Fire Unit Study and Lapbook

What goes out in the rain?
What dies when it drinks water?
I live off myself and when I'm finished I will go out. What am I?
FIRE

It is Safety Week including unit studies on Fires/Firefighters and the Police.
As it turned out the Sunday before we were to start our fire/police units on safety and hazards our church had a fire drill to ensure the safety of our kids during which the Sunday school teachers helped all the little ones outside. It was the perfect way to start our week because I little tend to do, MANY questions came. They wanted to know why the church had a fire drill if there was no fire, and why they had to go outside, and on and on. Therefore, I had the priveledge of answering such questions and then explained that we would be learning much more throughout the week ahead.

We began with a quickie review with our Fire School Lap Book for my Pre-Ker and a binder full of activities for my first grader. Follow the link below to find fun printables for your toddler, K4, K5 and even more links from other blogs all FREE.

Find these Fire Safety Printables

We are going to do about 4 lapbook activities per day.

And another 3-4 individual activites per day.

This is what the Free Lap Book looks like. Its simple to make and easy for even your youngest students to use. Thanks Homeschool Creations for you cute Lapbooks!

To make it a little harder for my first-grader I had him circle the beginning sounds of each picture then spell the word on his writing tablet. I have to say it was so cute how thought "extinguisher" was spelled.

We wrapped up day one with a cute story from the Little Critter books Adventures of Little Critter: To The Rescue by Mercer Mayer.

The boys especially love it when Fireman Joe breaks down the door to the basement where Little Critters' dad is stuck.

 Fire safety can be fun its also important to teach kids honestly about the dangers of fire and because we homeschool I personally think its extra important in the event that we actually did have a fire and mommy needs help from my big boy helpers.

Watch for more posts as we continue on this week!
Jenna