Watch with Pepper

Two read-aloud stories from the firehouse are coming to YouTube. Grab a grown-up and get your ears ready for the chirp.

Pepper the Dalmatian pup sits and points the way

Video picture: Pepper sits in the yard at sunset, looking up at a bird in a tree

Coming soon to YouTube

Pepper and the Chirp

Pepper hears a funny chirp. Is it a bird? The toaster? Help her find it!

A story about a smoke alarm2 min 47 secCaptions ready

Read the described transcript of Pepper and the Chirp

For grown-ups

Safety notes and questions

Pepper hears a new sound, rules out a bird, the toaster and squeaky sneakers, and finds a chirping smoke alarm. Grandpa fixes it, and the family practices getting out.

What it teaches

A chirp means tell a grown-up. The alarm needs a new battery, or a whole new alarm.
Three loud beeps means fire: get out and stay out.
Fixing a smoke alarm is a grown-up job. Test alarms once a month with the button.
Have a plan with two ways out and a meeting place outside.

Talk about it

What sounds did Pepper hear before she found the chirp?
What does a chirp mean? What do three loud beeps mean?
Where is our family's meeting place?
Can you find the smoke alarms in our home? Let's push the test button together.

Play Find the Chirp

Video picture: Freddy, Frieda, Pepper and Mittens ride in a cardboard fire engine

Coming soon to YouTube

F Is for Firefighter

Freddy and Frieda play firefighter from A to Z. Boots go clomp! Can you say the letters too?

A read-along ABC4 min 43 secCaptions ready

Read the described transcript of F Is for Firefighter

For grown-ups

Safety notes and questions

A rhyming alphabet for ages 2 to 6. Freddy and Frieda open the dress-up box, and each letter is a firefighter word or a safety habit, from A is for Alarm to Z is for Zero.

What it teaches

The ABCs, with firefighter words like boots, helmet, ladder and nozzle.
A firefighter in a mask may look and sound different, and is still a helper.
When the smoke alarm beeps, go outside and stay outside.
Stop, drop and roll is for clothes on fire. Test the alarm once a month. Know two ways out of each room.

Talk about it

Which letter was your favorite?
Why does a firefighter's mask go huff and puff?
Let's draw our home. Can you find two ways out of your room?
Freddy and Frieda might be bakers or astronauts tomorrow. What will you be?

It's a book, too

On the Polka Dot Firehouse YouTube channelBoth stories play from our YouTube channel, which is coming soon. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play. Each story will have captions, and you can already read both as described transcripts: every word, every sound and what every picture shows.