This Community Helpers Preschool Activity Pack will help teach kids all about the people in and around their community that make a difference by working to keep them safe, educated, and healthy! Suitable for preschool, pre-k and kindergarten, these activities including literacy and math centers, arts and crafts, as well as fine motor activities are fun and meaningful!
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Community Helpers Theme
This is an amazing preschool theme for a preschool classroom, homeschool or learning center to appreciate the people who help us in our community. From firefighters and doctors to garbage collectors and mail carriers, kids will learn about the amazing people who keep our neighborhoods running smoothly!
A good start when deciding how to introduce a new theme to kids is to do it slowly and through circle time discussions. Break up the information into centers and different activities. Encourage questions, repetition, and engagement.
Circle Time Introduction
First, introduce the preschool lessons on community helpers by asking what is a community helper. You can discuss one category at a time and explain the role of each helper. Show pictures or flashcards of each helper and let children guess what they do! You can also invite them to share personal experiences.
There are so many types of community helpers;
- Community helpers who keep us and our pets healthy: dentists, veterinarians, nurse, doctors
- Community helpers who keep us safe: lifeguard, firefighters, police officers, emergency worker
- Community helpers who keep us fed: bakers, gardener, farmer, chef
- Community helpers who take us from place to place: bus driver, truck drivers, pilot, astronaut
- Community helpers who help us learn: teacher, librarian
- Community helpers who improve our neighborhood: post office staff/ mail carriers, journalists, garbage collectors, janitor, trash collector, painter
- Community helpers who fix our homes: plumbers, electricians, construction workers
Community Helpers Vehicles and Tools
Thereafter, discuss the tools and vehicles that different community helpers use. For example:
- Doctors and Nurses work in a hospital and use stethoscopes, thermometers, and bandages.
- Firefighters work at fire stations and use fire trucks, hoses, and helmets to put out fires and rescue people in emergencies.
- Police officers work at police stations, wear police badges, and patrol neighborhoods using police cars.
- Garbage collectors use garbage trucks, gloves, and recycling bins to keep the environment clean.
- Plumbers work in homes and businesses, using wrenches, pipes, and plungers to fix leaks and water systems.
- Dentists work in dental clinics and use toothbrushes, X-rays, and dental drills to keep teeth healthy. Check out these dental activities for preschoolers which will help children understand the importance of dental hygiene whilst working on essential skills.
- Farmers and gardeners work on farms and in gardens, using tractors, shovels, and watering cans to grow food and plants.
- Mail carriers work at post offices and deliver letters and packages using mail trucks, bags, and envelopes.
- Construction workers build and repair structures at construction sites, using hammers, cranes, cones, and tool belts to complete their projects.
- Librarians work in libraries and use books, computers, and scanners to help people find information and borrow books.
- Grocery clerks work in grocery stores and supermarkets, using cash registers and shopping bags to assist customers with their purchases. This Grocery Shopping Money Counting Activity is such a great hands-on activity that targets important skills.
- Paramedics respond to medical emergencies using ambulances, stretchers, and first aid kits to provide urgent care.
- Chefs and bakers work in restaurants and bakeries, using ovens, mixing bowls, and aprons to prepare meals.
Community Helpers Video
Here’s a video of different types of community helper activities that target various essential preschool skills;
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Community Helpers Activities
Here are 20+ community helpers activities for preschoolers that can be used to help kids understand and appreciate the wonderful people around them. We also played a fun game of Community Helpers Bingo to assess and reinforce the new words learnt in a fun way!
These literacy activities improve vocabulary, uppercase and lowercase discrimination, and visual recognition skills. There are also sorting activities, visual discrimination activities, and everything you need to complete a community helpers preschool theme.
Each activity gives the kids a better grasp of the jobs people do, as well as how and why they do it. Building associations through sorting activities will help them recognize these in the real world. It could also unlock their own interest and passion towards a specific type of work.
A write the room activity is always a great idea as it gets kids moving! There are also fine motor skills activities like tracing lines and cutting strips, as well as hands-on literacy activities.
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Community Helpers Literacy Activities
1. Vocabulary Words– Practice these new words to expand the kids’ vocabulary. Have them identify the object or helper and say the word out loud.
4. Build and Trace Sight Words– Kids can build the words using letter manipulatives and then write them out. Practice the beginning sounds each time when saying the word to improve phonetical awareness.
7. I Spy Alphabet Detectives– Find the alphabet on the poster and then trace it.
2. Alphabet Matching Game– Kids can match the lowercase letter trash bag to the uppercase letter bin. It is perfect for improving letter differentiation.
5. Write the Room– Place the flashcards of the community helpers around the classroom. Then have the kids mark them off or trace the name out as they find them. It can also be hidden in a sensory bin.
3. Beginning Sounds Library– Improve fluency in speech and reading by matching the beginning sound of the image on the book to the library beginning sound!
6. Flip Book– This is an awesome way to teach kids about each community helper, what they do, and the tools used. It’s a good way for them to revise each occupation they learn.
Community Helper Math Activities
8. Number Sense Firefighters– Match the images with the number corresponding to the one on the fire hydrant. Having a strong number sense fuels future success!
11. Color By Number– This is an awesome way to improve number and color recognition. Complete the picture by coloring each portion according to the color and number guide.
9. Number Recognition Firefighters– There are many recognition mats included to help kids recognize numbers 1-10. Remember that practice is the key to math concepts!
12. 2D Shapes Bandages Vet– Improve shape recognition by helping the bear feel better. Match the shapes on the bandages to the ‘bruises’ on the bear.
10. Paint Splatter Counting– Use this hands-on counting activity to make math fun! Add the number of paint splats that are written in red onto the artist’s painting palette.
13. Dump Truck Color Matching- Enhance color recognition by matching the heap of trash to the correct truck. The kids can also read the color.
Visual Discrimination Activities
14. Construction Worker Patterns– Improve memory skills by completing the patterns for the construction worker.
15. Toolbox of Medical Kit Sorting- Help the healthcare worker find their tools! Name each tool.
16. Community Helpers Sorting- Sort the objects associated with each worker. Hide in a sensory bin to encourage sensory play.
Craft Activities
17. Mail Name Craft- Kids will learn how to spell their name out using this cute mail envelope. It can be displayed once completed.
20. Fire Truck Craft- Build this craft by following the step-by-step instructions. Glue the pieces onto a piece of cardstock.
18. Community Helper Puppets- Let the kids enact what they imagine each helper would do or what their job is using craft stick puppets!
19. Police Car Craft- This adorable craft is perfect for little hands to work on. Use the black and white version to encourage creativity.
Fine Motor Activities
21. Community Helper Tracing Cards- Help the worker to their vehicle! Ask the kids to identify each vehicle.
22. Community Helper Vehicles Cutting Cards- Improve scissors cutting skills by cutting along the different cutting strips.
23. Posters and Coloring Pages– Color in these pages during quiet time or morning work. Kids can read each word and color in the pictures. Display the posters on a bulletin board.
And there you have a whole series of activities to help kids understand the importance and contributions of our community helpers! Encourage them to do an act of kindness like leaving some snacks out for mail carriers and saying thank you!
Community Helpers Worksheets
Use these easy printables that require low prep to review the topic or practice skills like tracing, sorting, matching, counting and coloring.
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