Fire Safety Week

Our class loved learning about fire safety because it meant they could practice "STOP, DROP, and ROLL" in the classroom as well as have a visit from some real fire fighters from our local fire department. We spent time reading books to learn about fire fighters and their equipment. The children were fascinated to watch a real fire fighter get dressed and put on all of his gear. Here is an inside look at our visit:

Here are some of our learning activities that look place throughout the week:

We played Firetruck Bingo to practice number recognition. This was a popular center...we love Bingo dabbers!

YUM! At one center we practiced following direction to make a tasty firetruck treat!

 We used shapes to create our own firetruck pictures.

 We painted with toy firetrucks to make these great pictures of firetruck tracks. This was a great fine motor skill of moving the trucks back and forth in the paint.

We also borrowed this fabulous firetruck tent to play in. We wore our firefighter helmets and took flashlights inside the tent with us.

It is my hope that through all of these fun learning activities and experiences the children went home and shared with their parents about the importance of fire safety, smoke detectors, and "Stop, Drop, and Roll." We had a great week together....I am wondering if we will see some fire fighters again soon on Halloween....it seemed to be a pretty exciting costume in our classroom!