Emergency Services

Fire Station sponsored by the Emadi Family

For so many children today, the sound of an ambulance or fire truck means only that someone needs help. In Pretend City, children will experience first hand what really happens in an emergency as they pretend to be firefighters, dispatch operators, and police officers. When 911 calls are received at the dispatch desk, the calls will be routed to the fire and police stations, where children will zoom to the rescue in a child-size police car or fire truck. They can jump into action and save the day, hooking up their hose to the hydrant to fight blazing fires or rushing to help someone at the scene of a fender-bender. Then back to the firehouse and police station they will go, to prepare for the next emergency.

The following are some of the activities which will support brain developing connections and California State Educational Content Standards that are addressed in the Emergency Servies.

When I pretend to be a firefighter and police officer my brain makes learning connections to:

Activity Meets Content Standard #:

strength, balance, and large muscle coordination (legs, torso and arms)

Physical Education:
K4.7
2-4.9, 2-4.10
3-4.10

use energy in a constructive way

Physical Education:
K3.6, K4.3,
1-3.7
2-3.6, 2-4.1, 2-4.2
3-4.5, 3-3.7

use concepts of speed, direction and location

Physical Education:
K1.3, K1.0
1-1.3,1-1.4
2-1.1
3-2.1

negotiate and take turns

Physical Education:
K5.3, K5.4
1-5.3,1-5.4
2-5.5, 2-5.6

solve problems

Physical Education:
2-5.6

develop self-confidence, as skills are mastered

Physical Education:
K5.1
1-3.1, 1-5.2
2-3.1

When I play the role of the dispatcher, my brain makes learning connections to:

Activity Meets Content Standard #:

express myself using words

Performing Art/Theatre:
PK2.0
K2.0, K5.1
1-2.0
2-2.0
3-2.0

experiment with different adult roles

Performing Art/Theatre:
PK2.2
K1.2
2-2.3

solve social problems through negotiation with others

Performing Art/Theatre:
2-2.1, 2-5.1, 2-5.2
3-5.1, 3-5.2

sort and organize play things

Performing Art/Theatre:
K2.3
2-2.4

improvise and use things in a symbolic way to represent something else (abstract thinking)

Performing Art/Theatre:
K2.3
1-2.1,1-2.2
2-1.2, 2-2.3

carry out ideas with the cooperation of others

Performing Art/Theatre:
K2.2, K5.2
1-5.2
2-2.1, 2-5.1, 2-5.2
3-5.1, 3-5.2

exercise imagination and creativity

Performing Art/Theatre:
PK5.1
K2.0
1-2.0
2-2.0
3-2.0

solve social problems through negotiation with others (Teamwork)

Performing Art/Theatre:
K5.2
1-5.2
2-5.2
3-5.1, 3-5.2

follow the development of thoughts and ideas in the plot of a story

Language Arts/Reading:
1-2.5,1-3.1
2.1a, 2-2.1b
3-2.1c

predict outcomes based on a sequence of events

Language Arts/Reading:
K2.2
1-2.5
2-3.2

appreciate different cultures and languages

Language Arts/Reading:
2-3.3
3-3.2

When I play with the fire truck and the fire hose, my brain makes learning connections to:

Activity Meets Content Standard #:

concepts of shape, size, length and location, all reading and math skills

Mathematics:
K2.0, K2.1, K2.2

create and repeat patterns; a math skill

Mathematics:
K1.2
1-2.2, 1-2.4, 1-2.1
2-2.0, 2-2.1
3-2.5, 3-2.6

Visual Arts:
PK2.1

exercise imagination

Performing Art/Theatre:
PK5.1

express ideas

Performing Art/Theatre:
PK5.1

cooperate with others

Performing Art/Theatre:
2-2.1