What's New at Our Preschool?

By Viia Erwin

 

 

 

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With the excitement and anticipation of Christmas behind us, our preschool is looking forward to a winter of fun and learning. January is our safety month. We’ll learn how to stay safe in all sorts of situations and have several visitors who will each help us learn some important safety lessons and make our learning fun too. With the help of the Odenton Fire Department, we’ll learn how not to burn while we have lots of fun practicing to “stop, drop, and roll” if our clothing catches fire (and pray that it never happens). In the past the fire department has brought along both a fire truck and an ambulance for the children to see and go through. One year we were even allowed to use a big fire hose and try on the fireman’s huge boots, jacket and hat! What a lot of fun we had! But with the kind of weather we’ve had this year, we’ll be lucky just to see the firemen themselves! But that’s okay with us!

 

We’ll discuss many other ways to stay safe. Included will be a lesson and video about why we should “Never Talk to Strangers,” as well as the meaning of various safety signs. We’ll also learn when and how to call 911 (and when not to). We’ll also work on learning our entire name (both first and last names) and our home phone numbers.

 

Another highlight of our month will be a planned visit by the Anne Arundel County Police Department. They also usually let us see and sit in their police cars. We like that too!

 

Ident-A-Kid of America will again visit this month also. They provide identification cards consisting of a photograph, fingerprint and vital statistics of each child. So, that’s our month, and we’ll be busy, as usual.

  

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