Tanya,
I have 4 kids – dd10, ds7, dd3, ds1 and I’ve never taught any of the above formally.
EMERGENCY INFO – The oldest 3 all learned their address, phone number with no issue. I sing our phone number with them and I made ds7 a cd one time of our address, phone, etc, but I don’t remember him listening much. When we started copywork at age 6, they copied their emergency info. I let them practice using different phones (corded, cordless, cell, iphone) to make sure they know how to use it. They learned in short order with minimal effort naturally.
IF LOST – When they are young, I buy these stickers and put them in their shoes. Even a child who knows their emergency info. can blank if their frightened and lost. I teach my kids that when lost, they are to find another lady, preferably one with children along with her, and remove their shoe and ask that she call Mommy. Never tell them to look for a police officer, as there may not be one around and the mall security guard looks like a policeman to a child. The safest thing is for them to approach another woman. (Just a side note, never tell your kids whom they should trust.)
The best books I’ve seen for helping you to navigate teaching your children to be safe are The Gift of Fear and Protecting the Gift:Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe and Parents Sane both by Gavin de Becker and The Safe Child Book by Sherryl Kraizer. Another tidbit, children don’t view strangers like you or I. Once a person introduces himself to a child, the child often puts him in a different category. Statistically, your child is in more danger of being harmed by someone you know.
NUTRITION – You can easily do this by taking the kids to the store and talking about what you’re buying and putting in your bodies. You should be able to buy or borrow some resources that help with minerals/vitamins/proteins/carbs etc.
I know http://www.pearables.com has a home economics series that might be useful to you for some of the topics you mentioned. You might look there.
Forced repetition could be useful to a point, but acting out different scenarios may work better and be more meaningful in the end. There is some good info about this in The Safe Child Book.
HTH,
Christie
PS – Welcome to SCM’s forum. It’s a wonderful group and the only one I participate in. Too many would hinder me more than help.