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Fire
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are some ideas to make your Fire Safety unit special.
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Teaching Resources
I have used
the 911 Pretend and Play Teaching Telephone shown below in my
classroom for several years and it's a fantastic teaching tool!
All of my students learn how to call 911 and what to say.
This phone allows you to program your own voice into it and create
any type of message you like. The phone comes pre-programmed the following:
"911, what is your emergency?" so when the children dial 911
correctly this is what they hear. They then have to respond
by stating what type of emergency they have. We take turns
acting out emergencies and having different students call 911.
I also use this phone in December, click HERE
to find out how!
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Music
Music is an important part of
any Early Childhood program.
For links to the
musical artists click here to go to the music
page.
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Never Play
With Matches
(tune:
Where is Thumbkin?)
Never, ever play
with matches,
For if you do,
For if you do,
You might burn
your fingers.
You might burn
your fingers.
That won't do!
That won't do! |
9-1-1
(tune: 3
Blind Mice)
9-1-1,
9-1-1
Help's
on the way, help's on the way,
If I
need help, I know what to do.
I can
call the police and the firemen too,
It makes
me feel safe to know what to do.
9-1-1,
9-1-1 |
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Literacy
Activities
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Activity
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Instructions |
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Fire Truck Letters
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Setting: Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Letter Recognition
Materials: Large fire
engine cut-outs by Trend, Sharpie marker, lamination film,
magnetic letters
Directions:
Place the magnetic letters in a bowl in the middle of the table
so they are easily accessible to all the children. Each
child will select a fire truck and then find the matching letter
that goes on the truck. When they are finished they put
their fire truck away and get a new one.
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Siren Game
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Setting: Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Letter Recognition
Materials: mini fire
engine cut-outs by Trend, Sharpie marker, lamination film
Directions:
This game is a modified version of the
Bang Game. Write one one letter on each fire engine
cut-out using the Sharpie marker. On the 27th engine write the word
"Siren!" with the Sharpie marker. Laminate the
fire engine cut-outs for durability. Place all the
cut-outs in a
basket or plastic tub. This game can be played in large or
small groups. Have the students sit in a circle and pass
the basket of fire engines
around. Each student closes his eyes and removes one
fire engine, then identifies the letter written on the back aloud.
If a student gets the fire engine that says "Siren!" all the
students can make siren noises in unison.
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Fire Truck Letter Match
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Setting: Small Group, Literacy Centers
Objective: Letter Recognition
Materials: Fire Engine
Novel notepad, alphabet stickers, scissors, lamination film
Directions:
Place two like stickers on each end of a fire engine note page.
Laminate the note pad pages for durability. After the
pages are laminated cut them in half like in the picture at
left. Place all the cut up fire engines in a bowl or
basket. Students will try to match the correct halves
together by looking at the letters on each truck.
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Math Activities
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Activity
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Instructions |
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: Number Recognition, 1:1 correspondence
Materials: fire truck
birthday plates (party store), mini firefighter figures (Dollar
Tree) Sharpie marker
Directions: Write the
numbers 1-5 on the plates with a Sharpie. Have students
put the correct number of firefighters on each plate.
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Fire Safety Board Game
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: 1:1 correspondence, number sense
Materials: cardstock,
sticky dots, fire theme stickers, foam die with numbers 3-6
covered and replaced with 1 and 2 dots, different colored unifix
cubes or other similar items for playing pieces
Directions:
Create a board game by taping together two pieces of cardstock
and attaching the sticky dots and fire theme stickers to create a game board.
To play give each child in the small group one unifix cube of a
different color. All players place their playing pieces in
the designated "starting area". Students take turns
rolling the die and moving their playing piece. Make sure
you cover the sides of the die that have numbers 3-6 and replace
them with numbers 1 and 2, the objective of this game is to
practice 1:1 correspondence with numbers 1 and 2.
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Fire Safety
Patterning
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: patterning
Materials: fire theme
stickers, patterning sheet (see printables section below)
Directions:
Students pattern using fire theme stickers.
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Fire Safety Roll 'N Stamp
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: Number recognition, number sense, one-to-one
Materials: foam die,
fire roll 'n stamp recording sheet (see printables section below),
Red Do-A-Dot
Markers
Directions:
Students take turns rolling the die, identifying the
corresponding number on their recording sheet and stamping the
correct number
with a red Do-A-Dot Marker.
Cover the sides of the die with 4,
5, and 6 dots and replace them with the 1, 2, and 3 dots.
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Fire Safety
1-5 Counting Grid
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: 1:1 correspondence
Materials: 1-5
counting grid
(see printables section below), fire safety stickers
Directions: To play this game give each child in the
small group a counting grid sheet. Give each student in
the small group a strip of fire stickers. The students will place
the correct number of stickers in the boxes next to each number.
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Fire Truck
Roll 'N Count
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: 1:1 correspondence, number sense
Materials: Fire truck recording sheet
(see printables section below), Do-A-Dot markers,
one foam die
Directions:
Print and copy one fire truck Roll 'N Count recording sheet for
each child in your small group. Cover the sides of the die with
4, 5, and 6 dots and replace them with 1, 2, and 3 dots. Each
child takes a turn rolling the die and stamping the
corresponding number with a red Do-A-Dot marker on their fire
truck recording sheet.
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1:1 Fire Truck Mat
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Setting: Small Group, Math Centers
Objective: 1:1 correspondence, number sense
Materials: Fire truck
1:1 mat
(see printables section below), red Do-A-Dot markers,
one foam die
Directions:
Print and copy a 1:1 fire truck recording sheet for each
child in your small group. Each
child takes a turn rolling the die and stamping the
corresponding number of fire trucks with a red Do-A-Dot marker on their fire
truck 1:1 recording sheet.
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Art Activities
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Flames
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Materials: orange and yellow fingerpaint, fingerpaint paper,
brown construction paper.
Have the students
fingerpaint with orange and yellow fingerpaint on fingerpaint
paper. When dry, cut the papers into the shape of flames
and glue onto black paper. Add a few brown construction
paper rectangles to make logs under the campfire. |
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Shape Fire Truck
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Materials: red and white construction paper, glue, crayons.
Have the students cut red
rectangles, and red squares to make the truck. Glue the shapes on white construction paper
and have the students add the ladder, hose, siren, wheels, and other
features with crayons. |
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Never Play With Matches
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Materials: red, orange, and yellow paint, construction paper,
marble or golf ball, Xerox copies of a match, black marker,
paint tray or cardboard box.
Xerox a picture of a match
on an 8 1/2 X 11 sheet of paper for each student (Microsoft clip
gallery). Lay the paper in the bottom of a painting tray
or cardboard box. Dip the marble or golf ball into the
paint and place in the box on top of the paper. Have the
student tip the box back and forth so the marble rolls the paint
across the paper. When dry, cut around the picture of the
match in a circle. With a marker add a horizontal black
line across the picture to make the international "No" symbol.
These look great on a bulletin board during fire safety month. |
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Fire Hat
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Materials: regular size paper plates, red crayons, Xerox copy of
a badge or a badge sticker, scissors.
Have each student color a
paper plate red with a crayon. Next, cut out the inside of
the plate in a semi-circle with your scissors leaving the outer
ridged edge for the hat band. Pop up the semi-circle in
the middle of the hat, add the badge to the front, and you have
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Hot/Not Hot
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Materials: Microsoft clip-art, scissors, red and blue
construction paper, glue
Give the children a sheet
with clip art of objects that are hot or not hot. Have the
students cut and glue their pictures to the appropriate colored paper-
red for hot and blue for not hot. |
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Printables |
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Fire
Safety
Roll 'N Stamp
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Fire Safety
1-5
Counting Grid
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Fire Patterning Strips
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Fire
Safety Thematic Word Wall
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Fire Safety 1:1 Mat
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Fire Truck Roll 'N Count
Recording Sheet
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