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Survival Signals

Thirty survival-sign flashcards across five pages introduce visual signals, trail markers, distress methods, directional cues, and emergency communication concepts.
Grades
Preschool–5, Elementary
Pages
5
File type
PDF
Preparation
Print ready

Updated Aug 26, 2025

Subject
Life Skills, Special Resources, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Social Skills
Topic
survival signs flashcards, emergency signs flashcards
Resource types
Flashcards, Worksheets & Printables, Task Cards
Preparation
Print ready

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What's inside this resource

Teach kids how to recognize and respond to important survival and safety signs with this set of 30 essential flashcards. These visuals are designed to build awareness, independence, and life skills, making them perfect for classroom instruction, homeschool, ESL learners, and special education settings.

What’s Included In This Survival Flashcard Pack?


30 Printable Survival Signs Flashcards (fire exit, first aid, emergency, danger, no swimming, high voltage, poison, shelter, etc.)


High Quality Illustration


Printable PDF format


Ideas for Activities (matching games, memory, life skills practice, role-play scenarios)

Why Teachers Love It:


• Builds real-world survival awareness and safety understanding
• Helps students learn functional vocabulary and life-saving responses
• Engaging for visual learners, ESL, and special education students
• Versatile – use for task cards, centers, bulletin boards, or emergency drills
• No prep – just print, cut, and go

This Flashcard Pack is Great For


• Safety and emergency awareness lessons


• Life skills and functional skills instruction


• Special education classrooms


• Homeschool safety units


• ESL/ELL vocabulary practice

These Survival Signs Flashcards give students the tools they need to stay safe, make smart choices, and respond appropriately in emergencies.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recognize several survival or distress signals

  • Explain what a visual signal may communicate

  • Distinguish everyday markers from emergency-use signals

Teaching tips

  • Teach the cards within an adult-led safety lesson.

  • Clarify that learners should follow local emergency guidance rather than improvise alone.

Skills covered

  • Survival communication — signals convey need or direction.

  • Visual literacy — arrangements and colors carry meaning.

  • Safety awareness — emergency concepts require adult guidance.

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