Firetrucks

October is fire prevention month and a firetruck will be visiting Diego's school next week. To prepare we made our own firetrucks and read a ton of books from the library.

For Mateo's projects I have to prepare the pieces ahead of time and he sticks them together with his much-loved glue bottle. We talk about the shapes, colors, and sizes of the pieces.

Diego's projects are completely independent. I love to see what comes up with. Unlike Mateo, Diego hates glue and will only use tape.

Finding material in Spanish is always a challenge. I am always thrilled when I come across some free bilingual material like this Fire-Rescue Department Coloring Book from the city of Dallas.

Camión de Bomberos

After our trip to the firestation, D wanted to make a firetruck. I found some inspiration here from Susana at My family, My forever and their fire safety week study. The ladder is made out of a cut-up drinking straw. D came up with the idea of using the foam stickers as lights and sirens and aluminum foil for the "partes brillantes" (shiny parts.) Very clever. I wanted to add a fireman and hose but D was done. Maybe another day. :)

Spanish vocabulary below.

firetruck- el camión de bomberos

firemen- los bomberos

ladder- la escalera

siren- la sirena

fire- el incendio

Estacion de Bomberos (Firestation)

Hace unas semanas fuimos a la estacion de bomberos con un grupo de amigos. A D le fascinan los bomberos. (Va a ser un bombero para Halloween.) Aqui hay algunas fotos de la excursion.

A few weeks ago we went to visit a firestation with some friends. D is fascinated with firemen. D is going to be a fireman for Halloween. Here are some photos of the trip.