Shape Fire Engine

Today we made a fire engine out of shapes-  two rectangles, a square and three circles.  Eva constructed this on her own and I think it turned out great!  It's amazing how independent she is getting.

To finish the engine, I cut out a ladder and Eva made a light bar with some gems.  (I guess all the pattern work has been paying off- she made her own on the fire engine.)

As a final touch, Eva drew a fire fighter in the window and a road for the engine to drive along.

Then we read one of Eva's favorite books- This is the Firefighter by Laura Godwin.

Fire Station Math

I saw this great idea for using lima beans as Dalmatians over at First Grader... at Last and knew we had to do something with them as well.  I made a quick fire station game by gluing four red rectangles to a sheet of paper.  I drew on some doors and then wrote station numbers on each.  Eva then had to place the corresponding number of Dalmatians on each.

It was a great chance for Eva to practice counting "bigger" numbers especially recounting to see where she had left off.

Sarah at First Grader...at Last, takes it a step further and has the children add numbers together and make number sentences so it is definitely an activity that can be adapted to the age and ability of each child.

Fire Safety Week

It's National Fire Safety Week so we will be learning all about fire engines, fire fighters and how to be safe around fires.

Crafts
F is for Fire- we'll transform tissue paper into flames for this craft

Shape Fire Engine- what shapes will we need to make a fire truck?

Fire Helmet- every little fire fighter needs a helmet of their own

Activity
Fire Station Open House- in honor of Fire Safety Week, our local fire house will be open for us to explore

Escape Routes- we will practice getting out of the house quickly and we will select a meeting spot to all go to in case of a fire

Books