Fire Safety for the Home Learning Environment

<h1>Fire Safety for the Home Learning Environment</h1>Author: <a title="Mimi Rothschild" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/mimi-rothschild/21745.htm">Mimi Rothschild</a> The importance of fire safety in a home learning environment cannot be underestimated. It's important that children are kept knowledgeable each year about how to prevent and react to a house fire. Here are some things that kids should learn.

Children should learn how to prevent house fires. Talk about checking smoke alarms and ensuring that there are enough fire extinguishers. Your home learners should know how to keep the stove clean, stay away from matches and lighters, and fireplaces. Older children should know how to manage fireplaces in order to keep them clean and less likely to pose a threat. Your home learning fire safety program should also include information about checking electrical cords for tears or exposed wires. Keep cans of gasoline and other flammable liquids free from flames. Keep an eye on candles or incense to make sure that stray flames can't light anything on fire.

Once your children have a background in fire prevention, it's time to learn about what kids should do in the event of a fire. Discuss the best escape routes using your house. Teach them that they are not to try to go back into the house for pets or to bring anything with them. Home learners should know that they should stay as low to the ground as possible to avoid inhaling harmful smoke. Tell them that the proper reaction to a fire is to exit the house with a predetermined plan. Then, they should go straight to a trusted neighbor to call 911.

To learn more about how you can teach kids about fire safety, visit the USFA page.

About the Author: Mimi Rothschild is a homeschooling parent, children’s rights activist, author, and Founder and C.E.O. of online education company Learning by Grace, Inc. Rothschild and her husband of twenty-eight years reside in suburban Philadelphia with their eight children. 
 
Feeling that “our current system of education has broken its promise,” Rothschild co-founded Learning By Grace, Inc. to provide families with Internet-based multimedia education to PreK-12 children all over the world. 
 
In addition to her twenty years of experience as a homeschool mother, Rothschild has written a number of books dealing with education published by McGraw Hill and others. Her Daily Education News Articles consist of feature stories on online homeschooling and alternative education. Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/homeschooling-articles/fire-safety-for-the-home-learning-environment-141291.html" title="Fire Safety for the Home Learning Environment">Fire Safety for the Home Learning Environment</a>

The importance of fire safety in a home learning environment cannot be underestimated. It's important that children are kept knowledgeable each year about how to prevent and react to a house fire. Here are some things that kids should learn.

Children should learn how to prevent house fires. Talk about checking smoke alarms and ensuring that there are enough fire extinguishers. Your home learners should know how to keep the stove clean, stay away from matches and lighters, and fireplaces. Older children should know how to manage fireplaces in order to keep them clean and less likely to pose a threat. Your home learning fire safety program should also include information about checking electrical cords for tears or exposed wires. Keep cans of gasoline and other flammable liquids free from flames. Keep an eye on candles or incense to make sure that stray flames can't light anything on fire.

Once your children have a background in fire prevention, it's time to learn about what kids should do in the event of a fire. Discuss the best escape routes using your house. Teach them that they are not to try to go back into the house for pets or to bring anything with them. Home learners should know that they should stay as low to the ground as possible to avoid inhaling harmful smoke. Tell them that the proper reaction to a fire is to exit the house with a predetermined plan. Then, they should go straight to a trusted neighbor to call 911.

To learn more about how you can teach kids about fire safety, visit the USFA page.

Mimi Rothschild is a homeschooling parent, children’s rights activist, author, and Founder and C.E.O. of online education company Learning by Grace, Inc. Rothschild and her husband of twenty-eight years reside in suburban Philadelphia with their eight children.

Feeling that “our current system of education has broken its promise,” Rothschild co-founded Learning By Grace, Inc. to provide families with Internet-based multimedia education to PreK-12 children all over the world.

In addition to her twenty years of experience as a homeschool mother, Rothschild has written a number of books dealing with education published by McGraw Hill and others. Her Daily Education News Articles consist of feature stories on online homeschooling and alternative education.

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