Fire Prevention Week - Oct. 6-12, 2013

The middle of last year I proclaimed I would do a better job celebrating the holidays during school time. I already missed Johnny Appleseed's birthday this year, so I made sure I didn't forget Fire Prevention Week. Okay, so not a true holiday, but I figured it was a good time to squeeze in a little traditional social studies.

I kept it fairly light since we didn't have a lot of extra time.

 

Monday

• Read Fire! Fire! by Gail Gibbons.
• Read Being Safe with Fire by Susan Kesselring.
• Mapped out a fire safety plan.
• Made "Fire-Truck Cookie" (pg. 21-24) from The Best of The Mailbox: Kids in the Kitchen by The Mailbox. (The recipe is very similar to these...Fire Truck Cookies and Fire Truck Cookie Recipe, except ours just used a swipe of black decorating gel on the side for the "ladder.")

Tessa made a fire truck cookie from a graham cracker, red-tinted frosting, chocolate sandwich cookie and black decorating gel.

Tuesday

• Watched Safety Smart Science with Bill Nye the Science Guy: Fire DVD by Disney.

Wednesday

• Read Stop Drop and Roll by Margery Cuyler.
• Practiced "Stop, Drop, and Roll."
• Completed "Be Fire Smart" worksheet (pg. 24) from Big Book of Monthly Reproducibles, Grade 1 by The Mailbox.
• Used our fire safety plan from Monday to complete a fire drill.

This day also fulfilled the third requirement for Tessa's Girl Scout Daisy Safety Award where she is to learn how to "Stop, Drop, and Roll."

Tessa practiced "Stop, Drop, and Roll" during Fire Prevention Week.