This sequencing activity is based on the fire safety story The Birthday Cake Mistake and helps children understand the importance of safe behaviour around fire. Using key scenes from the story, children explore what happens when matches are used unsafely and how a smoke alarm and emergency response help keep people safe. The activity reinforces important safety messages in a simple, visual, and engaging way.
How To Use
This activity is ideal for early level children and can be used in classrooms or at home. Adults can:
- Ask children to colour in the pictures before cutting them out
- Support children to place the images in the correct order to retell the story
- Encourage children to match captions to the correct pictures
- Discuss what went wrong in the story and how it could have been prevented
- Reinforce key messages such as not playing with matches, recognising the sound of a smoke alarm, and knowing to go outside and call 999 in an emergency
