Community Helpers ~ Labor Day
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Learning about Occupations and Jobs
Young children love to find out what adults do! Dressing up and acting out adult jobs is so much fun for them to pretend. It is also beneficial to their cognitive and social skills. You will find lesson ideas and resources for teaching about community helpers and neighborhoods on this page.
Along with studying types of careers and the work force, why not also study the history of Labor Day? You will find information about this holiday below, also.
Links to free games and materials I have created are listed below, also. Fun and learning should go hand in hand, so, have a great time with these suggestions. :D
Along with studying types of careers and the work force, why not also study the history of Labor Day? You will find information about this holiday below, also.
Links to free games and materials I have created are listed below, also. Fun and learning should go hand in hand, so, have a great time with these suggestions. :D
Contents at a Glance
Labor Day Lesson Plans
Activities, Worksheets, Videos, and Teaching Suggestions
- Anne's Labor Day Page
- Nice array of resources to make a unit.
- Labor Day Lessons
- Lesson Plans, Videos, and additional resources from Lesson Plans Page
- Labor Day
- Holiday Zone ~ History, Arts 7 Crafts, Discussions, Language Arts, Games, Puzzles, Quizzes, Quotations, Poetry, Printables, Songs, Vocabulary, Links
- Labor Day
- Power Point Presentations and more
- Labor Day Activities
- Enchanted Learning ~ crafts, printouts, online coloring, mini books to read, alphabetical order worksheets, community helpers and firefighter activities, all types of work tools in foreign languages, more.
- Labor Day Resources
- Listing of ideas from Homeschool Share
- A Day's Work
- Literature Unit Study - Bible, Geography, Culture, Occupation, Character, Science, Language, Art, Math
- Labor Day
- Resources, lessons, books, and printables about Labor Day from Scholastic.
Labor Day Books for Kids!
Informational & Fun Reading (You can find these at your library.)
Labor Day Materials
Please add your favorite websites and blogs for children.
Labor Day Printables - Labor Day Wordsearch
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Labor Day Theme Unit - Worksheets and Printables
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Labor Day Theme Unit - Printables and Worksheets
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Labor Day activities - crafts for kids, word searches, stories and Community Helper teaching ideas
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Labor Day Printables, Activities, and Lessons (K-12) - TeacherVision.com
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Free Labor Day Activities - Homeschool Helper
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Labor Day Lesson Plans and Activities
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Industrial Revolution & Birth of Labor Unions
Study science and history together!
After studying the Labor Day materials here last year, my teenage son decided he wanted to know more about industries, manufacturing, and labor unions, so I started collecting materials for the following page. He has been studying the industrial revolution from the scientific aspect of inventions and technology along with the history of workers and corporations. You will find some notebook pages, videos, worksheets, lessons, and links that we are currently using. I hope they help you to find materials that you would like for your children and students.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Community Helpers ~ Occupations ~ Jobs
Future Police Officer Male by naturetees
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- Community Helpers in Your Neighborhood
- Check out this lens with many wonderful resources for an occupation unit!
- Community Helpers
- Resources for teachers and kids ~ Power Points Presentations
- People, Occupations, and Community
- Crafts, games, printables, books, writing and language arts materials
- What I Want to Be
- This is a cute online story for beginning readers about occupations. Students may listen to the story and read along. There are many other wonderful stories like this at the site.
- The City Mouse & The Country Mouse
- Another cute online story for level 3 readers. Students may listen to the story and read along.
- Old McDonald Had a Farm
- Large colorful graphics that can be used for story telling, singing, bulletin boards, shape books, and more.
- Community Helpers at Scholastic
- Check here for numerous lesson plans, resources, book suggestions, and printables about Community Helpers. You have to register to print and access some of the materials, but it is free.
- Postal Pack for Elementary School Students
- Free Curriculum Guide from the National Postal Museum - 6th one down. There are several other guides related to the postal service and stamps.
- My Community Unit Study
- A book list and 11 lessons with plenty of activities for PreK - 2nd grades.
Occupations, Careers, Jobs
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Communities, Workers, & Jobs
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Community Helper Unit Lesson Plans: The Origins of Labor Day
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BrainPOP Jr. | Social Studies | Learn about Community Helpers
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Elementary Education Notes
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Games & Role Play Activities
Learn by Playing!
I love having kids learn by doing and playing! I've tried to think of things my kids enjoy playing with that also help them learn about the community and work force. Our favorites are: Little People; Lego Buildings, Vehicles, and People; Matchbox Cars; Barbie Dolls; and Polly Pocket's World. I'm sure you can think of tons, too.
One thing that is fun to do is make a huge map! A huge clear or solid color shower curtain from a dollar store will help you create one. Help students draw places from your community on the map with markers, including familiar roads and places. Or, create an imaginary town. Ask them what features, businesses, vehicles, etcetera, they would like in their town. Discuss compass directions, giving directions to places, road names, traffic signs, residential versus business areas, and other things they would find interesting. Most children love to role play with their toy vehicles and people over their town. It's a great way to talk about community helpers and learn about towns and cities while also reinforcing geography and mapping skills. Have fun with your students! :D
One thing that is fun to do is make a huge map! A huge clear or solid color shower curtain from a dollar store will help you create one. Help students draw places from your community on the map with markers, including familiar roads and places. Or, create an imaginary town. Ask them what features, businesses, vehicles, etcetera, they would like in their town. Discuss compass directions, giving directions to places, road names, traffic signs, residential versus business areas, and other things they would find interesting. Most children love to role play with their toy vehicles and people over their town. It's a great way to talk about community helpers and learn about towns and cities while also reinforcing geography and mapping skills. Have fun with your students! :D
- "Around Town" & "Community Helpers"
- Two games I made for my children to reinforce occupations, places, and compound words.
Cool Toys to Create a Fun Neighborhood
Playing & Learning Together!
Puzzles, Flashcards, Worksheets, & Coloring
A Variety of Free School Supplies
- Labor Day Scavenger Hunt
- Worksheet with questions to research online about Labor Day
- Careers Cross Word Puzzle
- at ABC Teach
- Community Worksheets & Printables
- What are they doing? ~ 2 Sets of Verb Activity Sheets
Job Cards ~ Match Worker Pictures, Words, & Tools
How do I get to...? ~ Directions & Places on the Map Activity
What do you see? ~ Read vehicle and color words, find on the map and color.
Transportation: Way to Go ~ Cut and glue vehicle to sky, land, or water.
In the Town - Match items and the places you find them in the town. This is supposed to be a matching game, but I am thinking of taking the first page, cutting them out, and gluing them onto milk cartons to make little buildings to use with toys cars and people. ? Hmm ... so many possibilities! - Community Helpers
- Two crossword puzzles
- People & Community
- Coloring Pages for Preschool
- Communities
- Scroll down to find a true / false and helper identification worksheet
Children's Activities for Education!
I think it is important for children to get involved in their community, so, consider doing some local community service projects. The books below have some wonderful ideas for kids.
Lapbook & Notebook Resources
Give the students a fun project to remember what they learn!
- Bible Notebook Pages
- ~ Philippians 2:14-15 Notebook Pages ~ 9 pages for copywork (both elementary and regular lines), fill in the blank pages, poster, and word puzzle strips and pocket to use in a lapbook or notebook.
~ Philippians 1:3-6 Notebook Pages ~ 4 pages for copywork (both elementary and regular lines).
~ Colossians 3:23 ~ 4 Notebook Pages, 2 pages to use for poster or cut-up puzzle, Pocket for storage. - Bible Verses about Work & Labor
- 24 verse cards for learning and memorization plus a pocket for storage
- Community Helper Games & Lapbook Materials
- ~ Community Helper Matchbook Mini Books (12)
~ Kid's Jobs Mini Books (4) with Lesson Plans
~ "Around Town" ~ Community Helpers & Compound Words File Folder Game (The game is broken up into 6 files: a Game Board, Helper Cards, Community Cards, Compound Word Cards, 2 Storage Pockets, Directions & Cover)
~ Community Helpers Cards for Various Games ~ There are two files and several teaching suggestions for this large set of cards and storage pocket. - Community Helper Poster / Sign
- This could be used as a cover on a lapbook.
- Labor Day Scavenger Hunt
- Worksheet with questions to research online about Labor Day
- Careers Puzzle
- Cross Word at ABC Teach
- Community Helpers
- ~ Clip Art of workers; worker word cards may by used to create paper dolls, spelling cards, use to tell stories or make up stories and many other creative ideas!
~ There are similar pages with clip art for transportation, house, playground, in the home, in the classroom, family, and others. - Who's Hat?
- Fun flip book of community helpers
Lego City
Build your own community!
More Community Helper Lapbooks
Literature Units which include community helper activities.
- Katy & the Big Snow
- Community Helper Cards, Buildings, and Vehicles Card Game ~ Responsibiliy List Book ~ Street Signs Mini Book & Photographs ~ Geopolis Fold
- Officer Buckle & Gloria
- I really liked this for my little guy to practice his basic information!
Safety Tips List ~ My Phone Number and My Address Mini Books ~ Names I Need to Know Flap Book ~ How & When to Call 911 ~ Working Dogs - Petunia
- Unit contains a section about Community Helpers / Mini Book
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Fabulous, funny story for children - the unit has a section on community helpers and a mini book.
- Fish Out of Water
- Community Helper Mini Book - talks about police, firefighters, and 911.
- Occupation Units at Homeschool Share
- Scroll down near the bottom of the page to find the names of units that contain various sorts of occupations: Actor, Ambulance Driver, Artist, Camera Man, Composer, Conservation Officer, Cook, Cowboy, Dancer, Dentrologist, Doctor, Dogs, Farmer, Landlady/ Landlord, Nurse, Painter, Postal Worker, Shepherd, Various Jobs, Window Washer, Zoo Keeper
- Curious George Takes a Job
- Explores many job possibilities!
- The Year of Miss Agnus
- Miss Agnus introduces a whole community to the children of the story. This unit contains study information in several subject areas for each chapter.
Playing Around Town
For the Earliest Learners!
What's Special About Your Neighborhood?
Find out!
- My Neighborhood
- This is a cute online story for beginning readers about neighborhood places. Students may listen to the story and read along.
- Rooms in the House
- Clip Art of parts of a house - could be used in multiple ways to teach about homes in the community.
- Neighborhood Resources
- All kinds of stuff from Scholastic.
- Your Neighborhood
- So, do you think Benjamin Franklin only played with electricity and help start the United States? Of course not, he also had in hand in starting libraries, fire stations, post offices, hospitals, and so much more. Click on places around his neighborhood to find out about them.
- Help Wanted:Community Caregivers
- A cute webquest to learn about being a helper in a farm, suburb, or city community.
Transportation
Kids Love to "Transport"!
Whether by truck, train, or airplane, transportation is necessary in our modern work force! Since workers deliver their goods to more than just their communities, but all over the world, I thought a study of transportation would be appropriate with communities, jobs, and labor.
- Transportation Unit Study
- Evelyn has written a wonderful unit containing study ideas and information for almost every subject about transportation!
- Story Props
- ~ We All Go Traveling By: Large graphics that could be used for multiple purposes (story telling, bulletin boards, felt boards, word walls, shape books, etc.) School Bus, Truck, Bike, Train, Boat, Airplane, Car, Shoes, and sentence cards to put together. They could make a fun story starter. :)
~ The Wheels on the Bus - large picture cards
Me and My World
Community Workers Thematic Unit
Neighborhoods, Communities, and Transportation
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Communities
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Thank you to Mr. Phillip Martin for his fantastic clip art that he shares with the world.
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LornsA178
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- Very helpful lens. Great info. Thanks!
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- Careers of Future are often different from what we have now. Motivation to careers of future tor today's kids can inspire and strengthen future today.
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- What a nice lens on Labor Day helpers. :)
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