Pre-Preschool's Journey to the Fire Station!!!

Hi Everyone!

We had a creative start to our Monday. After a delicious breakfast of yogurt and granola, we moved into the classroom to sit with “Mr. Tim’s Katie” and sculpt with playdough. Some kiddo’s sculpted their homes, their mommies or daddies and there were even a few “doggies”. After all the playdough and tools were put away the kiddos moved on to some free play. Mr. Tim brought out some blocks and tools from the manipulatives section of our classroom and dolls and kitchen supplies from the dramatic play area. All of the kiddos were getting very excited for our field trip to the Lake Oswego Fire Station so we turned on some music and danced too get our all the wiggles and giggles out.

After a brief dance session we moved on to today’s curriculum. Ms. Kelsey had all the students sit at the table with smocks on to paint paper plates that will later be transformed into homemade tambourines. We used orange, green and blue paint to decorate them. After we put our paint and paint brushes away we moved the carpeted area to build with blocks and play with our stuffed animals until it was time to leave for field trip.

At 9:50 am we put on our shoes and socks and prepared for our walk to the Jean Road Fire Station. All of the children were extra careful on our short walk to the fire station, special thanks to Mrs. Anna, Jackson’s mom, Mrs. Claire, Erin’s mom and Mrs. Cheryl, Evie’s mom who helped us by holding the hands of kiddos who were not using our class’s yellow rope on our walk. Upon arrival at our destination we met our gracious hosts the firemen! We got to learn about the fire trucks and learned that there is a difference between a fire “truck” and a fire “engine”. A few brave kiddo’s sat in the driver’s seat of the fire truck and had their picture taken. Then, the firemen talked about their uniforms, which they told the kiddos may appear scary, but they are just so the firefighters don’t get hurt.  They put on their hats, masks, oxygen tanks, suits and boots to show the kiddos just what they wear!  Overall, it was a blast!  We said goodbye to our firefighters and the fire station, got a few group pictures, and then headed back for lunch!

After snack, we may be able to go outside!  It will be a treat for the kiddos, since last week we had to stay inside to avoid the dreadful heat!

Have a great day!

Katie, Kelsey and Tim