Help! Fire (6 pictures)

Putting out a house fire and rebuilding - learn through play about emergency services and safety.

What happens when a fire breaks out in a house? In this interactive preschool activity, children discover in a playful way which steps are followed during a house fire: from noticing the fire and calling the fire brigade to putting out the fire and rebuilding the house. The task seems simple: drag the 6 images to the correct place so that the story is shown correctly. This sorting activity with exactly 6 pictures helps preschoolers discover the correct order step by step.

Preschoolers practise their logical thinking by placing images in the correct order. They learn to think about what happens first and what comes later. This helps them develop a better understanding of time sequence, chronology and cause-and-effect relationships.

In addition, this free app stimulates language development. Each image is supported by clear spoken sentences. Children hear many spoken words and concepts. By looking, listening and acting at the same time, new vocabulary is remembered more easily.

The activity also contributes to world orientation. Preschoolers learn about fire safety, emergency services and the important work of the fire brigade. They learn that people can call for help when there is danger and that after a difficult event, things can also be rebuilt.

Thanks to the simple drag-and-drop controls, children also practise their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and digital skills. The free app is suitable for use on tablets, computers, interactive whiteboards and other digital learning environments.

This educational activity is ideal for preschool teachers, support teachers, parents and supervisors who are looking for a fun way to work on fire safety, emergency services, sense of time, vocabulary development, listening skills, world orientation and digital literacy.

Let children discover through play what happens during a house fire and give them, at the same time, a strong foundation for language, thinking and learning.

In the online logbook, parents and teachers can easily check afterwards which apps were played and which results were achieved.

Learning goals

• Language development
  • Listening to and understanding simple spoken sentences.
  • Expanding vocabulary related to house, fire, smoke, flames, fire brigade, extinguishing, safety and building.
  • Extracting information from spoken language supported by images.
  • Making connections between spoken sentences and matching pictures.
  • Understanding concepts such as fire, smoke, calling, extinguishing, safe, first, afterwards and at the end.
  • Retelling a simple event using pictures.
• Logical and mathematical thinking
  • Arranging a sequence of six pictures logically.
  • Placing events in the correct order.
  • Reasoning about what happens first, afterwards and last.
  • Recognising cause and effect within a concrete situation.
  • Solving a problem by comparing and arranging pictures.
  • Understanding that an emergency requires help from adults and emergency services.
• World orientation / Orientation to the world
  • Recognising and understanding an emergency situation such as a fire.
  • Understanding that fire is dangerous and that help must be sought.
  • Recognising that the fire brigade helps during a fire and extinguishes flames.
  • Connecting experiences around safety, emergency services and housing with recognisable images.
  • Observing change: from a burning house to an extinguished and rebuilt house.
  • Understanding that damaged things can later be repaired or rebuilt.
• Sense of time
  • Recognising a simple chronological order.
  • Understanding concepts such as first, then, afterwards and finally.
  • Ordering a short event with a beginning, middle and end.
  • Recognising change over time in a sequence of pictures.
  • Understanding that some events must happen one after another: noticing the fire, calling for help, extinguishing it and repairing.
• Social and emotional development
  • Recognising that a fire can be an exciting or frightening situation.
  • Understanding that people help one another in an emergency.
  • Developing trust in help from adults and emergency services.
  • Making feelings about danger, help and safety discussable using pictures.
• Digital literacy
  • Using a digital application purposefully.
  • Performing drag-and-drop movements to solve a task.
  • Using digital media to practise, listen and learn.
  • Working independently or with guidance on an interactive exercise.
• Motor development
  • Practising fine motor skills by dragging and dropping pictures.
  • Strengthening eye-hand coordination when using a mouse, touchscreen or digital board.
  • Acting purposefully and in a controlled way within a digital environment.

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