ACTIVITIES

 

Invite a firefighter, police officer or a therapy dog to the library

 

Play a Community Hero Guessing Game

Find pictures of community members in their stereotypical work outfits or pictured with props.  Tape a different career on the backs of the kids.  They must then ask questions to help determine what community hero they have e.g. "Do I drive a vehicle for work?"  If kids are too shy to ask their own questions, the group can give them clues to help them guess which community member they represent. (Condsider playing charades with older kids acting out different careers.)

 

• Nurse, Doctor, Dentist, Vet

• Teacher, Bus Driver, Coach

• Firefighter, Policeman, Ambulence Driver

• Librarian, Garbage Collector, Mayor, Postal Worker, City Worker, Judge

• Construction Worker, Plumber, Farmer, Artist, Grocer, Hairdresser, Baker, Mechanic 

 

Firefighter relay

• Have kids put out tissue flames by throwing bean bags at them PAGE 121

• Do a waterbucket relay.  Place a container on one end to collect water with a marked fill line for the kids to work toward. Line the participants up.  At the start place a "well" for children to fetch water from. Start the end of the line with a bucket.  That child fills the bucket and passes it down the line for the child on the other end to dump into the container.  They then run to the well and fill the bucket again and joins the back of the line.

  • Make it a challenge for older kids.  Scatter ten to fifteeen large plastic cups at the front.  They must fill the cups full, but every 30-60 seconds say the flames are spreading and add one or two more cups for them to fill.    

• Decorate red cups with flames and stack them for kids to knock down as shown on the blog by Lallymom. Set these up all around the room and time the kids how long it takes for them to knock down. (Or use a water gun outside.)

• Place cat stuffed animals out of reach of children and help them climb a ladder to rescue the animal.  

  • For older kids, make it a trampoline catch! Use beach towels or a parachute and toss stuffed animals in the air gently one after another in slightly different directions and have them work together to catch them on their "trampoline".