Students have been hard at work learning about fire fighters and fire stations. We have been doing various activities in science, language, health and safety, and of course in play. Fire drills and fire escape plans are a very important thing to talk about with your child. Your child needs to be aware of the safety procedures to exit a building safely and quickly, as well as have a plan to exit your home. It is very important to remember that once you are out of a burning building you stay out of a burning building. We have been talking about all of these aspects in class. We even made fire safety plans, where children came up with meeting spots for their families to meet in case of a fire. They also know what to do if they are stuck in a burning building. They know to remain calm, crawl under the smoke and to stop, drop, and roll. In science they were learning about fire and what keeps a fire going. With supervision, we lit a tea candle and put a jar over top of the candle. There were small, medium and large jars. The students had to count how many seconds it took for the candle to extinguish in each of the jars. We found that the largest jar kept the candle lit the longest, while the smallest jar, the candle was only lit for a few seconds. This taught students that fire needs to breathe, just like us. The more air it has the fire has to breathe, the longer the fire will burn. This is why it is important to smother the fire. In our dramatic play area we replicated it to look like a real fire station. We had a sleeping quarters for the firefighters, a kitchen where they could eat, and even made a fire pole made out of paper towel rolls. Students even worked together and made two fire trucks, so that they could get to the fires quickly. They were able to save lots of "people" from burning buildings with the help of fire extinguishers and hoses. Great job! |
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