This Community Helpers Preschool Unit has everything you need to teach your preschool students about all of the people who work in their community. The unit includes 10 full days of lesson plans for circle time as well as additional literacy and math centers. Everything you need for a complete “Community Helpers” unit is done for you!
It includes 10 Circle Time Lessons:
- What is a Community? – Introduction and Sort
- Community Helpers Song & Class Graph
- Neighborhood Helpers (mail carrier, garbage collector, reporter)
- Builders and Fixers (painter, mechanic, builder, carpenter, plumber)
- Food Helpers (gardener, chef, farmer, baker, grocer)
- Safety Helpers (lifeguard, military, firefighter, police)
- School Helpers (teacher, coach, librarian, crossing guard, janitor)
- Health Helpers (dentist, vet, nurse, doctor)
- Transportation Helpers (pilot, train conductor, bus driver, astronaut, flight attendant)
- All About Community Helpers – Chart
This Community Helpers Preschool Unit also includes these Literacy and Math Centers:
- Categorization folder game
- Word wall cards
- Pre-Writing paths
- Beginning sound sort
- Beginning sound clip cards
- Pushpin letters
- Tools of the trade puzzles
- Help the Vet – number practice
- Cutting Practice
- Interactive Bulletin Board
- Emergent reader book
- Super safety certificates
- Book List (recommended read-aloud suggestions)