Kids love learning about community helpers, and firefighters are a big hit. Be sure to sing the song, Hurry Hurry Drive the Firetruck. For a craft, make these firefighter paper dolls.
App: Super Home Heroes, from Fred Rogers Center.
Elya, Susan M. FIRE! FUEGO! BRAVE BOMBEROS. In this rhyming story with a few Spanish words mixed into the English, the firefighters are off to fight a blaze at a townhouse.
Hubbell, Patricia. FIREFIGHTERS! SPEEDING! SPRAYING! SAVING! Filled with onomatopoeia and rhymes, this exciting look at firefighting will appeal to a wide audience.
McMullan, Kate. I’M BRAVE! A fire engine describes the various tools used to fight fires.
Murray, Laura. THE GINGERBREAD MAN LOOSE ON THE FIRE TRUCK. Gingerbread Man joins the class on the field trip to the fire station.
Rex, Michael. MY FIRE ENGINE. While playing with a toy fire truck, a boy imagines what it would be like to be a fire fighter.
Rey, H.A. and Margret. CURIOUS GEORGE AND THE FIREFIGHTERS. The famous monkey is on a field trip to the fire station when he helps out at a real fire.
Sis, Peter. FIRE TRUCK. Matt wakes up to discover he is part of a fire truck!
Wellington, Monica. FIREFIGHTER FRANK. A simple description of a fire fighter with deeply saturated color illustrations.
Also see the previous Firefighters storytime ideas page from November 2007.