Community helpers large group activities

A blog dedicated to help teachers in preschool and kindergarten find quality, hands on educational activities for their homes and classrooms.

Community Helper activities and lessons encourage preschoolers to think more closely and appreciate all of the people in their community who work to keep them safe, healthy, well-fed, and educated! Use these activity ideas during Circle Time, at play centers, and in small groups. These community helper ideas for preschoolers involve hands-on activities and carpet games that are fun and engaging. There are beginning sound identification activities too.

These 24 Community Helpers movement cards keep students active while teaching them about different actions, improving their motor skills! Great for brain breaks, transitioning between activities, or starting your day. Each card is large enough to use in a group setting. Cards Feature: firefighter, police officer, soldier, news reporter, mail carrier, librarian, crossing guard, farmer, lifeguard, astronaut, teacher, janitor, veterinarian, gardener, detective, coach, repairman, trash…

Play this fun interactive game with your students to teach them about 16 different community helpers! You can use this a multitude of ways for different grades and abilities! It can be a circle time activity for preschool. Have each child hold a community helper and as you read the clues, they can decide if that's what their community helper does! Or you can use it in an elementary classroom as a reading comprehension literacy center matching activity! Black and white versions are also…

FREE printable Paper Hats that kids can color and wear when learning about community helpers, occupations, or when doing dramatic and pretend play. Great for preschool and kindergarten!

This free community helpers sorting activity is so much fun! It would be great to use with a community helpers theme in preschool or kindergarten.

FREE printable Paper Hats that kids can color and wear when learning about community helpers, occupations, or when doing dramatic and pretend play. Great for preschool and kindergarten!

Our community theme is one of my favorites because there are so many fun things we can do. I could probably spend a month on this theme exploring lots of jobs, places and community helpers. Here were our plans for our community theme: And here are the details for each activity: Making Inferences: Madelynn loves […]

During this month we have been learning lots of things about community helpers and we have also turned our home center into a doctor's office thank to the contribution of some parents and friends. These are two really cool videos to work on community helpers: We used community helpers cards and descriptions to practice first understanding to then ask the kids to say their own descriptions for the rest to guess. Lots of parents came to class to talk about their jobs and it was FANTASTIC…

This week we focused on community helpers in Tot School. We could literally do this theme for a month because there are so many different jobs and places that we could use for inspiration. But this was our first time really talking about the community and jobs, so I kept our learning to a […]