Help young minds easily recall important fire safety ideas, tips and plans by printing a worksheet that requires they focus on these points. This activity is easy enough for children of all ages to complete. Even preschoolers who have yet learned to write benefit from completing it. Simply, make letter stickers available to them so that they can stick their contributions on the lines, rather than writing them in. There's only one requirement when writing your poem and that's to use the first letter offered at the start of each line to come up with a statement reflecting how to remain safe under fiery conditions.
One productive, helpful activity that suits your fire safety month needs is to spend an hour helping kids craft an escape route from their homes in the even of an emergency. Prior to starting this activity, hold a brief discussion informing young children that the likelihood of actually experiencing a big home fire is slim. This will enable them to enjoy the activity without unnecessary worry regarding the harsh reality. Begin by handing out one piece of red construction paper to each student and making various markers available to them. Instruct all kids to think back to the set up of rooms and hallways in their homes. Cut images out of magazines and glue them into place to represent the different areas. Help kids devise an escape route from multiple points.
Engage young children to want to learn about fire safety by offering up an easy activity that they can complete with little to no assistance. Prior to doing this activity go online and print a free downloadable hat form. Instruct students to cut out the shape and color it using markers, colored pencils or crayons. Have glue and glitter on hand in case they want to make their hats sparkle. The finished craft is wearable. You can opt to pin it into your hair with bobby pins or hole punch each side and weave ribbon through it to act as a chin strap.
Once you've explained the importance of being fire safety and "stop, drop and roll" to the kids and they've demonstrated that they were listening, the next natural step is to help them make individual safety badges. This will encourage them to feel proud that they paid attention during the presentation as well as help remind them later that it's important to stay safe. Use red or yellow card stock for this craft to resemble fiery flames. Cut out a circle shape and draw fire flames across the bottom. Next, brush on glue and sprinkle on gold or red glitter. Write the child's name across the top rim and add a fire helmet sticker to the center.