Nursery World - Helmets on!

Where's the fire? Make the most of children's fascination with the work of the emergency services with these activities on firefighting from Helen Shelbourne Fire engines fascinate young children. There are many exciting learning opportunities to be had from a project on the fire station, not least because you will be building on the children's existing knowledge.

Fire engines fascinate young children. There are many exciting learning opportunities to be had from a project on the fire station, not least because you will be building on the children's existing knowledge.

Adult-led activity

Wheel life

Make junk model fire engines with moveable wheels.

Key learning intentions

To find out about the features of objects

To ask questions about why things happen and how things work

To begin to design and construct

Adult:child ratio 1:up to 4.

Resources

*Boxes of different shapes and sizes with the bottom cut out *brass paper fasteners *wooden/cardboard wheels (these can be bought, or cut black ones yourself) *red paint *Pritt Sticks *PVA glue *Sellotape *straws (ladders and hoses) *foil circles (lights) *lids from sports drink bottles (sirens) *poster/ pictures of fire engines (display in the workshop) *a toy fire engine.

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