Fire Safety, Friends & Fall

This week is Fire Safety week. I taught the kids yesterday to stop, drop and roll if their clothes were on fire. They really seemed to enjoy this, after all, it was an excuse to roll around on the floor! They were eager to show anyone who happened to stop by what they had learned! Of course, one of the girls performed this technique beautifully until her father showed up. Then, she refused to do it. Oh well!

Today, in addition to reviewing the stop, drop and roll, we made fire trucks out of a really cute template I found online! The kids colored it, I cut them out, then they "helped" me glue it on construction paper. The fire trucks turned out great, and the kids really enjoyed making fire truck noises and playing with their finished trucks.

Since the theme of this month (according to me, anyway) is Friends & Fall, we made fall wreaths out of silk leaves glued to paper plates, with the middle of the plate cut out! I went to Hobby Lobby yesterday and found some beautiful leaves for a good price. While the kids were having movie time, I took out the package and was cutting the leaves from the branches. Unfortunately, I had four very curious kids, and they were much more interested in watching me wrestle with the leaves!

I felt that the finished product was really pretty, and I will hang them up tomorrow. The downside of this project was that the dye on the leaves got all over our hands! Even now, my fingertips have a bit of a yellow tint to them, even though I've washed them several times! Oh well!