Who are the Community Helpers in Your Neighborhood?
From the postal carrier to the librarian, the mayor to the police officer, find out about the jobs people in your neighborhood do and how vital those jobs are to your community.
As children dress-up and roleplay, interview community helpers, and learn about the services they provide, they come to appreciate the people in their community and learn how the can also contribute to society.
Community Helper Table of Contents
- Your Community Helpers
- Community Helpers Song
- Reading about Community Helpers
- Community Helpers Recycle
- Community Helpers and the Gingerbread Man
- A Nurse is a Community Helper
- A nurse is a Community Helper who Teaches us to stay Healthy
- Look Who's Talking about Community Helpers
- Community Helpers is in the Four Wheeler's Online Unit Study Directory
- Who is your favorite Community Helper?
Community Helpers
Neighbors in the Community help Eachother
The painter may get a small business loan from the banker.The construction engineer works with the construction crew to finish building a new library,. The librarian helps the doctor find information on a desease. The farmer grows vegetables for the lunch worker to serve to the children at school.
The Mayor or the town Select Board are Community Helpers
Think carefully before you vote for your Community Helpers.
Photo Credit: Community Helpers
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Voting can...
The Poll Taker
The Poll Taker is a Community Helper who asks questions
The Crazy Cat Lady goes out into the community to poll the neighborhood. She has a whole game full of questions to ask.
Children can canvas the other children in the class, their parents or other classrooms to find out which opinions are most popular in their community.
Questions such as would you eat more salad if it already had dressing on it or if the dressing was on the side, might help the cafeteria staff to improve the community's nutrition.
Voting for Community Helpers
People who want to become Community Helpers may need to run for Office
Which Candidate would you choose and why?
Hold elections in the classroom to decide who will be the mayor for a week. Have another election the following week. The experience of voting and running for office will help children understand the significance of the voting process and help them to have a greater appreciation for the Community Helpers in their neighborhood.
Barack Obama & John McCain 6-Inch Action Figures Set of 2
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Electioning your Community Helpers
Voting for President or Mayor is serious business
Don't Be the Goat, Vote
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Reads all about elections, and how someone decides to run for president. As the head of the community a president or mayor has to weigh his or her decisions carefully to make sure that they are in the best interest of the community as a whole.
Your Community Helpers
Think of the people who help you every day.
Which community helpers have helped you lately?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand bySome Community Helpers offer Services.
RuntFarmSeries says:
Our local fire department helps children learn about safety, as well as hopping in their trucks to help out in an emergency. Whenever I see them driving around town, I wave and think, "Thank you!" Firefighters are a blessing to a community!
Posted November 14, 2009
WindyWinters says:
Local Librarian reminded me that I can request services & books online.
Posted May 25, 2009
WendyKrick says:
We had a pipe freeze over the weekend. Thank God for our local plumber.
Posted January 23, 2009
aj2008 says:
Only today I saw the Local Community Policeman sitting by a pedestrian crossing - perhaps to back up our complaints about car drivers jumping the red light. Reassuring to know that it looks like are doing something about it
Posted January 23, 2009
Some Community Helpers offer Products.
groovyoldlady says:
Well, the oil delivery dude came by yesterday to fill our oil tank so our furnace has fuel to keep us warm. :-D
Posted February 07, 2009
Vote for Your Favorite Candidate
Who will you vote for? Who will help all the members of the community the most?
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Community Helpers
The Plumber
English School
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Community Helpers Song
People In Your Neighborhood
Sesame Street - People In Your Neighborhood
Bob (Bob McGrath) sings the famous song by Jeff Moss, and introduces teachers (Frank Oz & Jerry Nelson) and a newsdealer (Jim Henson). By this point (1971) the people in your neighborhood would arrive already assembled, unlike the earliest episodes where Bob would have to build them out of generic "Anything People".
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Reading about Community Helpers
Community Helpers from A to Z (Alphabasics)
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Career Day
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Jobs People Do
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Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day
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Community Helpers Recycle
Garbage Collectors are Community Helpers
William the Garbage Truck & Crew: William is Going Green
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Where Does the Garbage Go?: Revised Edition (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
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Bruder Trash Bin Set (3 Small, 1 Big)
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MB Garbage Truck - Colors May Vary
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Community Helpers and the Gingerbread Man
- The Gingerbread Man (Lesson Plan) - TeacherVision.com
- Students will learn about their school, the jobs people have, and the book, The Gingerbread Man.
- The Baker
- Baker crafts and lesson plan printable activities for toddlers, preschool and Kindergarten.
- Rub-a-dub-dub
- Rub-a-dub-dub
Three men in a tub
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker. - King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
- King Bidgood's in the Bathtub is a wonderful story by Audrey and Don Wood about a king who loves baths and playing in the bathtub. It is a great jumping off point for studying Medieval Times, Hygiene, or sorting and categorizing.So Rub a dub, dub, let's start learning what we'll take in the tub.
A Nurse is a Community Helper
Nurses work throughout the community helping people when they are sick or inured. They comfort patients, monitor medications and explain to patients how follow the advice of their doctors.
Nurses teach you to Cover Your Cough to prevent spreading illnesses such as colds or flus.
Set up a nursing station in your dress-up area with dolls or stuffed animals as patients. Provide plenty of books about medical issues, clip boards for recording information, and bandages.
A nurse is a Community Helper who Teaches us to stay Healthy
Discover some ways to help your young child remember to cover their coughs and help to stop the spread of swine flu and other diseases.-
Cover Your Cough
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With outbreaks of Swine Flu cropping up all across the country, how can you help young children remember to take the steps to prevent passing this fast spreading disease on to others? We tell our children to wash their hands and cover their cough but...
Look Who's Talking about Community Helpers
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- LessonPlanet
- Making a Difference: Community Helpers Lesson Plans http://bit.ly/8cwZsU #education #teaching
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- sherzke
- Received two cards for Christmas from other schools in US. So exciting to get mail during our study on Community Helpers!
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- CanyonLab
- Room 2 used the computers to read and listen to a couple of community helpers such as a police officer, vet, firefighter, etc.
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- TEPTA
- Special thanks to all of our parent, grandparent, teacher & community helpers! Santa Shop could not have gone on... http://bit.ly/82iv4u
Community Helpers is in the Four Wheeler's Online Unit Study Directory
Thank you to the Four Wheelers for including the Community Helpers in their Online Unit Study Directory.
- Internet Directory of Unit Studies
- The Four Wheelers Internet Directory of Unit Studies contains a list, roughly arranged by subject, of links to unit studies that are published on the Internet.
Who is your favorite Community Helper?
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- RuntFarmSeries RuntFarmSeries Nov 14, 2009 @ 12:35 pm
- What a fun teaching lens! Cute relevant products, artfully arranged. Favoriting this with an enthusiastic 5 star rating. You might want to connect with the Giraffe Heroes Project, celebrating community service heroes of all ages. Ann Medlock, the founder, is one of our Family Advisors on RuntFarm.com (we have Teachers' Resources, too)
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- luvmyludwig luvmyludwig Oct 18, 2009 @ 9:56 pm
- great job on this, lensrolling to community service ideas
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Aug 10, 2009 @ 8:08 pm
- Beautiful lens. Thanks for sharing.
Lizzy
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- poutine poutine Aug 3, 2009 @ 4:09 pm
- Extremely clever way to teach. WEll done.
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- groovyoldlady groovyoldlady Feb 7, 2009 @ 1:40 pm
- My fave? Probably the nurse I married!
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