Before the other drills occur, we read and practice them too! Teaching routines and procedures (emergency drills too) at the beginning of the year and throughout the year when needed is NOT wasted time. Just knowing what is going to happen will ease or lessen their anxiety. If students know why we do it, what to do, and what will be happening around them during the drill, they will feel safe and it will be not so scary (hopefully). Once outside we give lots of positive praise for practicing the drill! We stop, get in line and walk all the way outside to our assigned spot outside. The students pretend to play then I make a fire drill noise and they always join in and giggle. I read the Fire Drill read aloud book, model the fire drill routine and then the students practice the fire drill routine. For most students, this is their first experience doing a fire drill. It explains in three simple steps what they will do during a fire drill (aka fire drill routine: stop, get in line and walk out the building).ĭuring the first two days of school, small group time is all about fire drills. Here are a few pages from the Fire Drill book. It explains why we have drills, what each will sound like, what they will do and what will be happening around them. Each book has simple text and illustrations. I created read aloud books (aka social stories) about the different emergency drills to help make drills not so scary. They are stressful for everyone but totally necessary to ensure for safety. It’s loud, sometimes crazy if it’s unannounced, interrupts their routine, and there can be students everywhere.
Emergency drills (fire drills especially) can be terrifying for preschoolers and many children.
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