This week we began our next unit about Community Helpers. Here are the theme concepts for this unit:
· A community is a group of people with something in common
· There are people in our community that help us
· Everybody contributes to the welfare of the community
· We are all members of multiple communities
The questions we will be answering in this unit are:
· What is a community?
· Who are the members of a community that help us?
· How can you identify community workers?
Stories
We need firefighters by Lola M. Schaefer
When I grow up by Marilee Joy Mayfield
Firefighter Ted by Andrea Beaty and Pascal Lemaitre
The Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Helpers in your Neighborhood by Shira Evans
Stories
We need firefighters by Lola M. Schaefer
When I grow up by Marilee Joy Mayfield
Firefighter Ted by Andrea Beaty and Pascal Lemaitre
The Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Helpers in your Neighborhood by Shira Evans
Small Groups
Finding the letters in my name on a firetruck (Tuesday)
Sorting items that Community Helpers Use (Wednesday & Thursday)
Doctors/Firefighters
Chef/Construction Worker
Choice Time
Dramatic Play - Being a Doctor and taking care of babies
Game - Rescue Heroes - Firefighters
Block Area - Dressing Up and acting like firefighters in our big firetruck
Sand Table - Squirting out fires (picture on paper) with water bottles
Art - Making a firefighter hat
