In addition to being completely translated into Spanish, the guide has a new cover and all new artwork by Fabricio Vanden Broeck and Rosario Valderrama, both children's artists from Mexico City. We are teaching the same eight fire safety behaviors that we introduced in the English and French versions of the Preschool Program . The new songs were also reviewed by a team including our translator Maria Saiz, Olga Caledonia from NFPA's International Department, and representatives from fire departments in McAllen, TX, Miami, El Paso, Phoenix, and Boston. We worked to determine if there were any words in the new program that would not be appropriate. In the end, we compromised by using the one word in one verse and the other in the next verse.
Teachers can pick the appropriate term for their students.
We also had teachers in different cities test the songs with their preschool classes. Based on their feedback, we made some changes. For example, they said there were too many words in each line. So we took out words that were not essential and repeated the basic messages in a simpler form. The program, which includes the 72-page teacher's guide and cassette tape, is available.