Make Pretend Smoke Detectors Take two snack-size paper plates and put one on top of the other. Help your child staple or tape the two plates together and "decorate" them with a red dot or a red sticker. This is a great opportunity to discuss fire safety with your child, and also a reminder for you, mom, to check those batteries!
Smoke Detector Hunt Go on a scavenger hunt - help your child find all the smoke detectors in the house. Explain their use.
Fire Fighter With red and yellow sidewalk chalk, draw flames outside on the ground, and let your child "put out the fire" with water bottles. For added fun, pull out the water hose and see if your toddler can give it a good spray.
Do this Fire Engine Egg Carton Craft or this Easy Fire Truck Craft by DLTK Kids. Note, check the older toddler lesson plan for advanced craft ideas on this theme.
Fire Station Tour If you're involved in a playgroup, or if your child has a group of neighbors or family members who would like to participate, arrange to tour a fire station. At the least, you can drive by the nearest fire station, explaining to your child what it is, and possibly run inside to request a plastic child-sized fireman's hat.
| I'm a Firefighter (Sung to: "I'm A Little Teapot") I am a firefighter dressed in red. With my fire hat on my head. I can drive the fire truck, fight fire too, And help make things safe for you.
The Firefighter This firefighter rings the bell. (thumb) This firefighter hold the hose so well. (index) This firefighter slides down the pole. (middle) This firefighter chops a hole. (ring) This firefighter climbs higher and higher. (pinky) And all the firefighters put out the fire!
FIrefighter Fingerplay 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)
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.
The Fire Song (Sung to "Frere Jacques")
If there's a fire If there's a fire In your house In your house
What do you do What do you do YOU GET OUT (SUNG OR YELLED LOUDLY) YOU GET OUT
Firefighters at Work Can you hear the siren? (Cup right hand to ear.) Listen to it scream! Can you hear the fire bell? (Cup left hand to ear.) Do you know what they mean? Here come the firefighters. (Run in place.) Listen to them shout! (Cup hands around mouth.) Pour on water! Pour on water! (With mouth cupped, shout this.) Put the fire out! (Shout and pretend to squirt water from hose.)
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Words:
"Fire engine" or "Fire truck"
"Firefighter"
"Smoke detector"
| Color: Red
Numbers: 1 to 20
Shape: Rectangle
Coloring Pages:
Coloring Page 1
Coloring Page 2
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