This year, once again, we began our year with Officer Buckle. I love this book to get the year started. Officer Buckle and Gloria are great characters and the message of the book really gets through to the kiddos. Once again, we read the story and then encouraged the kiddos to think of their own safety tips. I tried to guide them toward thinking specifically of ways we stay safe at school. They came up with some great ideas!
{Top: Do not talk when there is a fire drill. Bottom: Do not lean back on a chair or else you fall}
This year, I also used this lesson to introduce scissors and glue. First we did a "Guided Discovery" of the scissors. We talked about what scissors are used for -- and what they are not to be used for -- at school. The kiddos each demonstrated holding and carrying the scissors safely. Then they got to cut out their own stars. This was challenging for some kiddos but great practice. Afterward, they kiddos got to use glue sticks to glue their star onto a circle (I cut out the circles). We discussed safety and responsibility with the glue sticks as well.
The kiddos were very excited to see Officer Buckle and Gloria make an appearance in the hallway -- some of them even remembered them from last year. Admittedly, I was nervous that having the kiddos do the cutting and gluing would make the bulletin board "messy" but my wonderful colleague reminded me that it would be great for the kiddos to see their work on display and they are, after all, in first grade so a little messiness would be okay. I like this bulletin board tradition!
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