Lesson Plan: Lil' Plug and Lil' Red Safety Adventures

Preschool/Kindergarten

Understand the science of electricity.

"Lil' Plug and Lil' Red Safety Adventures" Lesson Plan and Support Materials

Objectives

1. Recognize electricity is a powerful tool.
2. Get a grown-up to plug in or turn on or off an electrical appliance.

Preparation

1. Review the following electrical safety rules--either before or after presenting the story.
2. Download Lil' Plug and Lil' Red graphic to help tell story.

Objectives

1. Recognize electricity is a powerful tool.
2. Get a grown-up to plug in or turn on or off an electrical appliance.
   • You must be dry to touch anything electrical.
   • Adults should take the toast out.
   • Never stick anything into an electrical appliance.
   • Stay away from power lines.
   • Go tell a grown-up when you see danger.

Procedure

Read "Lil' Plug and Lil' Red Safety Adventures" to the children.

Teacher Summary:

Electricity does many wonderful things, but it also is very dangerous. Lil' Plug helped Lil' Red learn to be safe around electricity that day. Lil' Plug and Lil' Red had many adventures, what are some of the lessons they learned?

• Do not touch anything electrical.
• Only grown-ups should use the toaster.
• Never stick anything into an electrical appliance.
• Stay away from power lines.
• Go tell a grown-up when you see danger.

This story could be repeated several times. First it might be read to introduce the characters and the safety messages.

Next have the children make stop signs out of red construction paper and bring them to story time. Whenever the reader begins to tell an unsafe part of the story, the children may hold up their stop signs and say "Stop!" along with Lil' Plug.

Finally, have half the class pretend to be Lil' Plug and half the class be Lil' Red. As the story is read, children may act out the assigned character.

Extension One

Draw a picture of Lil' Plug and Lil' Red finding other electrical dangers in the home. Ask the children to explain the electrical safety rule demonstrated in the drawing. Write the rule on the drawing. Collect all the artwork and create a book about Lil' Plug and Lil' Red's electrical safety adventures. Photocopy the pages so that all children may have a booklet to take home and read to their families.

Extension Two

Ask the children, "What would you do if ..." scenario questions to help clarify the messages presented in the Lil' Plug and Lil' Red story.

• What would you do if your hands were wet and the light switch needed to be turned on?
• What would you do if you were hungry and you wanted a snack? There is no grown-up to help you. Could you warm some soup? Could you cook some popcorn in the microwave? Could you eat some crackers and cheese?

Home Link

Send a note home with the students, asking parents or caregivers to hunt and count, with their children, the number of electrical items in their homes. Ask the children to tell how many electrical items they identified with their parents. Create a list of the items on a flip chart.

Community Link

Invite a representative from the local electrical utility company, cooperative extension, fire department or electrical inspector's office to visit the classroom and show tools used when working with electricity.

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