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the flap as shown.

To reporta fire… …call 911.

Quick Craft

To reporta fire…

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Fire Dog

Fire Dog

Fire Dog

Fire Dog

Fire Dog

We Can

Fire Safety Tips! Help students get fired up about fire safety with these cute pups! Have each student cut out a copy of the dog pattern on page 12. Encourage him to color the hat and add black thumbprint

spots to the dog. After a discussion about fire safety, have him write, or dictate for you to write, on

a blank card a fire safety tip. Then display each card with its corresponding dog cutout.

Don’t play with matches. April

Change the battery in your smoke detector. Cynthia

Stop, drop, and roll if you are on fire. Robert

Don’t leave candles burning. Heather

Have a fire escape plan. Joe

SPOT

Fire Facts Youngsters review some important fire safety rules with this catchy little song.(sung to the tune of “Sing a Song of Sixpence”)

Never play with matches.It’s not the thing to do.Matches can start fires.They are not safe for you.If you see a fire,Quickly walk or run.Find someone and ask them,“Will you please call 9-1-1?”

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Make a Match For this small-group game, label pairs of flame cutouts with matching letters. Scatter the flames facedown. To play, a student turns over two flames. If the letters match, youngsters pretend to spray the flames with water; then the student who flipped the flames sets them aside. If the letters do not match, he turns the flames back over. Play continues, in turn, until there are no flames left. Matching letters

Water Table

Call 9-1-1! In your water table, float craft foam flames labeled as shown. Display near the table a sign that says “9-1-1.” Provide a spray bottle filled with water. A child pretends the flames are real and calls out, “I see flames; call 9-1-1!” squirting the matching flame with water as she says each number. She repeats the activity until interest wanes. Safety awareness, number recognition

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Block Center

To the Rescue! Attach flame cutouts to blocks and place them at

your block center along with pieces of garden hose

(fire hose), toy fire engines, and plastic toy people.

A child creates buildings out of blocks, using the

flame-decorated blocks as desired. Then he uses the

props for pretend firefighter play. Spatial skills,

community helper role-playing

Math Center

Climb the Ladder For this partner activity, give each child a fire truck

cutout

(patterns on page 11), a toy person (firefighter), and 12

connecting cubes. Scatter number cards from 5 to 12 face-

down. A child flips a card and identifies the number; then

each child connects that many cubes to make a ladder.

Next, each youngster places the ladder on his truck and

helps the firefighter “climb” to the top, counting each cube

as he climbs. Then students disassemble the ladders and

repeat the process, taking turns to flip the remaining cards.

Identifying numbers, counting, making sets

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Dalmatian Dots

Youngsters will see and count s

pots when they

make this cute puppet. Have each

child in a small

group glue a copy of the dalmatian

pattern (page 10) to

the bottom of a closed white paper

bag as shown. Give

each child a black marker. Then ca

ll out a number from

one to five and have each youngste

r count aloud as he

draws the corresponding number o

f spots on his puppy.

Continue in this manner until each c

hild has made a

dotted dalmatian. If desired, have y

oungsters use their

puppets to practice barking from on

e to five!

Five Little Firefighters

Youngsters pretend to be firefig

hters as they recite this red-hot rhy

me!

Five little firefighters spray the fire.

Hold up five finge

rs; pretend to

spray a hose.

The first one says, “Put the ladder u

p higher!” Point one finger up

ward.

The second one says, “This fire’s g

etting hot!” Hold up two fingers

; wipe

forehead as if hot.

The third one says, “Give the hose

another shot.” Hold up three fing

ers; pretend to

hold a water hose.

The fourth one says, “Take a look a

bout.” Hold up four finger

s; place hand

on forehead as if looking around.

The fifth one says, “The fire is out!”

Hold up five finge

rs; then clap.

Creative Arts

Counting

Fingerplay

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Fire Safety

Fight the Fire

Pretending to squi

rt water reinforces th

e

beginning sound /f/ fo

r your little firefighters

. For

each child in a small

group, make a fire ho

se

by covering a paper

towel tube with alum

inum

foil and taping strips o

f blue crepe paper ins

ide

one end as shown. G

ive each child in the

group

a hose. Tell youngste

rs to listen for the be

gin-

ning /f/ sound in the w

ord fire. Then say sev

eral

words. If a word begi

ns with the /f/ sound,

each

child pretends to spra

y water from her hose

to

put the fire out. If the

word does not begin

with

the /f/ sound, the child

sits quietly with the h

ose

in her lap.

Fire Safety

Beginning sounds

Fire safety awareness

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Musical Stop, Drop, an

d Roll

This movement ac

tivity gets little ones i

n step with

an important fire safe

ty technique. In an op

en area,

gather youngsters in

a large circle. Tell stu

dents that

if their clothes catch

on fire, they need to s

top, drop

to the ground, cover t

heir faces, and roll ba

ck and

forth to help put out t

he fire. Invite a child

to demon-

strate this technique.

Then play some live

ly music

and ask youngsters to

march around the cir

cle.

When you stop the m

usic, have students s

top, drop,

and roll. Then resume

the music and have

young-

sters repeat the activi

ty several times.

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& Development

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Fire Dog

Fire Dog PatternUse with “We Can Spot Fire Safety Tips!” on page 6.

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Fire Truck PatternsUse with “Climb the Ladder” on page 4.

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Dalmatian PatternUse with “Dalmatian Dots” on page 3.

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Safety BadgesPersonalize a copy of a badge for

each child to wear.

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Color the pi

ctures in eac

h row that ar

e the same.

Name _____

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Number match

ing

On Our Way!

Have the child

name each num

ber on the pag

e. Then have h

im practice wri

ting each of the

featured numb

ers.

Trace.

Cut.

Glue to matc

h.

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