Would you know what to do if you heard a smoke alarm? Fortunately, Ben and his friend knew how to keep their family safe when disaster struck. A cleverly illustrated book, telling the story of Ben and his family and how they reacted quickly to a fire in their house. Thanks to Ben and his friend they managed to evacuate everyone to safety.
How To Use
Share this book with the children to show them that it is important to know what to do in an emergency to keep themselves and others safe. This widgit version is designed for children with additional learning needs or those who struggle to read.
For Special Educational Needs
Widgit is a symbol-based language, it uses pictorial symbols, either as an alternative to text, or to accompany it. Although Widgit symbols are primarily designed to give people with learning difficulties a simple alternative to text, they also prove beneficial to a wider range of people, such as people with low literacy levels or who don't use English as a first language. In this cleverly illustrated book, Widgit symbols are used to tell the story of Ben and his family and how they reacted quickly to a fire in their house. Thanks to Ben and his friend they managed to evacuate everyone to safety. Through the use of Widgit symbols in this book, individuals are given the opportunity to develop their language and comprehension skills, whilst also developing their knowledge of important fire safety messages.
