Yes, it’s Fire Prevention Week 2012 (October 7-13)! This year’s theme, “Have Two Ways Out,” reminds us that planning not one, but two escape routes is an essential part of any fire escape plan. Promise me you’ll spend some time this week discussing fire safety with your students. Better yet, tell me how you and your students are recognizing Fire Prevention Week, and I’ll
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The firemen always visit our school. Then I read the book Stop! Drop! Roll! by Margery Cuyler and let the students practice stop, drop and rolling! I also send home tips on fire safety.
We visited the fire station, read several books about fire safety and fire drills, created our own fire safety books, and drew fire trucks made from simple shapes in our journals.
I have little kids so for fire safety week we talked about house to get out of my house if there was a fire and where we met at. We also watched fire videos and we also fingerpainting fire flames on paper. We also learned how to stop drop and roll. When then the hurry hurry fire truck song. We loved driving our fire trucks.
Lori’s Daycare
We started our week off with a trip to our local fire station. We go every October and the kids love that they get to use the fire hose. We read several books, painted flames using marbles, practiced “get low and go” and sang some really good fire safety songs like “There’s a Fire” and “Stop, Drop and Roll”. Fire Hats and Fire trucks were really popular and we will end the week with a small video…Elmo visits the firehouse(one of the kids most favorite videos).
We are having a fire truck and firefighter come to our daycare center and have read some books. Their favorite is Clifford. They love to stop, drop, and roll!
We have a fireman bring the truck tomorrow. But we do mock fire drills in the classroom, so they are prepared to remain calm. I just read Dinofours “Firedrill day”. We also have an fire fighter obs. course, where they can practice skills such as STOP-DROP-ROLL, and crawling low incase of smoke.
We used a parachute as smoke and they had to belly crawl on their stomach to get out, they were able to wear realistic fireman costumes in dramatic play ( I have a friend who is an EMT and he brings me a “real” child sized fireman uniform complete with boots and hat. This works on recognition of a safe friend in an emergency.
So far their favorite art project was doing “fire painting”- We took red, orange (colors of fire) and dribbled some on a paper – added small drops of black. Covered the sheet with plastic wrap and squeegied it off which left a fire like impression. We then let them glue black images of a house and fire truck… they looked cool.
We made a mock fire station out of a large box and I put a paper fire truck on the wall. In box they are considered dispatchers and can dispatch help when someone in dramatic play calls 9-11. It has been a fun week.
I teach the kids to crawl under smoke using the parachute as the smoke. We read a variety of fire safety books. I also start the fire drills using a smoke detector with a face as a puppet to lead us safely out of the building.
Reading everyone’s idea’s this morning has really got me thinking about ways my team can promote “Fire Prevention Week” better. Thanks for sharing your ideas. We’ve had a fire engine come most times in the spring but not for any real occasion. Our little 1st grade students are amazed at the sight of both the firemen and women and the actual truck.
We have the firemen visti our school twice a year, the children always plan questions and I think they learn a lot from their visit. We have been practicing fire drills frequently in my class, since the first one didn’t go so well. But, they are starting to understand its a ‘drill’ for practice and they are getting better at walking in a line out to the field. Fire saftey/practice is always a must with any age.
The firetruck came to our school and we got to ride on it around the block. We have been reading books and made a handprint fire for art. (yellow and orange paint mixed and then make a hand print)
This week my class is really enjoying learning about fire safety! I turned my dramatic play area into a fire station. I added career costumes, hats, cardboard box buildings and even a hose. We’ve discussed the importance of getting out if there is a fire and dialing “911” incase of an emergency. The children really enjoyed a sensory project we did these week. After reading, “Fire Trucks!” (sorry forgot author) I gave each of my students a ziploc bag of red and yellow paint. I taped the bag shut so the paint would not spill. The children really enjoyed manipulating the ziploc bag to blend colors. I work with a group of young 3s. A lot of the children referred to the mixing of colors as a fire truck or fire. Had a really fun time with the project. I taped the ziploc bags up in the hall for parents to see. They are sure to show their parents every morning!! LOL!
The fire fighters came to speak to the kids, they did a fire escape plan with their parents, and will be entering a fire prevention poster contest.
We had the firemen do three stations for our kids. The first one was about the equipment they use. The second one was about their gear they wear. And the third one was stop, drop, and roll. We are also reading stories and worksheets about fire prevention.
We read our Clifford magazine, then watch the video online on my smartboard(new to me this year) I also found a video on pinterest.com that we watched. I teach 3-5yr old special education students. So I had to have something that would catch their attention.
We have 60 preschoolers in our school so the firetruck visits our school. We meet the firefighter and get to see his firetruck. He tells us the important facts we should know to be fire safe. The children ask questions and respond to his questions. We have fire drills in our classroom and also in our school. We learn in the classroom, the entire month of October, the main points of fire safety such as emergency #911, stay low & go, don’t hide/go outside, never play with matches/lighters, have a meeting place, have a family plan, plan two escapes whenever possible, don’t open a door if the door/knob is hot, and stop, drop & roll, which is, of course, an all time favorite. We play a game in which we put red streamers with tape on one end on the children’s back and they have to stop, drop & roll for practice. Each child closes their eyes while the person who is “it” places the pretend fire on another child’s back. Then we yell, ___ you’re on fire, stop drop and roll quickly. Each child gets a turn choosing the next one to be on fire and also to stop, drop, & roll. We read fire safety stories sing fire songs and also do some fire art work.
Our firemen came and ate lunch with our students. They LOVED getting to sit and chat with these local heroes. After lunch we got to go look at their truck, and stand with them for a cute class picture. The FD also came out to our school to share with the students the importance of having an escape plan, and checking your smoke detectors. They kicked off our city’s poster contest by announcing the theme “Have Two Ways Out”.
We have a fire drill planned for this week and we will be reading a book about fire drills, so children will feel more comfortable when they hear the alarm!
We practice stop, drop, and roll, by placing a red hair scrunchey on the child’s arm to represent fire.
The class I teach is preschool and the children respond better to visuals. Another thing we do is to hold a sheet and have the children crawl under, the sheet represents smoke. Our family project is to set a safe meeting place. There is an awesome fireman in our area that has a side buisness “Stan the Fireman”, he does a safety/magic presentation to the student and then they get to ride on his firetruck. The firetruck is a small train painted like a firetruck. The kid love him! Our finally to the week i to have a fireman dress in his turnout gear in front of the children. He has to be a fireman that the children can touch. The resperator they breath thru uually scares kids this age, so it is very important that they feel confortable with the fireman.
Our local firefighters come and do a presentation on smoke alarms. Show what they look like in their fire fighters gear (so young children won’t be afraid), bring the big fire truck and show a video about “Don’t Hide, Get Outside”. It is a great time and the kids love going home to check out their smoke alarms and share the information they received from the fire fighters with their family. Classrooms do individual reading, craft projects and additional support for Fire Safety Week. Thank you to our men and women firefighters that help keep us informed to keep us all safe.
Our local fire department came for a visit and taught us about fire safety!
Mary H
My kindergarten students practiced “Stop, Drop, and Roll. We had a fire drill and they practiced calling 911 and giving their addresses. As a class we check to make sure our smoke detector worked and decided to ask parents to check the ones in their homes. We had a discussion on two ways out. We found the ones in our room and talked about home options.
During fire safety week, we practice fire drills with all of our classes, have each child do “Stop, Drop and Roll” and talk about when to call “911”
Our fire department comes to visit our school and talks to the students about fire safety. They bring their ladder and equipment trucks and also the rescue squad and the children all get a chance to go inside and look around.
One very fun activity they do with students is have them dress one of the firemen. They bring several different seasonal hats, coats, gloves and boots, along with their fire gear and the students tell the firemen if what he is putting on is the correct item. Once the fireman is completely dressed he doesn’t seem so scary as they have helped dress him.
We read a book about fire engines and changed the batteries in our fire alarms so they would be fresh and ready to go if there was an emergency.
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