼儿与重要教育联系起来是可行的。因此，