Stay Found: What to Do If You Get Lost
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What you will learn
- 1Stay with your grown-up and keep them in sight
- 2Agree on a meeting plan before a walk
- 3Stay where you are and make yourself easy to see if you get lost
- 4Answer searchers when they call your name
Mini Lesson
The best way to stay safe outdoors is to never get lost at all. Stay close to your grown-up and keep them in sight. But if you ever get separated, you can help people find you fast. Remember S.T.O.P. from Lesson 1: Stop, Think, Observe, Plan.
🌿 The Wild Way (stay found, be found)
- STAY CLOSE: walk with your grown-up and keep them in sight the whole time.
- MAKE A PLAN FIRST: before the walk, agree what to do if you get separated.
- HUG A TREE: if you are lost, stop and stay where you are. Do not keep walking.
- BE EASY TO SEE: wear bright clothes. Stand at the edge of an open spot close by.
- MAKE NOISE IN THREES: shout or blow your whistle three times, then listen. Lesson 3 teaches the whistle.
- ANSWER YOUR NAME: searchers are friends. Do not hide - shout back when they call you.
Never keep walking to "find the way" when you are lost. Every step can take you farther from the people looking for you. Stay where you are. Searchers are there to help you, so never hide from them.
Words to know
separated
Apart from your group or your grown-up.
e.g. If we get separated, I stay where I am.
meeting plan
What you agree to do before a walk, in case you get apart.
e.g. Our meeting plan is to stop and call out.
hug a tree
Stay close to one tree and do not wander off when you are lost.
e.g. I was lost, so I hugged a tree.
searcher
A person who is looking for someone who is lost. Searchers are friends.
e.g. The searcher called my name and I shouted back.
bright
A strong color that is easy to see from far away, like orange or yellow.
e.g. I wear a bright jacket on hikes.
in sight
Where you can see it with your eyes.
e.g. I keep my grown-up in sight.
🧠 Survivor’s Trick: pick a tree near where you stopped and stay close to it, like it is your new friend. Staying in one spot makes you much easier to find, because searchers start looking where you were last seen.
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