National Fire Safety week is the first week of October here, so we are doing a fire safety preschool theme. I like to pair it up here because some of the fire stations near us hold open houses so it’s fun to do that when we are learning all about fire safety.
Along with getting lots of books from the library about fire, firemen & fire themed stories, here is what we will be doing in preschool.
| M | T | W | Th | F | |
| Religion | Battle of Jericho & Comprehension* | Color God Chooses Giddeon | Glue cotton balls on fleece worksheet to create a blanket | Compare wool to cotton | Act out story with kids favorite blanket |
| Language (2) | B letter of the week binder | B dot marker page | Fire hose prewriting trace | B miniatures | Choose another B activity |
| Language (4) | Dot beginning sound | CVC & Sight word practice | Find & Read Words* | CVC & Sight word practice | Introduce syllables by counting syllables in fire vocabulary (firetruck, axe, hose etc..) |
| Math (2) | Stop drop & roll sequence | Firetruck number puzzle | Calling 911 trace | Roll & color 1-6 | Fire safety patterns |
| Math (4) | Fire safety Addition | Firetruck number puzzle | Calling 911 trace also practice your phone number & address | Roll & color 2-12 | Fire safety subtraction |
| Art/Sensory | Fingerpaint w/ red, yellow & orange | Put out the fire chalk game | Sensory bin w/ RYO shredded paper, fire trucks, RYO magna tiles & people | Fire obstacle course * | Make a thank you card for fire fighters |
| Science Geography History | Hot or not | Make a fire safety plan* | Good fire v bad fire* | Science of fire | Science of baking – bake treat to deliver to firehouse |
Comprehension Questions:
What was Gideon afraid of?
What did the angel tell Gideon?
Did Gideon think he was strong and brave?
Find & Read words: Write some CVC or sight words on index cards (or cut pieces of paper) and hide them around the room. Turn off the light and have child use a flashlight to find the cards. Then have them read what it says. This is like a firefighter in a dark building. (Adapted from an idea at stayathomeeducator.com)
Fire obstacle course – This activitiy is dramatic play and pretending. Make an obstacle course and pretend something at the end is on fire. Call the firefighter (your child) who can dress up as a firefighter and practice crawling through the obstacle course to get to the fire and pretend to put the big fire out at the end.
Fire safety plan – where do you go? What do you do? Do you wait for other people? Designate a meeting place. “Don’t hide, go outside!”. You can make a map with this and talk about cardinal directions as well.
Good fire v bad fire – Discuss the differences between good fires (campfires, bbq, stove, candles, etc..) and bad fires – depends on the type of fire and what its effects are.