Fire safety

[Momof4]

I have a 911/Safety theme once a year and throughout the year I talk about the smoke alarm and what we would do and where we would go if we had to go outside because of a fire in our house. The older children made a booklet last fall in page protectors where they pasted fire extinguishers, smoke alarms, firefighters, etc. on different pages and they took them home. So I hope the parents took that and taught them about their homes, but I'm not going to preach to them at all.

[jec]

I thought to share as my friends and daycare families all don`t have escape plans and or practice it with their kids...having it present in the playroom is something I feel is important and not given enough time with families.

[Inspired by Reggio]

I thought to share as my friends and daycare families all don`t have escape plans and or practice it with their kids...

We have one of these with all the exit plans on it and I do monthly emergency drills with the kids so they know where to go and what to do in an emergency - practice makes perfect and helps you realize that something you have in a written plan might not be practical when implemented...I am always tweaking mine a bit each year as new kids pose new observations