Community Helpers

I love talking about community helpers, because it really gets the kids thinking about all the people that help them in their neighborhood. Here is what we did tonight in storytime:

Books:
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman
Clifford to the Rescue by Norman Bridwell
Here Comes Firefighter Hippo by Jonathan London
Millie Waits for the Mail by Alexander Steffensmeier (my favorite!)

Flannel boards:
Community helper dress up, where there are flannel people in plain clothes, and you dress them in the community helper outfits.

Mailman Colors

Craft: 
I let them pick out which helper they would like to thank. Most wrote thank you cards to their teachers, or to their mail carrier.