Fun with Fire Safety Week

The Rainbow Room Kids have started their community helpers theme with the first focus being on the Fire Person.  The kids have played with homemade fire extinguishers in housekeeping and put out fires in the water table, (see photo above).  The kids practiced dialing 911 and stop, drop and roll.  We had fun today making and, yes, eating firetrucks.  We made the fire trucks with graham crackers, icing and used Oreos for the wheels.  We will continue learning some simple fire rules like "Stay Low and Go" while we crawl under a sheet.  We will end our fire safety week with a visit from Sparky the Fire Dog.

We will be starting our classroom Halloween costumes soon.  Please send in a white t-shirt that can be painted for their costume.

We have started reading from our book boxes for our read to self time during library.  We are working on reading by looking at the pictures, staying in one spot, and reading the whole time.  We are now reading for two minutes while we learn to build our STAMINA.  Our goal is to have the children read by themselves for 10 minutes by the end of the year.

Thank you to those who attended Back to School Night.  It was nice to get together in a classroom setting and being able finish our sentences without being interrupted by the little ones.  Please feel free to visit the classroom at any time.  Come in to read a book or even bring in a special snack.  Ms. Susan