Directions:
Buy a bag of fire fighters at The Dollar Store. They come in red or yellow and are the old-fashioned stand-up army kind of figures. My bag had 24 in it, so there was enough for my entire class. - You can laminate the playing sheets and keep the fire fighters in a Ziploc Baggie to be used each year, or do what I do and give each child their own fire fighter and playing sheet to take home, as a reminder of fire safety week and not to play with fire.
- My Y5’s are thrilled with this little plastic figure and a dollar is a small price to pay for them to be able to play this game at home reinforcing the important lessons they have learned.
The object of the game is to get your fire fighter to the fire.
- Roll a 3 and go 3 spaces backwards.
- Roll a 6 and lose your turn.
- Roll a 5 and you can change places with another player.
- Roll a 1,2, or 4 and go that many dots forward.
- The 1st one to the fire is the winner.
- If you land on a space that has 911 written on it, you have the choice to move one extra space forward or roll the dice again.
While they are playing the game, to help reinforce the fire safety lessons that they have learned, I encourage my students to say things like: “Stay low and go!”, “Stop-drop-and roll.”, “Dial 911 to get things done.” ,“I’ll stay alert so I won’t get hurt!”, or “I’m smart so I won’t play with matches.” or a fact that they learned about fire safety, like check the batteries in the smoke detector, or have an exit strategy and practice it etc. I tell them to say this fact when it is their turn to move their figure.
If you want the game to last longer, or be more math-involved, you can have them have to roll an exact number, to get to the fire, in order to win the game. i.e., if they are 2 spaces away from landing on the fire, they must roll a 2.
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