Attention Getter: Smoke Detector
Reach inside the treasure chest and tell the class to listen carefully for a clue of what you will be learning about today. Press the smoke detector until it beeps. The children will recognize the sound as an alert for fire and smoke. Point out that today we get to learn about fire safety.
Activity 1: Safe and Not Safe Fires
Have pictures of safe and not safe fires. Help children understand that people use fires for many reasons, but we do have to always follow safe practices when we are around them. Some examples of safe fires are: camp fire, birthday candles, fireplace, candle, outdoor grill. Examples of dangerous fires are: forest fires, house fires.
Book: Firefighters A to Z by Chris L. Demarest
Activity 2: Fire Science and Stop, Drop, Cover and Roll
Place two candles in front of the class and point out that fire needs air to burn. Light each candle and show how it will burn because it has air. Then ask the children to predict what might happen if you place a jar over the candle. Place a jar over a candle and let the children observe. They will find that the candle goes out. Point out that that happens because the jar takes away the air. Do it with the other candle as well. We also like to use different sizes of jars to let the children guess which candle will go out fastest when covered.
Tie the candle science observations to what would we do if our clothes caught on fire. Remind the children of how fire needs air to burn. If they run, the fire would get more air, but if they STOP, DROP, COVER and ROLL, they can squish the air out of the fire. Let every child who wants to practice stop, drop, cover and roll try it. Place two felt pieces of orange fire on them. Then ask, "What will you do?" The child can show how they will follow the steps to get the fire off.
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