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:
Visit the Manitoba Branch’s online store LifeguardShop.ca for all your course needs. Your purchases help support the Lifesaving Manitoba!