FIRE HATS
12" by 18" white construction paper
Scissors
Red and yellow paint
Paintbrushes
Cut the white paper into large oval shapes.
Help each child fold a sheet in half, with the twelve-inch-long edges
touching.
Unfold and let the children use their brushes to drip red and yellow
paint
over one-half of the paper.
Fold on the same fold again and gently press and smooth the paper. Open the
papers up and discuss what happened to the color and the "firey" look they
have.
When the papers are dry, cut a hole approximately five inches across and six
inches at the highest point in the center of the paper to fit each child's
head. They can wear their firefighter hats to engage in dramatic play. Be
sure to mention that we have women and men firefighters.
STAY LOW & GO
Submitted by Julie
We practiced a pretend fire drill while the kids were at home and
in bed. I had each child crawl put of bed(they were on the floor)
, the walked over to a designated "door". They had to touch
it first to see if it was hot or cold. We pretended it was hot. Then
I asked them what should you do next... then said stay low and go...
i set up chairs in a line (verticle) and they crawled under all of
the chairs. When they reached the end they pretened to stay by the
window and open it up and call for help. When they finished I made
them an official firefighter and we made fightfighter helmets! The
kids loved it!
WHERE'S THE ALARM?
Seat youngsters in a circle on the floor. Choose a volunteer to be
the firefighter. Ask that child to sit in the center of the circle,
close his eyes, and pretend that he is asleep. Ask the children seated
in the circle to put their hands behind their backs. Hand a small
bell to one child; then direct her to ring the bell behind her back.
As the children recite this rhyme, the sleeping firefighter should "wake
up" to find the alarm (bell). Play until each child has had a turn
being the firefighter.
Firefighter, firefighter,
Hear the alarm.
Save the building
From any harm.
Firefighter, firefighter,
No time to rest.
Wake up, wake up!
Do your best!
9-1-1 SONG
Submitted by Wendy
adapted. Tune "I'm a Little Teapot"
I'm a big red fire truck long and stout,
When I am needed, I roar and shout.
When there is a fire call 9-1-1,
I get the call and I'm on the run.
I'm a big red fire truck stout and long,
Here's is my ladder, tall and strong.
Run to a neighbor and call 9-1-1,
I'll come help you on the run.
FIRE SAFETY WEEK
Make an obstacle course.
We used a refrigerator box for the house -- cut a door. When they
heard the smoke alarm they had to first feel the door then proceed
depending on whether or not we told them it was hot. If hot they
proceeded to a window. After coming out the door they crawled under
a table with black streamers hanging from it to represent smoke.
Next a felt flame was placed on their clothing and they had to stop,
drop and roll. After getting "outside" they ran to a neighbor's house
to ask them to call 911, then proceeded to their designated meeting
place. They enjoyed it and hopefully will remember something!
Place orange felt *flames* on child's shirt. Demonstrate how to Cover,
Stop, Drop, and Roll on the carpet, to put the flames out. (*cover*,
cover their face with their hands while rolling.)
*Clothespin sheets up around the room, about 2 ft from the floor,
and practice crawling, low, under the *smoke*. * Turn out
the lights to practice getting out in the dark. Go around room and
put red dots on hot things, and blue dots on cold things.
FIRE WEEK SNACKS
Submitted by Patricia
Fire Engine Cookies
Need: Graham crackers, red frosting (cherry or strawberry), oreo
cookies, black licorice Cut off one corner of a cracker. Frost
with the cracker. Split the oreos apart and place one on the front
and one on the back for the
wheels lay a black licorice across the top for the ladder.
Fireman Shake
Fireman need to be very strong. Prepare a healthy milkshake for your
little fire boys and girls.
Need: 1 cup strawberries, 2 tsp. honey, 4 large scoops vanilla ice cream, 1
1/2 cups milk
In a blender or food processor, puree berries with honey, add ice cream and
milk. Pour into glasses and serve.
Energy Chews
Need: measuring spoons, cup, raisins, peanut butter, honey, apple and
oatmeal
Give each child a cup and mix the following together.
1 tbspn peanut butter
1/2 tspn honey
1 tbspn raisins
1 tsp. chopped apple
1 tbspn raw oatmeal
Wash hands. Then each child stirs the mixture and rolls it into balls. The
mixture may be chilled for a while or eaten immediately. Firefighters need
to have high energy.
Fire Fighting sidewalk chalk squirt bottles water
Draw a pretend fire on the side of your house or garage with colored
chalk. Use water-filled squirt bottles to put the fire out. Squirt,
the fire will magically disappear.
Burn a candle.
Place a clear glass jar down over the candle to explain fire needs
air to burn. When there is no more air, the flame goes out. Explain
this is why we roll on top of where the fire would be. (Tie into
the STOP, DROP, AND ROLL concept)
NUMBER LADDER JUMPING
This was a big hit with our 3 yr. old children! You could use it for
the letter "L", numbers, etc. But we did it as a part of a
community helpers theme as a fireman's ladder. Take some masking
tape and tape a ladder form to the floor, with each
"step" about 1' apart. Put the numbers 1-10 on index cards with a magic
marker and tape them in the upper left hand corner of the rung/step. Use flash
cards to have the student draw (or hand them any number). They then have
to jump "up the ladder" a step at a time, counting as they go, until they reach
the number on their card. Students who are observing can help
with counting to reinforce their numbers.
NEVER NEVER PLAY WITH MATCHES
Submitted by Verlona
I learned this song 2 years ago. The children
love it and it gets the message across.
Never Play with Matches
Never, Never Play with Matches
If you do, If you do, you might burn your fingers
(rub your fingers together)
That won't due, That won't due
Never, Never Play with Matches
If you do, If you do, you might burn your house down
(make a house with your hands)
That won't due, That won't due
Never, Never Play with Matches
If you do, If you do, you might burn the forest down
(wiggle all your fingers like they are trees)
That won't due, That won't due
A COW AT FAULT
The burning of old Chicago was America's greatest
disaster due to fire. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, as it is now
called, caused the deaths of 250 people, and thousands of homes were
destroyed. An unconfirmed legend has it that the fire was started
by Mrs. O'Leary's cow. The cow was housed in a barn behind the O'Leary
home. It is rumored that the cow's hoof knocked over a lit kerosene
lantern, touching off a fire that destroyed the city. The legend
of the Great Chicago Fire is told in There'll Be a Hot Time in the
Old Town Tonight: The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 Told With Song & Pictures
by Robert Quackenbush. (Although this book is currently out of print,
you may be able to find it at your public library.) After sharing
the legend (and book if possible), ask your youngsters to specify
some ways that fires can get started and what can be done to prevent
these things from happening.
Firefighter ideas
Submitted by Krisplu
For fire prevention week, (this week) the children
will be making their own fire detectors!! It was a cute idea
we found in Sept./Oct 98 Mailbox. We modified it by using two
small paper plates, with a hole puncher and punch holes around two
paper plates together, then let each child string red yarn around
the plates....stuff with tissue paper if you want, tie off then decorate
with a red button. They turned out really cute!!!!!
Other ideas are: adding the spots to the Dalmatian, straw
painting(blowing) fire inside the windows, door, and chimney of a house, fingerpainting
with red paint, etc.
Another cute idea is making a collage of What's Hot,
What's Not......Look through magazines and find things that are hot, and things
that are not..........
Make an obstacle course. We used a refrigerator
box for the house -- cut a door. When they heard the smoke alarm they
had to first feel the door then proceed depending on whether or not we told
them it was hot. If hot they proceeded to a window. After coming
out the door they crawled under a table with black streamers hanging from it
to represent smoke. Next a felt flame was placed on their clothing and
they had to stop, drop and roll. After getting "outside" they ran to
a neighbor's house to ask them to call 911, then proceeded to their designated
meeting place. They enjoyed it and hopefully will remember something!
Tune - "Oh My Darling Clementine")
I'm on fire, I'm on fire
But I know just what to do
I will stop all of my running
Drop and roll's the thing to do
Books:
Fire! Fire! By Gail Gibbons
Fire Fighters by Norma Simon
Fire Engines by Anne Rockwell
When There Is a Fire . . . Go Outside
by Dorothy Chlad
Fire! Fire! Said Mrs. McGuire by Bill Martin
Jr.
Never Play With Matches (Tune - "Frere Jacques")
Never, never play with matches.
If you do, if you do,
You might burn your fingers,
You might burn your fingers,
That won't do! That won't do!
Never, never play with matches.
If you do, if you do,
You might burn your clothes,
You might burn your clothes,
That won't do! That won't do!
Firefighter Song (Tune - "I'm a Little Teapot")
I'm a little firefighter on the go. (move arms
in a "running motion)
Here is my helmet. (point
to your head)
Here is my hose. (hold
an imaginary hose)
When I see a fire, (look,
holding hand over eyes)
Hear me shout! (cup
hands around mouth)
Turn on the water, (hold
the imaginary hose)
And put the fire out-Shhhhhhh (pretend to spray
a fire with a hose)
Dramatic Play:
At circle time brainstorm what you would need
to make a fire engine (we came up with wheels, lights, ladders, hoses)
Collect a box long and large enough for at least two children to
fit in at a time. Have the children decide on the color and
then paint. We decided to use paper plates as wheels and small
ones as headlights and a siren. Long pieces of stiff cardboard
were turned into ladders with yellow paint and a length of old garden
hose made it complete. When it was all dry I wrote "Fire Station
#9" on it and now it is the first part of our "community" in our
dramatic play center. They are having tons of fun. (Also
added hats and big shirts for uniforms)
Fire safety
Follwing ideas submitted by Kristal
Centers-*Sensory
Use small fire trucks/cars, and emergency people/signs,
firedogs, to place in sand/rice table.
Art
1. Make a blackline master(4"X5") of a firedog in a fireman
hat. Use black paint to make dots on dog.
Using thumbs/fingertips paint on dots. Fingerpaint/color
hat red. Cut out, punch holes at top, and make necklace using vinyl cord,
or yarn. Wear when firetruck/firefighter comes to visit.
Do fire painting. YOu can use saran wrap
or straws.
Saran wrap- Use black paper. Squirt a line of red
paint,and a line of orange paint on paper. Place saran wrap on top-pull
wrap down paper to create fire. Kids with disabilities like this. some
do not like to get their hands dirty.
FIRE SAFETY
Following cross curricular ideas submitted
by Laura wlsweewuns@aol.com
ART PROJECTS
*Fire Engine
Precut circular and rectangular shapes from construction
paper. Have the children glue the precut shapes on to a piece of construction
paper to resemble a fire truck. They may add yarn or string for the fire hose
and use
straws to make a ladder.
* Fire Painting
Using colours associated with fire (red,
orange) squirt or draw thick lines on the paper and add a few drops
of black paint here and there. Press clear plastic wrap onto the
paper and squeegee the paint around. Pull plastic off
of the paper using a strong vertical pulling action.
(This will cause the paint to look like fire.) When paint is dry have the children
glue a black cutout of a house (windows cut out) and/or a black cutout of a
fire truck.
SONGS
sung to the tune of "bingo"
What happens if there is a fire ?
Do you know what to do ? Oh !
GET OUT ! QUICK , GET OUT !
get out ! Quick ,get out !
get out ! QUICK, get out !
Stay very low and go. GO !
What happens if there is a fire ?
Do you know what to do ? Oh!
STAY OUT ! DON'T GO BACK !
stay out ! Don't go back !
stay out ! Don't go back !
Don't go back in the house. No !
What happens if there is a fire?
Do you know what to do ? Oh !
GET HELP ! CALL FOR HELP !
get help ! call for help !
get help ! call for help !
call 911 for help ! oh!
*Fire Safety
Tune: Frere Jacques
Never, never play with matches
If you do, if you do,
You might burn your fingers, you might
burn your fingers.
That won't do.
That won't do.
Never, never play with matches
If you do, if you do,
You might burn your house down, you might
burn your house down.
That won't do.
That won't do.
(you might burn the forest is another verse.)
by Leora Grecian from "The Piggyback Songbook"
*The Fireman
Clang, clang goes the fire truck,
When it is racing about.
The firemen will work very hard
To put the fire out.
With their hoses and their ladders,
They answer to fire call.
When the fireman fight the fires,
They really help us all.
*Fire Department
Fireman, fireman number eight
Bumped his head upon the gate
The gate swung in, The gate swung out
That's the way they put the fire out!
Emergency, emergency 9-1-1
Emergency, emergency 9-1-1
Emergency, emergency 9-1-1
* Firefighter Finger Play
Five brave firefighters, Sleeping so,
(hold up a hand with fingers flat across palm)
The fire bell rings, Down the pole they go, (open
the hand and make a downward motion)
Jump in the fire truck, Hurry down the street.
Climb up the ladder, (make the fingers climb)
Feel the fire's heat. (wipe sweat from your brow)
Five brave firefighters, (hold up five fingers)
Put the fire out. (make a wiping motion)
Hip! Hip! Hooray! All the people shout! (shout)
* Firefighter Song
Sung to 'I'm A Little Teapot'
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.
* Firefighters
(sung to: Pop Goes The Weasel)
Down the street the engine goes
The Firemen fight the fire
Up the ladder with their hose
Out goes the fire.
I'm a Big Red Fire Truck
I'm a big red fire truck long and stout,
When I am needed, I roar and shout.
People love to see me rush about,
Just turn me on and head me out.
I'm a big red fire truck stout and long,
Here's is my laddler, tall and strong.
When I get a call, you'll hear my song,
Just climb aboard and turn me on.
SNACKS
* Fireman Shake
Fireman need to be very strong. Prepare
a healthy milkshake for your little fire boys and girls.
1 cup strawberries
2 tsp. Honey
4 large scoops vanilla ice cream
1 1/2 cups milk
In a blender or food processor, puree berries with
honey, add ice cream and milk. Pour into glasses and serve.
* Energy Chews
Materials: measuring spoons, cup, raisins,
peanut butter, honey, apple and oatmeal
Give each child a cup and mix the following together.
1 tbspn peanut butter
1/2 tspn honey
1 tbspn raisins
1 tsp. chopped apple
1 tbspn raw oatmeal
Wash hands. Then each child stirs the mixture and rolls
it into balls.The mixture may be chilled for a while or eaten immediately.
Firefighters need to have high energy.
*We made graham cracker fire trucks for snack!
Use 1 whole (double square) cracker for the
body and 1/2 (1 square) for the cab. Use "ritz bitz" for the wheels,
pretzel sticks for the ladders, licorice laces for the hoses, and
a cherry for the red light. Use frosting for glue!
Title:Brave Firefighters
Submitted by Peg
5 brave firefighters sleeping so - hold fingers
flat against othe palm
The beel rings, down the pole they go - open the hand
and make a downward motion
Jump in the fire truck, Hurry down the strret. Climb
up the ladder. - Make fingers climb
Feep the fire's jheat - wrip brow
5 brave firefighters - hold up 5 fingers
Put the fire out - make a wiping motion
Hip! Hip! Hooray! All the people shout!
Title: Fire Engine
Precut circular and rectangular shapes from
construction paper. Have the children glue the precut shapes on to
a piece of construction paper to resemble a fire truck. They may
add yarn or string for the fire hose and use straws to make a ladder.
Title: Fire Painting
Using colours associated with fire (red, orange)
squirt or draw thick lines on the paper and add a few drops of black
paint here and there.
Press clear plastic wrap onto the paper and squeegee
the paint around. Pull plastic off of the paper using a strong vertical pulling
action. (This will cause the paint to look like fire.)
When paint is dry have the children glue a black cutout
of a house (windows cut out) and/or a black cutout of a fire truck.
Title: Firehouse
Invite the children to set up a firehouse.
Allow the riding toys to be the fire engines, ambulances and the
fire chiefs car. Set up a sleeping area, boots with pants can be
set up next to the bed. Give the children a bell to sound the alarm
and let their imaginations run wild!
Title: Fire Safety theme
Submitted by Carol of the Keep On Sharin'
Loop
We go to the fire station for a tour. The children
get to sit in the firetruck and do the siren. They love this. Sometimes
we have a fireman come to the school and talk to the kids. We also visit
the police station /or have a police man come to the school to talk to us. One
year on the police station visit the policeman giving the tour locked up the
children in a cell. The children loved it. We took a picture of
them locked up and it was put in our yearbook.
We also practice dialing 911. We have a rotary and push
button phone. Many children have never seen a rotary phone. We
teach how to dial on it. We practice giving our names and address to
the fire/police dept.
We also play a stop drop and roll game. The children
love this and it reinforces what to do if you are on fire. |
