Community Helpers in Your Neighborhood
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Who are the Community Helpers in Your Neighborhood?
Community helpers are people who help us in our neighborhoods. We say that they provide a service for us. Find out about the various community service jobs in your community and who the people are that provide those services.
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.
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.
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Community Helpers
Neighbors in the Community help Each Other
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 disease. 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 Outfits- Set of 13
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What do the public officials in your town or city do? How do they help the community? Community helpers think about your community. They plan for community events and prepare for emergencies. Does your community have plans in place in case of an earthquake or hurricane?
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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.
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
Ballot Box with Ballot
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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.
Electing your Community Helpers
Voting for President or Mayor is serious business
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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?
Some Community Helpers offer Services.
NanLT says:
I am a community helper.
As a community helper, I sit on a school's board of governors which helps to oversee the management of the school. I also sit on a council committee which oversees the actions of the children and young people services for the borough.
waldenthree.net says:
Valuable lens. Enjoyed visiting.
mrducksmrnot says:
To many folks forget the once a week or more often visits by the Trash/Garbage collectors. Their important role in life makes the community livable.
plumberinmanchester says:
I helped someone out for free in winter so they could have a hot bath!
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!
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
Vote for Your Favorite Candidate
Who will you vote for? Who will help all the members of the community the most?
Community Helpers
Community Helpers Song
People In Your Neighborhood
One of my favorite songs and a delightful song for learning about community helpers is Who are the People in Your Neighborhood? from Sesame Street. After you have learned the song, set up a puppet show with characters dressed up to represent community helpers. Children can even make up their own verses. Who are the people you meet each day in your neighborhood and what jobs do they do?
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Reading about Community Helpers
Community Helpers Recycle
Garbage Collectors are Community Helpers
The people who pick up the trash are also community helpers. You can help them by seperating and recycling your trash.
Community Helpers and the Gingerbread Man
The Gingerbread Man Meets the Community Helpers
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Make a batch of gingerbread cookies with your children on one of the first days of school. Put the cookies in the oven just as the kids head off to a special. When the children come back from the special they will discover that the cookies are gone. The gingerbread cookies have run away. This gives you the opportunity to go looking for the cookies while meeting the community helpers in your school.
Visit the librarian, the school nurse, the janitor, the secretary and finally the principal where the children find that the cookies are waiting for them.
- 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
Boy and Girl...
H. Armstrong...
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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.
Look Who's Talking about Community Helpers
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- Firefighters Fight Fires (Community Helpers (Child's World)): Describes what happens when a fire alarm goes off ... http://t.co/OxeQbdHy
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- Littlest Pet Shop Chow Chow and Boxer: Nine more community helpers plus 3 connectable fire, police and construct... http://t.co/7hoEoYw1
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- Learn to talk about Vehicles & Occupations Flashcards: This pack is filled with community helpers and how they g... http://t.co/SwTcHuNw
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- LISTENING LOTTO COMMUNITY HELPERS: LISTENING LOTTO COMMUNITY HELPERS http://t.co/ppGhvDsB
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- Friends At Work And Play Posters And Books Set: Children and community helpers, with different backgrounds and a... http://t.co/cYoompJI
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Community Helpers is in the Stone Soup Homeschooling Online Unit Study Directory
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Who is your favorite Community Helper?
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Ruthi
Feb 28, 2012 @ 8:24 pm | delete
- This is a great introduction to neighborhood community helpers and will be a great learning tool for children to not only appreciate those who provide a service or product, but also to learn to take responsibility themselves. Great job. You have my blessings and a bit o' sunshine.
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aishu19
Feb 22, 2012 @ 3:58 pm | delete
- What is a community without their helpers?It is certainly essential to acknowledge the significance of each of them and to remind us that we are one together. Well done
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traveller27
Feb 22, 2012 @ 3:09 pm | delete
- Great lens - blessed!
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ChrissLJ Feb 22, 2012 @ 8:24 am | delete
- My goal in life is to be just like Nancy Pearl and have an action figure modeled after, me too! (Nancy Pearl is the model for the Shhh!ing Librarian.) I find it highly amusing that Nancy and the Lunch Lady action figures were put together. Have you not read Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians?
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NanLT
Feb 22, 2012 @ 5:31 am | delete
- I immediately thought off the Sesame Street song when I saw this lens title. So glad you were able to find a video of it to use.
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madinvestment
Nov 6, 2011 @ 3:39 am | delete
- You did a great job on your lens and thank you for sharing it with us fellow squiders.
One big thumbs up vote issued for this lens!
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studyaids
Sep 26, 2011 @ 3:36 pm | delete
- A wonderful lense. Very informative indeed.
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mrducksmrnot
Sep 10, 2011 @ 10:10 pm | delete
- Very nice lens especially for educating our young children and even young adults who let life fly by without noticing who does what. Congratulations, I'll bookmark this for my friend who home school's her children. Squidoo is more of a live Encyclopedia for anyone and everyone.
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stickyboard
Jul 13, 2011 @ 4:43 am | delete
- Hey great lense! We're a bit new to Squidoo but my brother and I have started a social enterprise in London to help bring the communities together - come check out our lens we hope you like it!
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moonlitta
Feb 19, 2011 @ 8:53 pm | delete
- I never thought about how many people work daily for the neighborhood. Thanks for making this lens and reminding about that!
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alteredkat
Oct 14, 2010 @ 11:28 am | delete
- your lenses are always so full of great info and very helpful...blessed and featured here: http://www.squidoo.com/100-blessings
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RuntFarmSeries
Nov 14, 2009 @ 12:35 pm | delete
- 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
Oct 18, 2009 @ 9:56 pm | delete
- great job on this, lensrolling to community service ideas
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ElizabethJeanAllen
Aug 10, 2009 @ 8:08 pm | delete
- Beautiful lens. Thanks for sharing.
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poutine
Aug 3, 2009 @ 4:09 pm | delete
- Extremely clever way to teach. WEll done.
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groovyoldlady
Feb 7, 2009 @ 1:40 pm | delete
- My fave? Probably the nurse I married!
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marsha32
Feb 4, 2009 @ 6:26 pm | delete
- The crazy cat lady...that must be me LOL
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Jewelsofawe Jan 23, 2009 @ 3:33 pm | delete
- Very nice.
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aj2008
Jan 23, 2009 @ 4:05 am | delete
- As usual Evelyn, you have come up with something from everyday life and turned it into an educational and interesting topic.
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Tipi
Dec 29, 2008 @ 3:27 pm | delete
- I like your style and sense or humor! It's a great lens! 5*'s
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