"F" is for Fireman

This was a fun little "unit" about community service workers, specifically focused on firemen.  We read lots of books about firemen and how they help us in emergencies.  I'm a little bummed we never made it to our fire station field trip, but there was only so many things I could squeeze in one day and that trip never happened.  Next year.

We talked a lot about what we would do should a real emergency occur at home, specifically a fire.  We talked about "getting low" to avoid smoke, and the kids practiced creeping along the floor to a safe spot.

They also mastered the "Stop! Drop! Roll!" technique.  They actually wanted to practice that every day. 

I was able to find some songs that were really cute!
9-1-1
(to the tune of "Frere Jacques")
There's a fi-re
There's a fi-re
9-1-1
Call the fire department,
Call the fire department,
9-1-1


9-1-1.
Never, Never Play with Matches
(to the tune of "Frere Jacques")
Never, never
Play with matches,
No! No! No!
No! No! No!
You will get in trouble,
You might burn your fingers,
No! No! No!
No! No! No!

Thanks to Pintrest I was able to find SO many cute fireman crafts!  This one was great fun as they got to paint their hands red.  We let them dry and the next day we added heads, hats, faces, hoses, and William came up with the idea to use Do-A-Dot paint for the water. 

Another great Pintrest find were these footprint firetrucks.  I set up a "paint station" so they could paint each others foot, without the worry that they'd run off and get red paint all over my floor.

This was clearly a very fun thing to do! 

And the final product! 

 These toilet paper roll firemem/women were fun to make as well. 

They both worked on their fireman packs. William, for this activity, circled all the Fs while Abby had a hard time circling so she used Do-A-Dot paint and stamped every F. 

And what would preschool be if there wasn't a TON of pretend play!  (They are hoping Oma still has the ax...Mom is hoping she doesn't.)  The hose William is holding is a Duplo hose.  Abby usually had to play the innocent victim being consumed by fire.  She'd drop and roll and William would come running in with the hose and water to extinguish the remaining flames.  It was SO fun to watch them at this.  

This math sheet was geared more for William but Abby would have none of that.  She actually did pretty well counting the objects on each side but needed William's help to determine what sign went between them.

These past two weeks Daddy has been gone so when the day came for Dad to come back the kids made posters.  Many, many posters to welcome him back. 

 Well...that pretty much wraps up our fire safety lessons.