Fire safety is a popular theme for young children in the fall. September is National Preparedness Month, and October has Fire Prevention Week and Fire Prevention Day. Of course, fire safety is important at any time of year. It’s always great if you can review fire safety rules throughout the year.
Today, I’m sharing lots of resources for a fire safety unit: fire safety activities and a long list of free fire safety printables, including our new Montessori-inspired fire safety pack (subscriber freebie)!
The links are for free fire safety printables for preschoolers through 1st graders. I don’t share coloring pages unless a page has a specific educational purpose related to fire safety.
Free Printables + Materials Used in the Pictured Fire Safety Activities for Preschoolers-First Graders
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Montessori Shelves with Fire Safety Themed Activities
You’ll find Montessori-inspired fire safety themed numbers, letters, and and more (part of my subscriber freebie pack, so just sign up for my email to get the link and password … or check the bottom of your latest newsletter if you’re already a subscriber)
I always have related books available throughout a unit. I often have at least one encyclopedic type of book available for each theme. On the far right of the top shelf, I have the Random House Children’s Encyclopedia. It’s from when I homeschooled my now-adult kids, so it’s out of print, but most of is still great information (such as the page on fire). Of course, I don’t use it if a particular topic would have outdated information.
I also have the free printable “Stop, Drop, and Roll Around” Song (subscriber freebie) from Carolyn at Magical Movement Company available on the shelf. An MP3 of the song is a subscriber freebie, too, and we’ll be singing that and practicing stopping, dropping, and rolling around to put out clothing that’s on fire.
You could mix your fire-safety-themed activities among your shelves according to curriculum area. Or you could have a special fire safety-themed area something like the one pictured. My shelves this month have a mixture of skill levels. Many of the activities can be adapted for a variety of levels. If you’re a homeschooler, just choose the activities that work for your child’s interests and ability levels. If you don’t have room for all the activities you’d like to do, simply rotate them.
Fire Safety Books and Free Fire Safety Bookmarks
Free Printable: Nonfiction Book for Kids: Firefighters from The Measured Mom
Free Printable: Fire Safety Bookmarks by Kennedys Korner at Teachers Pay Teachers
I love the printable Firefighters book because it has photographs and is an easy book for kids to read.
There are 3 different types of bookmarks in the bookmark printable. It’s a super-easy activity to prepare, yet gives extra cutting practice and a good reminder of fire safety tips. I like the idea of the child giving bookmarks to friends and family members as a way of helping them stay safe, too.
A Day in the Life of a Firefighter and Fire! Fire! are both Montessori-friendly books that give interesting information about firefighting. I have a number of other fire safety books in book baskets.
F is for Firefighter Sand Writing Tray
Free Printables: Firefighter Letters for firefighter writing tray (part of my subscriber freebie pack, so just sign up for my email to get the link and password … or check the bottom of your latest newsletter if you’re already a subscriber)
For the sand tray, I used the wooden tray from the Melissa & Doug Lace and Trace Shapes. You can use whatever tray or container work best for you, though. I had gotten some lovely white sand for making kinetic sand and other projects. I love that it was so easy to make a bright color simply by adding gel food coloring and some water. I spread it on a baking pan to dry overnight. If your sand isn’t already sterilized, you might want to heat it up at a low temperature in your oven to partially dry it.
For interest, I added the firefighter from the Safari Ltd. People at Work TOOB.
If you would like help with introducing phonetic sounds, introducing objects with sounds, or beginning phonics in general, check out my DIY Beginning Montessori Phonics with Preschoolers.
Silent e Game and Activities
Free Printables: i_e fire font card (part of my subscriber freebie pack, so just sign up for my email to get the link and password … or check the bottom of your latest newsletter if you’re already a subscriber)
Note: I have two options of phonogram cards i_e if you like to introduce fire as a silent e (or bossy e) word. Most do that. Some like to introduce fire as an “ire” word ending (vocalic r). From my experience, almost all children can read “fire” easily as a silent e word.
Free Printable: Green Series i_e Letters from MontessoriSoul (Print two sets if you want to use the pictures for movable alphabet word building.)
Free Printable: “Bossy E” Word Cards from Montessori Print Shop
I used the free printable Word Family Four in a Row: Long I Word Families by Ford and Firsties on Teachers Pay Teachers. It got switched to a paid product sometime this week, so it’s no longer free. If you want a free game, there are a number of free silent e games on Teachers Pay Teachers.
I love to use glass gems (flat marbles) for activities. These activities were all very simple to prepare. I just added the Multicraft tray and Montessori Services basket for the materials.
Each of these activities could be introduced as a separate activity or tray. We were using this as more of a review (and I have a limited amount of shelf space), so we combined activities on the same tray.
First, we analyzed the i_e fire card. Then Zoey read each of the i_e words in the booklet. After that, we went through the Bossy E cards. They make the concept very clear. “Bossy e makes i say its name.”
Working with Silent-e Words
After that, we played the four in a row game. We played it as a collaborative game so that Zoey took a turn and then I took a turn tossing the dice and choosing a word to read from that numbered row. After we reached four in a row, Zoey wanted to continue until we filled the whole card!
My Fire Safety Booklet and Fire Safety Task Cards
Free Printable: My Fire Safety Booklet from Teaching Mama
Free Printable: Fire Safety What Ifs: Task Cards to Practice Thinking through Emergency Situations by Elementary Matters at Teachers Pay Teachers
“My Fire Safety Booklet” is a cute activity book that reinforces fire safety. The What If Task Cards have lots of important fire safety topics. I would turn the cards over and take turns drawing a card and answering the question. They’re great conversation starters!
DIY Dalmatian Cards and Counters and Odd and Even Labeling Activity
Free Printables: Dalmatian Numbers and Odd and Even Labels (part of my subscriber freebie pack, so just sign up for my email to get the link and password … or check the bottom of your latest newsletter if you’re already a subscriber)
I love making DIY themed cards and counters to introduce odd and even and add interest and variety to cards and counters. I found these micro (6mm) buttons that are an inviting way to represent the Dalmatian’s spots. You need exactly 55 buttons if you want to do the numbers and counters 1-10. The package contains 100 buttons, so there are even some left over.
For Zoey and other kids who are already comfortable with symbol and quantity, I’ll typically use the cards and counters for hands-on addition, subtraction, and other mathematical operations. (See some of my other themed posts for ideas.) But sometimes I like to use the odd and even labels.
In the Montessori-inspired fire safety pack (subscriber freebie), you’ll find a page with odd and even labels that can be used with the cards and counters to reinforce the actual words “odd” and “even.” It’s a great way to be sure readers understand the concept of odd and even. I typically use the larger labels for cards and counters. Because the buttons were so tiny, I decided to use the smaller labels (which are normally for hundred board activities) this time.
Fire Engine Hundred Chart Art
Free Printable: Hundred Chart from Worksheetfun.com
Free Printable: Hundred Chart Mystery Picture – Fire Truck (code and control picture) by Jessica Hermann at Teachers Pay Teacher (Note: The actual hundred chart doesn’t come with the printable that’s shown on the tray. So I added a link to a hundred chart that should work well.
For younger children, I like to use glass gems (flat marbles) and use hundred chart art as color matching/fine-motor work with the added benefit of the child seeing the numbers 1-100 in place.
For older children, you can use this as a fun extension to hundred board work where the child colors in the correct colors to reveal the mystery picture. If you want the design to be a mystery picture, just cut out the code and only have your child see that until your child wants to check his or her work.
Free Fire Safety Printables for Preschoolers-First Graders
Montessori-Inspired Fire Safety Pack for DIY Cards and Counters, Number or Letter Matching, Number or Letter Basket, Bead Bar Work, Hands-on Math Operations, Number or Letter Salt/Sand Writing Tray, Letter Tracing, Phonogram Work, DIY Movable Alphabet, and Creative Writing (subscriber freebie, so just sign up for my email to get the link and password – or check your inbox if you’re already a subscriber).
Free Fire Truck Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Firefighter Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Fire Truck K-2nd Pack and Fire Play Set from Royal Baloo
- Zoomin’ Movin’ Alphabet F is for Fire Truck from Royal Baloo
- Fire Safety Preschool Pack from Royal Baloo
- Firefighter 3-Part Cards from In Our Pond
- “I’m a Firefighter Getting Dressed” Songs (subscriber freebies) from Magical Movement Company
- My Fire Safety Book from Every Star Is Different
- Fire Safety Theme and Printables (instant downloads and subscriber freebies) from Pre-K Pages
- Fire Safety Scavenger Hunt and Checklist from I Can Teach My Child
- Firetruck Bingo Printable from PreKinders
- Fire Printables from Making Learning Fun
- Fire Safety Printables for PreK and Kindergarten from Totschooling
- Firefighter Alphabet Game from Totschooling
- Firefighter Letter vs. Word Sorting from Totschooling
- Community Helpers Printable Paper Hats (subscriber freebie) from Totschooling
- Fireman Party Hats from DLTK’s Crafts for Kids
- Foam Firefighter’s Hat from Free Kids Crafts
- Firefighter Paper Doll from Free Kids Crafts
- Fire Fighter Do-a-Dot Printables from Gift of Curiosity
- Counting at the Fire Station Printable Book from Growing Book by Book
- Fire Themed Early Learning Activities (subscriber freebie) from Homeschool Preschool
- Fire Safety Posters with a LEGO Theme from Encouraging Moms at Home
- Fire Safety Preschool Activity Pack from Things to Share and Remember
- Preschool Fire Safety Booklet from Things to Share and Remember
- Sparky the Fire Dog Activities from Sparky
- Kids Firetruck Foldup Activity Sheet and Other Free Printables in English and Spanish from U.S. Fire Administration/FEMA
- Fire Safety Materials in English and Spanish from The Hartford
- Fire Escape Planning Tools from National Fire Protection Association
- Firemen Printables from Homeschool Creations
- Unit Study: Fire from Lawteedah
- Fire Safety Scavenger Hunt from MomDot
- Home Fire Drill Safety Plan and Identifying Hazards and Solutions from MomDot
- Firefighter and Fire Safety Printables from Kids Soup
- The Firefighter Emergent Reader from The Measured Mom
- Firetruck Themed Birthday Party with Free Printables from How to Nest for Less
- Community Helpers Printables from PreKinders
- People Who Keep Us Safe from A Teaching Mommy
- Firefighter Craft from Learn Create Love
- Firetruck Craft from Learn Create Love
- Fire Prevention Week Printable Worksheets from The Teachers Corner
- Community Helper Paper Dolls from First Palette
- Firefighter Printables from First School
- Printable Badges for Kids from Tim Van de Vall’s Blog
- Community Helper Printables from Preschool Mom
- Fire Printables from Teachers Pay Teachers
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Free Fire Safety Songs and Educational Videos
The Best Fire Safety Books for Kids
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- Community Helpers Activity Trays and Sensory Tubs
- Free Ambulance Printables and Montessori-Inspired Ambulance Activities
- Montessori-Friendly Community Helper Resources
- Montessori-Inspired Activities with Community Helper Figures and Free Printables
- “Look for the Helpers” Mister Rogers Word Art Freebie
- Free 9-1-1 Songs for Kids {Non-Scary Emergency Preparedness
- Free Emergency Preparedness Songs for Kids {Character Education Resources}
- Free Water Safety Songs for Kids
- Montessori-Inspired Fire Safety Unit with Free Printables and Activities,
- Free Fire Safety Songs and Educational Videos
- The Best Fire Safety Books for Kids
- Free Fire Truck Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Firefighter Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- How to Teach Children Fire Safety in a Non-Scary Way
- Non-Scary Montessori Fire Safety Resources for Preschool Through Elementary
- Community Helpers Pinterest Board
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