• Provide educational activities for children attending the preschool and their parents, including teaching children, when age appropriate, to use sunscreen regularly.  Take-home activities reinforce the educational message at school.
• Encourage staff to be sun-safe role models.  Staff should encourage parents to provide broad-brimmed hats and protective clothing and should make sure children wear hats when outdoors.
• Encourage parents to apply SPF 15 or higher sunscreen before sending their children to school and to send along extra to be reapplied during the day.
• Encourage staff to reapply sunscreen to all exposed skin if children are outdoors for more than two hours total.
• Ensure that there is adequate shade in play areas.  Encourage4 staff to place play equipment in shade.
• Organize outdoor activities before 10 am and after 3 pm to avoid the peak sunlight hours.
• Make sunscreen application part of "Safety Checklist."  Equip all first aid kits with SPF 15 or higher sunscreen.

Action plan:

Have preschool logo and/or decoration appealing to youngsters printed on broad-brimmed hats and long-sleeved jerseys in both children's and adults' sizes.  They can be sold as fund-raisers, and will help identify the school at the same time as providing sun protection to wearers.