Community Helpers
This week we continued our unit on community and community helpers. In language group we pretended to be mail carriers. There were different variations of this activity.
Mailboxes were made out of folders with different photos of community helper buildings in Franklin. some were real photos and others were clipart. Letters/mail were also made, using different colors of different shapes as the address to deliver the mail.
The Mailboxes, as shown here, were taped to the wall in the hallway. The children went in groups and began by answering:
1. What community do you live in?
2. What street do you live on
Then we looked at each mailbox and identified the building and what community helper(s) works there. We also identified the colors and shapes.
Each child was given 2 letters to deliver. We talked about the letter and what was on it (who it was from, the stamp, what the address was. As you can see on the letters the addresses were different colors and shapes. The children had to match the addresses and place the letters in the correct mailbox.
Once all the letters were delivered, we went to each mailbox and made sure it was delivered to the correct mailbox. I took out each letter held it next to the mailbox and asked if the addresses were the same or different. If a letter was delivered to the wrong mailbox, we delivered it to the right mailbox as a group.
This activity worked on:
1. attending
2. staying with the group
3. vocabulary related to community and community helpers
4. descriptor vocabulary (colors/shapes)
5. concept of same/different
Try some online community helper games with your children!
1. http://pbskids.org/cgi-registry/curiousgeorge/on_the_job.pl
2. http://www.nickjr.com/bubble-guppies/games/firefighter-number-adventure/
Mailboxes were made out of folders with different photos of community helper buildings in Franklin. some were real photos and others were clipart. Letters/mail were also made, using different colors of different shapes as the address to deliver the mail.
The Mailboxes, as shown here, were taped to the wall in the hallway. The children went in groups and began by answering:
1. What community do you live in?
2. What street do you live on
Then we looked at each mailbox and identified the building and what community helper(s) works there. We also identified the colors and shapes.
Each child was given 2 letters to deliver. We talked about the letter and what was on it (who it was from, the stamp, what the address was. As you can see on the letters the addresses were different colors and shapes. The children had to match the addresses and place the letters in the correct mailbox.
Once all the letters were delivered, we went to each mailbox and made sure it was delivered to the correct mailbox. I took out each letter held it next to the mailbox and asked if the addresses were the same or different. If a letter was delivered to the wrong mailbox, we delivered it to the right mailbox as a group.
This activity worked on:
1. attending
2. staying with the group
3. vocabulary related to community and community helpers
4. descriptor vocabulary (colors/shapes)
5. concept of same/different
Try some online community helper games with your children!
1. http://pbskids.org/cgi-registry/curiousgeorge/on_the_job.pl
2. http://www.nickjr.com/bubble-guppies/games/firefighter-number-adventure/
