SmartTrips to Kindergarten

Español (Spanish) | Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese) | 华语（中文）(Chinese) | Русский (Russian) | عربي (Arabic)

Checklist

Preparation is key!

1. Visualize your ideal morning.
2. Practice new habits. Some mornings may be more difficult than others. Practice helps everyone learn the new routine.
3. Decide how you’ll get to school. Driving may not always be the easiest. Parking and traffic can add a lot of time. Not sure if your child will enjoy walking or rolling to school? Try it out over the summer. It takes the average child about 20 min to walk a mile.
4. Connect with neighbors. Find a walking or biking group or carpool over the summer. Or make your own! Sharing responsibility often lessens the stress of commuting.  
5. Teach your child simple traffic rules. Now is a great time. Start with our favorites: look left-right-left, wait for vehicles to stop, make eye contact and wave, and never linger in the street. 

Why walk and roll to school?

• Physical exercise
• Support learning
• Reduce traffic
• Reduce air pollution
• Explore your neighborhood
• Spend quality time together
• Make memories
• Help create more livable neighborhoods

Multilingual resources

Pedestrian safety tips

Bilingual in English and Spanish

• Pedestrian safety tips

Bike and walk maps of Portland

Bilingual in English and Spanish

North map

• North Portland Bike/Walk Map (northern section)
• North Portland Bike/Walk Map (southern section)

Southeast map

• Southeast Portland Bike/Walk Map (western section)
• Southeast Portland Bike/Walk Map (eastern section)

Northwest/downtown map

• Northwest Portland Bike/Walk Map (downtown section)
• Northwest Portland Bike/Walk Map (Forest Park section)

Northeast map

• Northeast Portland Bike/Walk Map (western section)
• Northeast Portland Bike/Walk Map (eastern section)

Southwest/south map

• Southwest Portland Bike/Walk Map (walking routes)
• Southwest Portland Bike/Walk Map (biking routes)

Scavenger hunt

Bilingual in English and Spanish; Vietnamese, Chinese, Russian, and Arabic

• Safe Routes Scavenger Hunt | Busqueda del Tesoro de Rutas Seguras a la Escuela (Bilingual)
• Truy Tìm Kho Báu trong Khu Xóm (Vietnamese)
• 社区邻里寻宝游戏 (Chinese)
• Охота за предметами в микрорайоне (Russian)
• رحلة البحث (Arabic)

Bingo card

English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Russian, and Arabic

• Bingo Card (English)
• Bingo Activo (Spanish)
• Trò Chơi Bingo (Vietnamese)
• (宾果）活动 (Chinese)
• Задания для игры в бинго (Russian)
• غونيبقة الاطب طاشن (Arabic)