Telephone Basics
911 Emergency skills
Instructions
- Chat about emergencies - no adult around to help if sick, bleeding, fire or smoke, etc.
- Show on a play phone how to dial 911
- Roleplay with an adult being the 9-1-1 responder and asking for names and why they need help. Guide child in stating the “facts” to get help quickly
- Watch this video for tips in using 9-1-1
- Decide on phrasing you want the child to say when answering any phone call. For example, “Hello this is Elissa (child’s name) or the Smith (last name) house. May I ask who is calling?” Chat about what a child should tell a caller - if a parent is at home, any personal information, etc.
- Teach a child to say Good-by at the end of a conversation
- Teach the child that a phone is a tool for communication and not a toy
Simplify
This is an activity that can rehearsed and practiced many times and at different ages of a child
Click here for ideas to role-play telephone conversations
Extend
Reverse roles and let the child be the 9-1-1 responder asking you the questions
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Talk about a time that you were a part of an emergency. How did you feel?
Why is knowing to call 9-1-1 in an emergency helpful for you and others?
Materials
- play/plastic phone
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Heart
- Color - Review
- Number - Six, 6
- Alphabet Letters - H, P
- Senses - Hearing
- Character Trait - Honesty
- Target Words - Good-by, Many, Match, Why
Monthly Proverb
If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
Did You Know?
"Children with below average language skills can make rapid improvements if their parents take simple steps to change the way they interact with them." University of Sydney
Books to Read
"Museum ABC"
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Activity 11)
"My Very First Book of Shapes"
by Eric Carle (Activity 2)
"Big Red Barn"
by Margaret Wise Brown (Activity 8)
"My Very First Book of Shapes" VIDEO
by Eric Carle (Activity 2)
"Big Red Barn" VIDEO
by Margaret Wise Brown (Activity 8)
"Museum ABC" VIDEO
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Activity 11)
Music Playlist
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm"
by Countdown Kids Album 100 All Time Children’s Favorites (Activity 10)
"SalveRegina - Antiphona (tonus monasticus) in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginias"
Album Salve Regina Gregorian Chant by Benedictine Monks of the Abby of Saint-Maurice & Saint-Maur, Clervaux (Activity 21)
"You’ll Be In My Heart"
by Phil Collins Album Tarzan (Movie Soundtrack) (Activity 18)
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm" VIDEO
by Countdown Kids 100 Silly Songs (Activity 10)
'SalveRegina - Antiphona (tonus monasticus) in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginias" VIDEO
by Benedictine Monks of the Abby of Saint-Maurice and Saint -Maur, Clervaux (Activity 21)
"You'll Be In My Heart" VIDEO
by Phil Collins Tarzan Movie Soundtrack (Activity 18)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Up Down Turn Around
(Activity 14 Month 8)
Up, down
Turn around.
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Wiggle fingers
Wiggle toes
Wiggle shoulders
And say "hello"
Up, down
Turn around
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Pat your belly
Blink your eyes,
Blow a kiss,
And say “good-bye “
I Need To Be Honest
(Activity 13 Month 8)
I need to be honest
My mom and dad say
And telling the truth
Is just one way!
Why be honest
I ask mom and dad.
You will feel your best
When the truth is always said.