May 17 - 21 - Theme "Community Helpers" and the "Letter C"

I am so excited to do community helpers with the kids.

Make a map of the community and start labeling where all the community helpers can be found.

Make a list of community helpers and discuss how they help us.


Monday:

• Garbage Truck craft (we will be using crayons to color the pieces and put them together to make a garbage truck)
• Go thru community helper picture book I made (print off pictures of community helpers and slip them into a photo album and go thru them with the kids asking if they know who the community helpers are)
• teach the kids Stop Drop and Roll - Fire safety
• color fire truck or fireman
  
• add fire hall to community map
• read Sparky story online
  

Tuesday:

• Bake cookies in the shape of the letter C
• Color the letter C to look like a carrot
• add library to community map
  

Wednesday:

• Take our teddy bear to the doctor
• Read Story: About going to the doctor
• add hospital to community map
• Doctor coloring page
  

Thursday:

• Make mailbox and letters for kids to deliver (we are recycling a large family size cereal box for this craft for the mailbox)
  
• add post office to community map
• Mailman coloring page
  

Friday:

• Color police badge or police car
  
• trace our hands and then ink our fingers so our finger prints only show up.
  
• add police station to community map