For Educators
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K–3 Companion Lesson Plans for Listen, Run, Hide · Coming Soon
Listen, Run, Hide gives your students honest, age-appropriate answers about lockdown drills, developed in collaboration with nationally recognized experts including the creator of the FBI's Active Shooter Program. The companion lesson plans, designed by a teacher with 21 years of experience and aligned to Common Core and TEKS standards, mean you don't have to figure out how to teach this alone.
Everything you need to teach safety without trauma.
Designed by a teacher with 21 years of experience across Title I and affluent schools, these lesson plans go hand-in-hand with Listen, Run, Hide. Sixteen pages, ten activities, and four grade-level versions covering K–3. Aligned to Common Core and TEKS state standards.
What's inside
- Reading comprehension task cards with teacher answer keys
- Role play scenario cards for active learning
- Vocabulary activities and color match section
- Social-emotional processing: feelings about drills and coping strategies
- Writing prompts, extension activities, and a coloring page
Author Visits
Safety and storytelling, in one author visit.
Emily visits classrooms in person or virtually — a 35-minute session designed for K–3 students. Every visit is tailored to what your class needs most.
School Safety
Emily explores the book's lessons with students, invites them to share their own drill experiences, and helps them feel prepared and calm.
The Writing Process
Emily shares how books serve different purposes: to entertain, to teach, to inspire. Your writing unit comes to life through real discussions about story structure, drafting, and editing.
A Blend of Both
The most popular option. Emily weaves the safety message together with the writing craft, giving students both an important lesson and a creative spark.
Earn a free virtual author visit.
Order 10 or more copies of Listen, Run, Hide for your classroom and your visit is on Emily.
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What educators are saying
“Listen, Run, Hide is well written with a twist of humor while addressing a serious subject. This picture book gives teachers, librarians, school administrators, counselors, and parents a safe, non-threatening way to bring up a difficult subject which is a critical teaching point in our world today. I will be sure to add this book as a favorite to my read aloud collection.”
Mrs. Paula Simcox
First Grade Teacher, 26 years · 2020 Golden Apple Award recipient
“When we are unable to have tough conversations about big, scary topics, we allow our children to sit with their worries. By having conversations such as the one modeled in Listen, Run, Hide, parents are able to answer questions, listen to concerns, and calm worries by making a plan.”
Mrs. Caitlin Hraban, M.Ed
School Counselor, 8 years
Beyond the classroom
Want to change your school's whole approach?
Emily offers one-on-one consultation for educators and administrators who want family-informed lockdown drills and anonymous reporting systems that prevent school shootings.