- Opening - "A Tooty Ta" from Dance Like This by Mr. Al
- Color and counting literacy activity - Firefighters in Their Color Coats (adapted by Carol Hopkins from a rhyme I found at http://www.preschooleducation.com/sfire.shtml)
I used clip art images I found with firefighters in red, yellow, and black coats. I then handed each child a firefighter image. The children placed their firefighter on the board after I said their color in the rhyme.
Lots of little fire fighters sleeping in their beds.
"Ding! Ding! Ding!" went the bell.
And out come the {red} coats.
They race to the fire and put out the flames.
Then the _____ (count the firefighters on the board) little firefighters went back to bed again.
(repeat for as many colored firefighter coats you have on hand, then move on to this last bit of rhyme.)
The morning has come,
The firefighters finally got some sleep.
They are all ready now to start a brand new day!
"Ding! Ding! Ding!" went the bell.
And out come the {red} coats.
They race to the fire and put out the flames.
Then the _____ (count the firefighters on the board) little firefighters went back to bed again.
(repeat for as many colored firefighter coats you have on hand, then move on to this last bit of rhyme.)
The morning has come,
The firefighters finally got some sleep.
They are all ready now to start a brand new day!
- Book #1 - Flashing Fire Engines by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker
- Stand-up activity - I'm a Little Firefighter (action song to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot" written by Carol Garnett Hopkins found in the book Artsy Toddler Storytimes)
I'm a little firefighter off I go
Here is my helmet
Here is my truck
When my clothes catch on fire I know what to do
I stop, drop, and roll to put the fire out
Here is my helmet
Here is my truck
When my clothes catch on fire I know what to do
I stop, drop, and roll to put the fire out
- Sit down activity - "Drive the Fire Truck" action song from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music
- Book #2 - Fire Safety in Action by Mari Schuh
- Book #3 - Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook, illustrated by Andy Robert Davies
- Closing - Tambourines to the song "Bumblebee (Buzz Buzz)" from Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner
- Art experience - Cut out fire engine shape, then glue it to a white paper, color the fire engine with metallic pens for details like wheels, also glue on a yellow rectangle for the ladder on the side. I found a wonderful fire engine shape at busybeekidscrafts.com.
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