Water Smart Activities
Every year in Canada there are between 450 and 500 fatal drownings, but most drownings are preventable. Learn how to be Water Smart whenever you’re in, on, or around water!
Water Smart is the Lifesaving Society’s public education initiative with the objective of making all Manitobans safe around water. Water Smart delivers personal lifesaving education messages designed to modify high-risk behaviour and increase awareness of the responsibility individuals assume for themselves and others when in, on, or near the water.
Read our Public Education Guide for some Water Smart ideas.
Water Smart® Activities Books for Kids!
Help your children become Water Smart from an early age by using some of the following resources before you head out in, on or around water. These activity book is available to purchase pre-printed copies in English or French from our online store as gifts, and to help support our public education efforts.
These book is designed for children 6 – 10 years of age.
Activity Book – The Boreal Besties’ Water Smart Adventure to Sunshine Island
Join the Boreal Besties as they learn about water safety and have a great adventure on Sunshine Island.
Activity Book – The Boreal Besties’ Winter Smart Ice Fishing Adventure
Join the Boreal Besties as they learn about winter ice safety and have a great adventure as they go ice fishing.
Water Smart® Colouring Pages
Use the following colouring pages with your children (ages 3-7) to help educate them about Water Smart topics:
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