Sam is the hero next door (firemansam.co.uk)

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Product:	firemansam.co.uk
Date:	11/10/07 (945 review reads)
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Click into the fireman Sam’s website and you will be greeted by fireman Sam and the crew standing in front of their fire engine smiling at you .There is a speech star (bubble) saying be safe on fireworks night. Adrian my 5 year old grandson made me save this as a background screen on my computer.

About fireman Sam
For those of you that do not know Fireman Sam is an animated TV character first shown on Welsh TV in1985, he has been shown on English TV since 1887? Fireman Sam is good as he promotes fire safety to children without them being aware of it.

There is much merchandise available with fireman Sam s character, children’s party ware, bed linen and more.
There are many of Fireman Sam's escapades in book form for you to read with your children

The website http://www.firemansam.co.uk
Lets have some fun with fireman Sam there is a menu at the side of the screen with topics such as fun , stories , gallery, TV, safety and of course a shop .

First as I said some fun.
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Children learn best when they are having fun. There are 4 area to have fun in on this website one is games, one recipes, There are downloads, wallpaper for your computer. There are printouts available colouring in pages, or make a greetings card, you can pint out fireman Sam stories and songs.

Games#
Its raining pizza or a parcel drop these are games where your child has to catch and deliver the pizza’s or parcels. Or they can play tumbling teddies where the firemen have to be positioned to catch the teddies that jump out of a window to escape a fire. You could also help to rescue the sheep on the hillside with the helicopter .These are all good for practicing mouse skills.
There are some maze games, one where you have to connect the fire hose to get the water to the fire. If you ever wanted to drive a fire engine you can help by driving the fire engine around the streets of Pontypaddy to put the fire out. There are puzzles and a dressing the characters game. These games are much like the games found on the CBBC website cbeebies

Stories
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Now are you sitting comfortably as you can sit watch read and listen to some stories about fireman Sam There are 8 available , Pumpkin pranks is a topical fun one to read with your children

Gallery
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See your or your Childs picture in print. Print off or draw a picture of fireman Sam colour it in get an authorisation form from http://www.firemansam.co.uk/gallerySubmit.php ,then you can send it to the website and it will be shown in the gallery and you will get a thank you certificate,


TV
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Her you can find out about Fireman Sam on TV. You can learn about the show, the characters. You can find out when and which episodes are on TV, The words of fireman Sam songs are here too

Safety
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In this section there is info on fire safety, what to do in a fire, how to be safe on fireworks night .some fire safety tips for in the home. I think that fire safety is the message fireman Sam, the website his books and shows deliver very well for children to understand and learn.

Shop.
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Then there is the shop with toys and books for sale. These will add that little bit extra to your Childs play. Firemen’s hats and hoses, Toy fire engines to put out the pretend fires.


I am sure your child will have fun on this website playing games and learning fire safety

I leave you with a verse of a fireman Sam song

He's always on the scene,
Fireman Sam!
His engine's bright and clean,
Fireman Sam!
You can not ignore... Sam is the hero next door.

Summary: A website about fireman Sam