- We began our focus on signs they see everywhere and basic things ways for us to stay safe. They love the traffic light games with "stop, go, and slow down".
- YUM and YUCK and TOUCH and DON'T TOUCH, are big themes for us as well. These focus on what things are ok to eat or touch vs. things that will hurt us (eating or touching).
- We talk about fire, stop-drop-roll, how to crawl to get out when there is smoke, learning about meeting spots, fire extinguishers, EXIT signs and how to find them, and calling 911 in an emergency. Plus, we had to have a whole separate discussion on "what" an emergency actually is.
Community Helpers
- Learning about people who help us everyday within the context of where you would find them and what "tools" they use to do their job.
- We LOVED the career bags that many of you sent in for us! Your children were so proud to show off the items in the bags that go along with the jobs you do. What amazed so many of the kids was that there were parents that had the same or similar jobs.
Some favorite highlights of the unit.
- AM class got to go on an EXIT sign hunt around the school.
- PM class got to go on a safety scavenger hunt around the building.
- Making fire truck graham cracker cookies.
- The fire experiment! We had three lit candles. One stayed lit while the other 2 had things happen to them. The second one we squirted water on it to put it out. The third one we placed a glass container over it. While the first one kept burning, the one with the glass container over it, lost all the oxygen to keep it lit. They were fascinated with the experiment and we repeated it several times!
