One of my all time favorite weeks in the fall is when the fire truck visits and they dress in their rescue clothes to show the children and help them know not to be afraid. What an awsome service it is to our children. We have alot of fun in the classroom as well, obstacle courses, a ladder out of masking tape on the floor makes great large motor activities for the children to play in homeliving. I always have stuffed animals to rescue at one end of the ladder.
We will look at shapes of different road signs and talk about them and how they help us stay safe. We will make our own stop signs and stop light cookies, which I have seen in many different curriculums. Take a fourth of a graham cracker, spread cream cheese or peanut butter and then have them place the correct color candies in the correct order of a stop light. EAT UP!!!!! Yummy and easy. Hey, you could continue and teach a math skill of patterns red, yellow, green, red, yellow green.
Whether a mom or teacher, extend fun to make it a learning activity. We also will be making a shape fire truck using squares, rectangles and circles. If you stay at home and need an activity for your little guys, maybe 2 or 3 year olds cut out red rectangles blue squares for truck windows and black circles for wheels. That would be a great beginning for little guys. If you stay at home, take your little guys to the firestation or call and check when they will be available to let your children look at our safety helpers.
Well---- off to have a great short week at school and will post a little more safety stuff at the end
