15 community helpers activities you need to try in your classroom!

Hungry Handyman With H-ABC Discovery Series

Jealous Janitor With J-ABC Discovery Series

Dangerous Don’ts With D-ABC Discovery Series

Sensory Bin

I try to keep all of my activities the same theme each day. This week we started of with doctors.

Doctors

Gauze
Dolls
Band-aids -I used the lowercase set from my X-ray and bandage alphabet, you can find it here
Tweezers
Magnifying glass
Fake bones

Add all of your materials to your sensory bin, and have your kiddos bandage and treat the dolls.

Police

Black colored rice (streets)
Red colored pasta wheels (sirens)-adding some blue and white ones would look great!
Cars
People
Police dolls
Red magnifying glass

You can also add in plastic police badges, stars, ticket printables etc. The kids scooped the rice and filled the cars.

Construction Workers

This was my absolute favorite!! Hence all of the photos ❤ First I colored the pasta by adding a box to a large ziploc with some paint and mixing thoroughly. I then spread them out on a foil lined tray in the sun to dry.

I used 4 different styles: Rigatoni, Rotelle, Rotini, & Orecchiette.

Colored pasta
Construction signs
Construction vehicles
Shovels

Have kids scoop, pour, and mix the pasta with the trucks and their hands.

Postal workers

Red, white, and blue tinsel
Envelopes
Printable stamps, letters & mail boxes
Jars (I taped the mail boxes to the jars so they can stuff them)
Postal worker dolls
Postal vehicles

Have kids stuff envelopes and mailboxes with the materials.

Firefighter

Red colored pasta
Blue and yellow tissue paper
Firefighter dolls
Printable fire extinguisher
Printable fire alarm
Printable exit sign
Ambulance
Fire engine

Dramatic Play

Doctors

Medical Toys
Babies
White coat
Printable patient forms

Have kids care for, and treat the babies with the medical toys. Don’t forget to fill out the patient forms!

Police/Investigator

Printable wanted posters
Printable walkie takie
Magnifying glasses
Dress-up

Have kids look for clues to find the people on the wanted posters.

Construction workers

Dress-up
Safety cones ( I found these at the dollar tree)
Toy tools
Tool bench
Wood blocks
Printable blue prints

Have kids build and fix things! 🙂

Postal workers

Printable mail boxes
Printable stamps
Dress-up
Envelopes
Paper/pencils
Packaging materials

Have kids write, send, and deliver mail!

Firefighter

Dress-up
Medical toys
Printable fire
Printable fire alarm
Printable fire extinguisher

Have kids “put out” the fire and then care for the victims (EMT).

Science Area

Doctors

Paper towel holders
Pool noodle (cut into six even pieces to support the glove)
Cleaning gloves
Pipe cleaners

Slide the pool noodle onto the paper towel holder, and then put the glove over the pool noodle for support. Have kiddos apply “stitches” to their “patient” by twisting the pipe cleaners on the hand and fingers. *Add foil to the inside of each finger of the glove for more support**

Police/detective/investigator

Printable wanted fingerprint page
Ink pad
Magnifying glass

A student of mine had caught this enormous and beautiful butterfly and wanted to bring it to school. So I decided to add it into our theme and have them be detectives to find out who captured the butterfly. (This butterfly was already dead when she found it and no butterflies were harmed in the process ❤ ) Have the kids use the ink pad to take their fingerprints and apply them to the correct fingers on the page. Once they have finished, have them draw a self portrait in the box provided.

Construction workers

Construction patterns ( I used Canva to create these)

Brown, orange, yellow & black blocks

Have kids build and complete the patterns with the blocks. Using a variety of sizes and textures is great for an added sensory element. Smaller connecting blocks are perfect for advanced fine motor.