Seasons and holidays
Fall Leaf Portrait
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Thinking sheet · Seasons and holidays
Home Fire Escape Plan
For Fire Prevention Week in October: draw your home, mark two ways out of each room and pick a family meeting spot.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- safety planning, mapping, family talk
What kids do
“Be ready! Map two ways out and where your family meets.”
- Draw your home. Mark two ways out of each room with arrows.
- Our outside meeting spot:
- We have…
- I practiced this plan with:
How to run it
- Send it home to finish with a grown-up.
- Teach “get out, stay out, call for help”.
- Keep it positive and calm: planning makes us safe.
Talk about it
- Why two ways out?
- Why should everyone meet in one spot?
- What does a smoke alarm sound like?
Take it further
Practice the plan at home and time how long it takes.
Pairs well with
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