HS Fire Safety Week

Interest Area Changes to Environment

Fire Truck made from cardboard box

Fire Fighter Hat

Fire Fighter Smock

Red, Yellow, Orange Felt, Paper, Paint, Playdough, Markers, etc.

Dalmatian Dog

Fire Truck

Water Pail

Water Pump

Oxygen Tank (made from 2 liter bottles)

Pictures of Fire Fighters

Fire Fighter Figurines

Fire Fighter/Fire Safety File Folder Game

Fire Extinguisher (made from a 2 liter bottle or squirt bottle)

Fire Fighter Badges

Fire Hydrant (made from small trash can, etc)

Used Smoke Detector (make sure there are no batteries, wires etc. showing or anything a child could get hurt on)

Spray Bottles

Tissue Paper (red, orange, yellow)

Road Signs

Cell Phone

Play Phone

Phone Book

Construction Cones

Oxygen Tanks (use two liter bottles)

Walkie Talkie

Bell

Cardboard cut out of a large phone

Firefighting felt board

Set up a Fire Hall in dramatic play

* Fireman Prop Box – Fireman Smock, hat, oxygen tank (see above), piece of hose, first aid kit, cell phone, bell, etc

Teaching Concepts for Large Group

1. What can we do things to protect/prevent fire safety? 

*Having a fire escape route

*Practice fire drills

*Checking smoke detectors

*Making sure the stove tops are clean

*Don't play with matches or lighters

*Check to make sure doors and windows can open easily

*Know who to call in an emergency

2. Remembering 911- Who do we call in danger? Practice dialing 911 on pretend phone.

3. Where would we go if we had a fire at school? At home? Discuss safe zones and meeting places.

4. Look at pictures of Fireman in full gear. Discuss what each piece of equipment does in protecting the fireman. Remind children not to be afraid of Fireman.

5. Have a fireman come to the classroom and complete on site field trip, document under special activities.

6. What do Fireman ride? Where do Fireman work? Discuss these things.

7.  Decorate your puppet stage to look like a window on a house. Add flames around the window. Then add puppets for the children to recreate saving someone from a fire. Make a fireman from felt, and then add other people puppets. You can also add Sparky, Fire Dog Sam, or Smoky the Bear

Teaching Concepts for Small Group

1. “Build” use popsicle sticks and play dough to build whatever they choose, then ask children were the exits are in case of an emergency.

2. Trace 911

3.  Fire Spatters- Draw a simple house frame with windows onto paper and then duplicate for each child. Let child color, if he/she desires. Then give each student a tiny dot of red in each window. Encourage him/her to blow thru a straw to blow the paint, to create a fire spray effect. Repeat with a tiny dot of yellow in each window.

4. Counting Dots-Make Dalmatian fire dogs. Write numbers 1-10 on the cards, and stick on black dots to correspond with that number. Have them pick a card of dots, then count the card, and place that many black dots on their Dalmatian dog.

5.  Lacing shapes-Make lacing shapes using an enlarged fire hat  fire engine, and Dalmatian.

6. Sort items in hot and cold columns.

7. Shape or abstract fire trucks.

8. Create a table top Fire Station.

Teaching Concepts for Music Movement Wellness IMIL

1. Community Helpers by Shaun Brown

2. Did you Ever See a Fireman

(Did you ever see a Lassie tune)

Did you ever see a firefighter, a firefighter, a firefighter,

Did you ever see a firefighter slide down a pole?

Slide this way and that way and that way and this way?

Did you ever see a firefighter slide down a pole?

Substitute with…. Ride on the fire truck, feed his fire dog, grab the fire hose, put out the fire)

3.  Fireman Number Eight

Fireman, fireman, number eight

Bumped his head on the gate.

The gate swung in,

The gate swung out.

That’s the way they put the fire out!

Emergency, emergency 9-1-1

(Repeat twice more)

4.  Ten Brave Firefighters

Ten brave firefighters

Standing in a row.

Ding, Ding rings the bell

Down the pole they go.

Jump on the fire truck

Ready to aim the hose

Climb up the ladder

Whoosh! Out the fire goes

(Continue to drop a number as you go)

Teaching Concepts for Fingerplays

1.  I’m a Firefighter

(Little Teapot Tune)

I’m a firefighter, my name is John.

I put my boots and helmet on.

I hurry to the fire and give a shout!

With a burst of water,

The fire is out!

2.  Five Little Fire Fighters

Five little firefighters (Show five fingers)

Sleeping in a row. (Rest cheeks on hands and close eyes.)

RING goes the bell–

Down the pole they go. (Pretend to slide down pole.)

They jump on the engine (Jump.)

And put out the fire. (Pretend to squirt with a hose.)

Now they’re back home–

My, but they’re tired! (Stretch and yawn.)

Teaching Concepts for Outdoor Experiences

1. Stop Drop and Roll

2. Fire Truck Race (push the fire trucks and see who can get there the quickest to put the “fire” out) If you don’t have enough fire trucks then let children run/crawl and pretend they are driving a fire truck.

3. Fire Crawl under a blanket (teach children how to crawl on the ground like they would in a real fire).

CLASS Concepts

Ask children if they know what a fire hazard is. Encourage them to name some fire hazards as you write them down. Ask them to identify potential fire hazards and ask them to explain why they think it’s dangerous.

Teaching Concepts for Distance Learning

Move, Play and Learn Fire Safety big and small, fast and slow.

Brainstorm opposites such as big/small, fast/slow, loud/quiet, wide/narrow, high/low, heavy/light.

In a big space: Move across the space that space starting with the first concept and end with its opposite. Example: players could begin by running very slow, gradually getting faster until they reach the other side. Or they can start by marching with big body and, as they cross the yard, gradually become smaller until they reach the end.

In a small space: Instead of moving across the space play the game by staying in place. Example: Marching in place, begin with big march to small march etc.

Homemade music

Use old coffee cans, make sure there are no rough edges. Remove paper around can and allow child/children to decorate it any way they desire. Tape/glue lid in place and use this as drum. Create different rhythms, beats, or try to repeat sounds played from their favorite songs.

Take plastic two plastic spoons, dried rice, beans, sand or beads. With a spoon place dried material in a spoon place second spoon on top and tape together, children can color the spoons to their desire. Create different rhythms, beats, or try to repeat sounds played from their favorite songs. Use these instruments while playing 

1.Community Helpers by Shaun Brown

2. Did you Ever See a Fireman

(Did you ever see a Lassie tune)

Did you ever see a firefighter, a firefighter, a firefighter,

Did you ever see a firefighter slide down a pole?

Slide this way and that way and that way and this way?

Did you ever see a firefighter slide down a pole?

Substitute with…. Ride on the fire truck, feed his fire dog, grab the fire hose, put out the fire.