![]() Let children write letters and cards to their friends and place "stamps" on envelopes. The accused child will chant: "Who me?" and the officer will chant, "Yes you." Then, the accused child will chant, "Not me," and the police officer will ask, "Then who?" The child acting as the police officer will switch places with the child he/she pointed to, and that child will become the police officer for the next round. Have the rest of the children chant "Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?" The police officer will point to one of the children in the group. Pick one child to be the police officer and give him/her a police officer's hat to wear. ![]() Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar? Write the name of the child on the car and let children use a magnifying glass to examine the fingerprints. Police Officer Activities and Gamesĭiscuss with children the work policer officers do and how they help the community. Let the child name the number and jump up the ladder the matching number of steps, counting as he/she goes. Let children line up before the ladder and hand out a number card to the child in front of the line. Write the numbers 1-10 on index cards and tape them in each step. Tape a ladder with masking tape on the floor, with each "step" about one foot apart. Let children put out the fires with the letter F. Write the the letters F and f on some of the fire shapes. Variation: Use red and yellow sidewalk chalk and draw flames on a sidewalk and let the children put them out with water bottles. Firefighters Activities and Gamesĭiscuss with children what firefighters do and how they help the community.įire fighter, fire fighter, hear the alarmįire fighter, fire fighter, no time to restĬreate some fire shapes out of yellow and orange craft foam and let children use squeeze bottles filled with water to put out the fires. Draw and cut out a circle out of card stock and let children cover the piece with tin foil to make a light/mirror. Provide band-aids, tongue depressors, cotton balls, white shirts and let children pretend to be doctors, vets, and nurses taking care of sick teddy bears or stuffed animals. Doctor, Nurses, and Vets Activities and Gamesĭiscuss what doctors, vets, and nurses do. Let your children match the object with the community helper.Ĭommunity Helper, Hats, and Tools Matching Gameįocus on different community helpers during the year for children to learn more about their jobs and how their work helps the community. Print pictures of different community helpers (firemen, police officer, doctor, teacher, baker, mail carrier, etc.) and some objects that relate to each community helper (firetruck, police badge, mail bag, books, etc.). The doctor in our town says, "How do you feel?". The mail carrier in our town says, "Here's your mail". The carpenter in our town says, "Give me a hammer". ![]() The teacher in our town says, "Let's learn something". The firefighter in our town says, "Stop, drop, and roll". " The librarian in our town says "Read a book" Place a picture of the community helper on the board. Sing the song and let children guess the community helper. Let children read the rhyme on their own and place the matching body parts card on the reading chart.Make a list together as a group of the many jobs people might have in a town. Here are my feet that go walking each day. Here are my shoulders and here is my cheek. Here is my pink tongue that helps me speak. Here is my mouth with my white teeth inside. ![]() Invite a child for each sentence of the rhyme to come up to the board and use a pointer to find the word "my" in the sentence. Point to the word "my" and say the word together. Read the rhymes and let children point to their matching body parts. Write the rhyme below on sentence strips place inside your reading chart. My Body (Printables and activity available inside our KidsSoup Resource Library)
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