Firehouse

The second week of October is fire safety week so that was the focus of C's preschool that week. They made several related crafts and coloring pages, learned about firefighters and not playing with matches or lighters. The week culminated with a field trip to the local firestation where they had a tour of the station, the truck and learned about getting out of their room if there is a fire, and about "stop, drop and roll". We saw a short video about it, and then the kids got to practice. Fun! Finally, one of the firemen (they were all men here), got dressed in his gear in front of them, so the children could see that underneath all the "stuff" was a real person and they didn't need to be scared of him if there is a fire in their house and someone dressed like him comes to help them. I thought it was quite amusing that once he was dressed in all his gear, the kids acted like he was one of the characters from an amusement park and wanted to hug him, give him "high fives" and have their photos taken with him. Cute!