Lesson Ideas & Resources for Teaching about Labor Day, Community Helpers, & Neighborhoods
Labor Day Lesson Plans
- 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
Community Helpers ~ Occupations ~ Jobs
- 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
Your favorite materials!
Free Online Piano Lessons for Adults
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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 we plan to do is make a huge map ~ probably on the back of a shower curtain from a dollar store. I'm going to have them draw places from our community on the map, including our house and familiar roads. We will discuss compass directions, giving directions to places, road names, traffic signs, businesses, etcetera with their toy vehicles and people. Have fun with your students! :D
One thing we plan to do is make a huge map ~ probably on the back of a shower curtain from a dollar store. I'm going to have them draw places from our community on the map, including our house and familiar roads. We will discuss compass directions, giving directions to places, road names, traffic signs, businesses, etcetera with their toy vehicles and people. Have fun with your students! :D
- "Around Town" & "Community Helpers"
- Two games I made for my children to reinforce occupations, places, and compound words.
Matchbox Neighborhoods
Worksheets
- 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
Polly Pocket's World
Lapbook & Notebook Resources
- 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 - paper dolls?, spelling cards?, use to tell stories or make up stories? - many uses.
~ 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
We will be using "Hands of a Child - Labor Day Lapbook" in our unit. Their materials are always great!
I think it is important for the children to get involved in their community, so we will be doing some local community service projects. The books below have some wonderful ideas for kids.
I think it is important for the children to get involved in their community, so we will be doing some local community service projects. The books below have some wonderful ideas for kids.
Lego City
More Playing by Learning
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!
Neighborhood ~ Community
- 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
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
Fun Songs and Clips for Kids
Sesame Street - People in Your Neighborhood (1988)
Sesame Street - "Places in Our Neighborhood"
Intro to The Busy World of Richard Scarry
Fireman Sam Opening theme - Intro with lyrics
original postman pat theme
Bob The Builder - Theme Song
Community Helpers
Community Helpers
curated content from YouTube
Thank you to Mr. Phillip Martin for his fantastic clip art that he shares with the world.
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