Fire Safety week is October 5 – 11. This is the perfect time to teach a Fire Safety/Community Helper theme. Here are some great books to read during your community helper theme:
Scholastic’s website has some great resources and reproducibles on their Fire Safety page. Click here to see this page: Scholastic Fire Safety
The National Fire Protection Association website has lots of great resources: NFPA Lesson Plans
Here is an adorable Fire Safety coloring book from the U.S. Fire Administration’s website:
Sesame Stret Fire Safety Coloring Book
Survive Alive’s website has this fire safety worksheet: Don’t Get Burned Worksheet
They also have a cute Stop, Drop, and Roll coloring worksheet: Stop Drop Roll Coloring
Kinderplans has an adorable idea, where students either draw or cut-out a picture of the community helper that they want to be: Helper Picture Frame. They also have some adorable songs that you can print:
Sparkle Box has some great role-packs to use with your Community Helper theme: Emergency Workers Role Play Packs. Here are some more printables from Sparkle Box: People Who Help Printables
Kelly’s Kindergarten has a great Community Helper Game on her Printable Game page, just scroll down to find this game: Science Center Activities
I borrowed the picture and directions for making Edible Fire Trucks from Mrs. Pohlmeyers Kindergarten page to create a printable direction sheet for this snack. This is a great fine motor and following directions activity for my students: edible-fire-trucks
Making Learning Fun has some wonderful ideas on their website. Here is a link to their Dalmation coloring page. Students add the dots to this picture, this would be a great math activity: Fire Dalmation Dot Art. They also have this adorable color, cut and paste fireman activity: Fireman Cut and Paste. Check out these vocabulary cards, you just need to supply letter tiles to march letters to spell the words (this would be a great center activity): Fire Words
Hubbard’s Cupboard has some great emergent readers related to community helpers:
A Fireman Pocket Chart Pictures
People Who Help Student Reader
People Who Help Teacher Version
People Who Help Pocket Chart Pictures
What Could I Do Student Reader
What Could I Do Teacher Version
What Could I Do Pocket Chart Pictures
Bry-Back Manor has some printables related to this theme:
I was just searching on the internet for lesson ideas and I found this printable on Making Memories 101’s website: Fire Truck Printable
Time for Kids printable worksheet section also has a few great worksheets to use with your fire safety theme:
Preschool Printables has this adorable file folder game (reinforces color or color word recognition) that you can print in either color or black and white: Fire Safety File Folder Game
Update 3/8/2009: I just found this very cute printable book from Bee Happy Teaching about being a firefighter. It is too cute! Firefigher BookHere are some links to other Fire Safety/Community Helper Themes:
1 Comment
September 29, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Great blog and teaching ideas. Thanks for sharing and helping others.