Firefighter Storytime

It's fire prevention week and that means the firefighters and their engine visiting Storytime!

Opening Song: The More We Get Together
*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

This is always a special storytime as we invite the firefighters to visit.  We usually only have time for a quick song and story then the firefighters give a demonstration about how they put on their uniform, what the oxygen tank sounds like and important safety tips.  Then the group heads outside to look and sit on the fire engine!

Book: The Firefighters by Sue Whiting

Craft:  Make your own firefighter hat using a strip of paper for the band and attaching a firefighter insignia. Try your own http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/miscellaneous/mfiremanhat.htm

Beyond Storytime: Learn more about Fire Prevention, includes information for adults and activities for kids http://www.nfpa.org/safety-information/fire-prevention-week

Other books to checkout:   
Let's Meet a Firefighter by Gina Bellisario
Hero Cat by Eileen Spinelli
Fire Engines by Anne Rockwell
"Fire! Fire!" Said Mrs. McGuire by Bill Martin Jr (E 398.8 Martin)