Preschool Fire Safety Lesson Planning Ideas
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October is the perfect time to incorporate Fire Safety into your childcare program.
Kids love learning about firemen and the special job they do. Your Best resource is your local Fire Station. Check with them in advance to see if they will offer your program a tour, or if they have any Free Educational Resources you can share in your program!
Kids love learning about firemen and the special job they do. Your Best resource is your local Fire Station. Check with them in advance to see if they will offer your program a tour, or if they have any Free Educational Resources you can share in your program!
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Foot Print Fire Safety Craft
Foot Print Fire Truck and Dalmatian from community member Jena Lee
911 Color Mixing Art
911 Resist Paintings shared by community member Jodi N. of the Apple Blossom Preschool and Childcare
Fire and Flames Art
Sherry W. of First Friends Family Childcare shared this Fire and Flames painting activity.
More Art and Creativity Ideas
Fire Fighter Dough from One Time Through
Fork Fire from Greatest resource childcare
Fireman Helmet from Mom's town
Fire Truck Shapes Craft from Sugar Aunts
Fork Fire from Greatest resource childcare
Fireman Helmet from Mom's town
Fire Truck Shapes Craft from Sugar Aunts
Add Firefighter Dress-up Items (Hats, Jackets, Boots, Gloves). Be sure to keep an eye out on the Halloween Racks for Firefighter costumes!
Add a Fire Truck tent to your space, or make one out of Card Board Boxes.
Also include dress-up clothes and accessories for other emergency service personnel like police officers, EMT, and dispatchers.
Add a Fire Truck tent to your space, or make one out of Card Board Boxes.
Also include dress-up clothes and accessories for other emergency service personnel like police officers, EMT, and dispatchers.
The Fire Fighters are ready to suit up at Adventurous Learning Unlimited Daycare!
Terrea D. also created this fabulous Fire Truck for her Dramatic Play Space!
*Fire Safety ABC Puzzles
These alphabet puzzles from the Fire Safety Activities Pack is a great addition to your literacy activities this week! Set out the whole alphabet or a few at a time. These self correcting puzzles support preschoolers working on uppercase/lowercase recognition.
Pre-K Printables Club Members: Log-in to download the Fire Safety Pack as part of your membership.
Fire Safety Vocabulary
Enhance your space and create literacy activities with the printables from this Fire Safety Vocabulary Set.
More Language & Literacy Ideas:
Jobs People Do -- A Day in a Life of a Firefighter (Level 1: Beginning to Read)
by Linda Hayward
Big Frank's Fire Truck by Leslie McGuire and Joe Mathieu
Touch and Feel: Fire Engine by DK
Firefighters Help (Our Community Helpers by Dee Ready and Gail Saunders-Smith
Curious George and the Firefighters by H. A. Rey and Margret Rey
Dial 911! (Fire Safety) by Charles Ghigna , Mark Oblinger
by Linda Hayward
Big Frank's Fire Truck by Leslie McGuire and Joe Mathieu
Touch and Feel: Fire Engine by DK
Firefighters Help (Our Community Helpers by Dee Ready and Gail Saunders-Smith
Curious George and the Firefighters by H. A. Rey and Margret Rey
Dial 911! (Fire Safety) by Charles Ghigna , Mark Oblinger
Read Aloud: A Day in a Life of a Firefighter
Invite your preschoolers to learn a bit about what it's like to be a firefighter with this book by Linda Hayward. Get the book here in our shop or listen to this read aloud from a fire chief.
Fire Safety Practice
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Follow this read aloud with a discussion about fire safety. Hang fire safety posters around your space, these printable posters are included in the Fire Safety Activities Pack. Read the signs and pretend to practice what to do if there is a fire.
science, sensory, and stem
This Fire Safety inspired sensory bin was shared by community member Erica P. of Erica's Educare Learning Center
More science & Discovery Ideas:
*Firefighter Positional Words
Practice positional phrases with a firefighter and his pup! Read the positional phrase with an adult and then move the pieces to follow the directions.
This printable activity is included in the Fire Safety Activities Pack.
This printable activity is included in the Fire Safety Activities Pack.
Free Fire Engine Number Sorting Activity
There are so many ways to show numbers! This activity supports preschoolers learning some of the ways to show numbers. Sort numbers 1-10 to their correct mats.
Get this freebie here!
Get this freebie here!
More math Ideas:
Construction, blocks and small world play
Add firefighters, Firetrucks, materials for building Homes, and People to your Construction Space this week.
Community member Victoria S. of Miss Vicki's Daycare added a variety of fire safety inspired toys to her building space. She also created her own DIY fire blocks to use in this space.
Fine motor and Gross motor development
Firefighter Gross Motor Activity
Practice Fire Safety
Practice the motions of what to do if there is a fire. Here is a fun song to help children learn and remember the steps to take if there is a fire.
*Fire Safety Pre-Writing/Cutting Practice
Add this pre-writing and cutting practice page from the Fire safety Activities pack to support fine motor development this week.
More Physical Development Ideas:
Squirt out the fire with this fun activity from Teach Preschool
Dancing with whimsical fire ribbons-see how to make them in this post from An Everyday Story
*Practice Stop Drop & Roll and The Fire Safety Smoke Crawl-See these activities from LalyMom
Learn about Firefighters
Learn about firefighters with a fun field trip! You can visit a fire station (call ahead to reserve a time!), invite firefighters to your program, or take a virtual field trip like this one from Kid Vision.
Ways I Can Stay Safe
Talking about Fire Safety may elicit an uneasy feeling in some young children. Be sure to include discussion about how children can stay safe this week. Include discussion about fire prevention as well as what do do in case of a fire.
I Know My Telephone Number
This week is a great time for young children to learn their phone number.
Use this Editable Telephone Number sheet to invite preschoolers to learn their phone number and practice dialing.
Use this Editable Telephone Number sheet to invite preschoolers to learn their phone number and practice dialing.
More Social & Emotional Ideas:
EDUCATOR RESOURCES : GROUP ACTIVITIES, CIRCLE TIME, & PARENT ENGAGEMENT
Firefighter Themed Attendance
Spruce up your attendance activity this week with this fun firefighter themed printable included in the Year of Attendance Activities pack from PKPF.
*At the Firehouse I Spy
Invite children to work in a small group to work on this I Spy activity Mat together.
There are all kinds of fun things to spot at the firehouse! Flip a card, find and mark the item, see what other objects there are to find too.
This activity mat and cards are included in the Fire Safety pack.
There are all kinds of fun things to spot at the firehouse! Flip a card, find and mark the item, see what other objects there are to find too.
This activity mat and cards are included in the Fire Safety pack.
Staying Safe at School
This week is a good time to review your safety plan for a fire at school. Practice your escape plan and be sure to children know where a phone is and how to dial emergency services.
These phone posters are included in the Fire Safety Pack, pick the one that best fits your situation then print and use a prop for your lessons.
These phone posters are included in the Fire Safety Pack, pick the one that best fits your situation then print and use a prop for your lessons.
More Group & Circle Time Ideas
Fire Safety at Home
This week share fire safety resources with your families including this link to activities from the National Fire Protection Association. Encourage families to create their own fire safety plan for home.
Our Fire Safety Plan
If you already have a fire safety plan, now is a good time to update and review it with your child. If you don't have one, now is a great time to create one! Use resources available from National Fire Protection Association to assist in the creation of your fire safety plan.
Be sure to include your child in the development and update of the plan.
Be sure to include your child in the development and update of the plan.
Extinguish the Fire Rolling Game
Here is a fun game you can play with your preschooler that supports turn taking, 1:1 correspondence, and counting.
Roll the playing cube, read the number word, then add the same number of water drops to the flames to put out the fire.
You can find this pack in the Fire Safety Activities pack.
Roll the playing cube, read the number word, then add the same number of water drops to the flames to put out the fire.
You can find this pack in the Fire Safety Activities pack.
