For the first few weeks of school, we learned about community helpers.
First up was firefighters.
We read a few books and we practiced what we would do if there was a fire. We tested our smoke detector and then learned about stop, drop, and roll and how to check for smoke, a hot door knob, and covering her mouth if there was smoke.
We dropped by the fire station.
And we did a science experiment.
She put out candles by blowing one out, pouring water on one, letting one burn until it burnt out on its own, and covering one with a glass so there was no oxygen.
Next we learned about police.
Of course we had someone here who helped us.
Alyse dressed up like her Daddy and played with some real handcuffs.
She also played in his car and we went to his office for a quick visit but I didn't have my camera with me....
For her science project we learned about fingerprints.
Josh fingerprinted us all and we dusted for fingerprints.
We also learned about writing letters and the Post Office.
We wrote a thank you letter to my Aunt, Uncle, and cousins who we visited while in Canada. Then we took it to the Post Office to mail.
For her science project we talked about how things weigh different amounts. My parents have a scale that measures mail so they let us borrow it. We estimated what would weigh the most and what would weigh the least. She thought that was tons of fun.
Our final week was Dentist/Doctors.
We didn't visit either but we did do a few experiments.
For the dentist we learned how to take care of our teeth.
We put hard boiled eggs in a cup of milk and soda.
The egg (which represent teeth) in the milk came out nice and white.
The one in the soda turned brown.
This reminded us that we need to eat/drink healthy things.
We also learned why it was important to brush our teeth when we brushed the brown egg, which turned back to (almost) white.
When we talked about doctors we talked about germs.
She learned why it was important to cover her mouth if she coughed or sneezed because germs come out and spread like when you push the button of a spray can.
But then we learned that you have to wash your hands really good with soap and water to wash the germs away.
We put some lotion on our hands and sprinkled some glitter on to represent germs.
Then we washed our hands to make sure all the glitter was gone.
It showed how she really had to take the time to wash all the glitter/germs away.
She also told me she was learning about being a teacher and a mommy from me. And we went to church and saw Pastor who tells people about God. She also talked about people at stores who help us buy food and clothes.
I think she gets it that there are lots of people who have jobs that make our community work.
