It’s not too late to join in the fun with KiwiCo's weekly community challenges. Here are 10 ways kids can give back to the community.
Our student teacher Mrs. B. started her 10 days of teaching this week and she did fabulous with the kids. I am so impressed. The kids love...
A study found that requiring students to participate in community service to graduate led to significant boosts in 8th grade volunteering, but actually decreased volunteering among older students.
A planned week of preschool activities to play, learn and create for the theme of our community featuring the book All Are Welcome.
Learn about 30 essential community helpers for kids with this Community Helpers Printable where you will spin the wheel to complete the puzzle and learn!
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FREE Community Helpers 2-piece puzzles, perfect for toddlers and preschoolers to learn about occupations and jobs around the community.
Hi all! Sorry I’ve been M.I.A., but WOW can the end of the year get the best of you! I have been getting several e-mails about how I organize all of our classroom materials. I Read more…
This community helpers craft is just as one-of-a-kind as they are! Use the community helpers craft template to make your own adorable preschool craft
Did you know 64% of Gen Zers and millennials feel better understood by the specialized online communities than by their family and real-world friends? Today, more people seek connection online, but not every online group flourishes. As a community builder, you can't just throw people in a group chat and hope community will magically form. Digital communities are like gardens that need careful tending; one results in beautiful flowers and the other offers a space where members are understood, nurtured and embraced. Tending communities is no easy task. It requires time, energy, and hard work but, like gardening, it's a skill that can be learned. Cultivate Community explains the step-by-step process for how anyone can create digital spaces they need and want to see. In this book, you will explore: Why digital-first communities are necessary complements to in-person onesWhat structures, processes, and cultures the best communities share, including provocations like \"lead with love,\" \"decentralize power,\" and community as a gardenHow you start your own community or help existing groups become more community-spirited Ashley Lin's Cultivate Community reminds us that we all have the ability to create flourishing digital-first communities in our own lives-and discover our power to change the world.
FREE printable Paper Hats that kids can color and wear when learning about community helpers, occupations, or when doing dramatic and pretend play. Great for preschool and kindergarten!
Need ideas for community service projects? Find 129 great example of community service and volunteering for teens and college applications.
Learning about the community you live in is important. Go ahead and check out this Community Workers Dress Up Dolls activity.
Classroom community building activities and free ideas and lesson plans to kick off the school year or implement at any time.
Try these engaging activities to build classroom community during the first week of school, including STEM, books, icebreakers, and games that help with social skills and developing friendships.
9 Acts of Kindness Kids Can Do for Community Caregivers
Kindness is always in style. Spread kindness. Spread positivity. Bring happiness into other lives whenever and wherever possible! This positive mentality of spreading kindness is why I have created…
ALL ABOUT ME & MY COMMUNITY I absolutely love teaching All About Me and My Community ! In this unit we cover four themes that are so much fun: All About Me, All About My Family, All About Community Helpers and When I Grow Up. You all know that I love thematic teaching units , and this
Teach kids the importance of community service for life long lessons of making an impact. Try these kid friendly ideas for projects suitable for the family.
Community Service Projects - Project Based Learning This product will be useful in helping you find ways to reach out to your community and help in doing for others. I know that it is a goal of many schools to reach out to their local community and see how they can help others. These acts of kindness can make such a difference in the life of another. Please use these pages to help get you started. Let me know if you have any other ideas and I will add them if possible. Here is a look at the ideas included in this product: Cheer up children in hospitals Thank Law Enforcement for their service Thank Firefighters for their service Thank Troops for their service Collect food for local food pantries / homeless shelters Collect items, food, etc. for local animal shelters To cheer up people in nursing homes All of the ideas listed above include a flyer to be sent home, a page that can be given to families to share with others who may be interested in helping with these acts of kindness, and reminder slips that can be stapled in student folders/planners. Also included is a certificate to thank any students, classrooms, schools or others that participate in these acts of kindness. There will be some research involved...but only to find your local hospitals, police departments, etc. Everything else has been done for you to get you started. Please check out my other products at: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Super-Smart-In-Second-Grade
People Bingo is not only a fun activity but also a great way to get students up and moving during the first week of school to get to know one another! I use this game to help build my classroom community. Enjoy! Katie...
Looking for some virtual volunteer ideas for students in high school? Here are 10 great ways for your teen to community service hours.
Yes! I am finally done! Friday was my last day! My last week of school was AMAZING! It was great because I kept teaching. Oh don't get me wrong we watched a movie or two this week. I ain't gonna lie to you! But I kept them VERY busy the other 4 and 1/2 hours of the day ! ! ! If I stop teaching they stop behaving! This is often worse than the start of school, because I find myself so annoyed with them. "They KNOW better than to act this way." I think in my frazzled brain! I also know better than to ask them to silent read for 45 minutes so I can clean... So I planned a packed week including a fabulous science activity. This activity is SUPER engaging, easy to pull together, CHEAP, and makes me love being a teacher! I sent kids around with a black trash bag asking for bottles. I forgot to tell them we only needed 30, they came back with 100. Little over achievers, just like there teacher! But that was perfect because I used the extra bottles to let them do the project at home too. I brought a feather, gravel, pennies, a sponge to school. I meant to bring foil, but forgot... Oh well. So I cut up some plastic instead of using the foil. You have to roll with it... We huddled up around a big bowl of water and tested out a feather and talked about why it floats, then we dropped a rock in and talked about why it sank. We generalized about why things float and sink. Imagine a picture here Why no picture? Remember I am FRAZZLED! My teacher brain cannot remember everything. Then the kids grabbed one of everything and headed to their desks to work in buddy pairs. They predicted what their supplies would do. Would they sink or float? Then, in go the sponge, penny, rock, and plastic or foil. Kids know that they must communicate and take turn at all times when we are working as teams. Tip: only fill the bottle only 1/3 of the way. This means the label we add will not cover the floating objects. Tip 2: add the label last so that it does not get soaked. Then each child got a thinking mat. They drew and labeled each object inside their bottle, then they explained why some things sink and some things float . Friends, I tell you they were smiling, engaged, leaning, and most importantly not complaining, pinching, chit chatting, or doing any of the stuff that drives us crazy as teachers! I made bulletin board component for this because … well that’s what I do…I really like bulletin boards…. I created the lettering. All you have to do is print and cut. I have way more than 14 kids ( I have 30) but this fits in the camera frame. I also did this photo idea from Primary Practice. The minute I saw I knew I needed to do it! The results are just too danged cute! And it took them a long time to do the writing! SCORE for being able to clean up my room. I think the parents appreciated that their child did some meaningful work this last week of school. The kids glued their picture to the paper below and wrote all about what their jobs will be like and why they chose that job. This little guy (who is a gem and my Citizen of the Year award winner) wrote that he “will try be very smart in the way he fights and try not to die”. But don’t hear darkness in what he said. Nope, not this kid. He is sunshine and helpfulness. He wrote that with optimism and a cheerful plan for being a great “army guy”. If you would like the writing template, grab it my dear, and enjoy! Next year I will staple the students’ writing next to the giant lettering for an Open House display. I miss the ipad… darn thieves. Are you in love with the new trend of grey and yellow? I think it is a nod back to the 80’s grey and peach trend. I liked it then, and I love the new variation now! I am Loving this bag! Polka dots and chevron, too cute! So what do you think would happen if you throw last year’s grade book into the pool as part of your “Welcome Summer” victory dance? Will it sink or float? I plan to find out today! I’ll let you know!
Kindness is always in style. Spread kindness. Spread positivity. Bring happiness into other lives whenever and wherever possible! This positive mentality of spreading kindness is why I have created…
Make a giant map mural with your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students for a community helpers theme or a study on maps.
Yoga festivals throughout the world share insights on the practice and teaching of yoga as well as a chance to form community and celebrate.
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Grab this free careers bingo printable game and have fun learning about ways to earn money. This free printable careers bingo game is a great learning
Do you wish you volunteer more but never find the time to get started or don't know what to do? This simple volunteer idea is something anyone can do.
FREE printable Paper Hats that kids can color and wear when learning about community helpers, occupations, or when doing dramatic and pretend play. Great for preschool and kindergarten!
Find activities and tips on how to build a classroom community, so each student feels welcomed, loved, and comfortable coming to school.
Community Helpers and Labor Day go hand in hand in the primary classroom. See ideas on how to combine these two with resources listed
Looking for service projects ideas for your group, your family or yourself. I've compiled a list of 60 ideas. Check them out!
Church service projects aren't just for teens and adults. Try these 12 community service activities with your children's ministry kids.
Community Helpers activities and centers for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Plus FREE community signs & fire finger painting printable.
Work on matching jobs with the correct community helpers using these free puzzle printables. Fun theme activities for kindergarten and preschoolers.
Create a sense of camaraderie and community at school!
Set a friendly tone in your classroom with these 30 "Get to Know You" games perfect for back to school or when welcoming a new student.
One great ways to build community in your school is with theme days. Theme days can be academic, spirit building and just plain fun!
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Whether it's the beginning of the school year or anytime in the middle--this is one of my favorite activities to do with students. As much as school is about reading, writing, math, science, social studies, PE, art, music, and all the subjects--it's even more about the relationships that students build with their peers. No classroom is perfect because we are all learning! We start off with FRIENDSHIP TOWERS. At first I have some building blocks (you can use Jenga blocks, unifix cubes, really anything that you can build with) and we talk about what makes a great friend by asking questions like: What do great friends do? What do they sound like? What do they look like? (as in actions) What do they make you feel like? And with each response I build a tower. I have my students write down key terms that they say and add to their "Friendship Tower" page. A freebie printable is at the end of this post for you to use because #yourock. Then I talk about how all friends aren't perfect...and I take away a few blocks. We discuss how this doesn't mean that a friendship is over, it just means that you have to keep building. Now sometimes something might happen where you feel your friendship tower has been completely destroyed. Sadsville. We discuss cirmcumstances like this because students will encounter this--it's real life y'all. BUT then we talk about how it's okay to rebuild and refortify your friendship and how it is totally possible! Then students get to build their own friendship towers and encourage one another and cheer each other on for the "coooolest tower" or the "tallest tower" or the "funkiest tower" and so on. I'm allllll about simplicity with a big impact and my students alllllllways love this one. JUST had to share! Will you try this? I think you should! Let me know how it goes in the comments. Oh, and grab this handy dandy freebie printable {HERE} Over and Out!
Do you have a future chef, farmer, or police man on your hands? You and your child can have fun exploring the job descriptions of the helpers in our communities with these fun paper hats! The free printables are easy to cut out and color, and your child will get a kick out of wearing them while you learn together!
