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Sesame Street Fire Safety Program for Preschool Children

Almost half of child fire deaths are among children age 4 or younger, making them an important audience for fire prevention and education. If you've ever visited a preschool classroom to discuss fire safety or met with older toddlers during community outreach activities, you know they can be a tough crowd to reach.

That's why the U.S. Fire Administration has collaborated with Sesame Workshop on the Sesame Street® Fire Safety Program for preschool kids. The program shows educators how to empower children ages 3 to 5 with essential fire safety information and skills that can make a big difference in case of an emergency.

The program includes easy-to-use lessons, games and activities to help reinforce important fire safety messages, as well as show children what to do if there's a fire and ways to prevent fires from starting. Children's lovable, furry Sesame Street friends will help engage children each step of the way! By sharing this information while children are young, you instill lifelong fire safety habits!

Fire departments, order Sesame Street materials for your community.

Quantity limits apply.

The Sesame Street Fire Safety Program curriculum for preschoolers is available in both English and Spanish. The curriculum includes an educator's guide for teachers, a CD of songs and stories, a family guide, a coloring and activity booklet, and a poster.

Order Sesame Street materials

Other audiences

If you are not a member of a fire department, you can still access the free download files below.

The files below can be reproduced by your organization.

Booklet

Fire safety coloring and activities booklet for children ages 3-5.

Educator guide

Contains easy-to-use lessons, games and activities for teachers.

Family guide

Information to help families practice fire safety at home.

Poster

A poster with safety tips from Firefighter Grover.

Tip sheet

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Songs and stories

Recordings of the English and Spanish songs and stories included in the Sesame Street program.

Songs and stories
Song/StoryListenDownloadScript
Hot Things Burn
Listen to Hot Things Burn
MP3 2:34Read
Cool Water
Listen to Cool Water
MP3 2:21Read
Elmo's Smoke Alarm
Listen to Elmo's Smoke Alarm
MP3 1:01Read
Get Out! Stay Out!
Listen to Get Out! Stay Out!
MP3 1:32Read
Elmo's Fire Drill
Listen to Elmo's Fire Drill
MP3 1:41Read
Telly Learns What's Hot
Listen to Telly Learns What's Hot
MP3 6:46Read
A Fire Drill, A Fire Drill
Listen to A Fire Drill, A Fire Drill
MP3 3:33Read
Firefighter Ruthie
Listen to Firefighter Ruthie
MP3 7:11Read
Las cosas calientes queman
Listen to Las cosas calientes queman
MP3 2:28Read
Gatea, sal y no vuelvas a entrar
Listen to Gatea, sal y no vuelvas a entrar
MP3 2:22Read
La alarma de humo de Elmo
Listen to La alarma de humo de Elmo
MP3 1:01Read
Juguemos a caliente a frío
Listen to Juguemos a caliente a frío
MP3 7:18Read
María la bombero
Listen to María la bombero
MP3 5:27Read
Sal y no vuelvas a entrar
Listen to Sal y no vuelvas a entrar
MP3 6:21Read
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