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This activity would be in the writing center. They would be laminated, so students can do this over and over with dry erase markers.

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Does your toddler or preschooler love to use your pens or markers? Mine do! That is typically how I know it is time to start purposefully putting a pen in their hand.

I don't put the pen in their hands, at first, expecting them to write paragraphs, or even letters. It's more about getting used to how to hold a pen and how to use their hand and finger muscles to basically command the pen to write something. It is crucial for children's hands to get used to holding a pencil and how to write in general before expecting them to write letters and sentences.

Prewriting Community Helper Activity

Prewriting is such a fantastic way to help young children begin the writing process and is beneficial in many ways.

There are certain factors that are needed in order for the fine motor skills required for writing to be purposeful. A child needs a strong core, strong shoulder muscles, and strong fingers.

Activities such as this Community Helpers Prewriting Activity can help with those as well as more.

This activity can promote strength in finger muscles, which is crucial for grasping and holding the writing utensil.

It will also strengthen finger manipulation skills, which is important for moving across a page and being able to pick up and put down the pencil for certain letters.

Activities such as this will help with the concept of writing from left to right as well as bilateral dexterity which is necessary for holding the paper and writing at the same time.

This activity is so beneficial, as you can see, but is also FUN. It is fun for you because it is simple to prep and it is fun for kids because each card is a different challenge!
Teaching about Careers? This Touch and Feel box is an excellent idea!
To prep this activity, I would suggest having a few supplies.

You can also laminate instead of using the dry erase pocket, it is completely up to you.

The first thing you will need to do for this activity was print out the free printables. You can grab these at the end of the post. Once they are printed, cut each strip out. At this point you can laminate them or place them in dry erase pockets.

Grab a dry erase marker and show your child the path on the first strip.

You can ask them to identify what the beginning object and ending object are and then have them trace the path.

Each strip has a different community helper and their tool.

Your kids will never know that they are strengthening such crucial skills. They will appear to just be having so much fun!
Ready for more idea? Check out these 20+ Free Preschool Tracing Worksheets.

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Community Helper Themed Prewriting Activity

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Does your toddler or preschooler love to use your pens or markers? Mine do! That is typically how I know it is time to start purposefully putting a pen in their hand. I don't put the pen in their hands, at first, expecting them to write paragraphs, or even letters.

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Students will get to take turns in groups of 2 during centers to explore the sensory bin. They will be encouraged to interact with it as firefighters would. This gives them the chance to pretend to be a firefighter.

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Tot School: Community - Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten | Fire safety preschool, Community helpers sensory, Community helpers theme

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Sep 22, 2017 - This week we focused on community helpers in Tot School. We could literally do this theme for a month because there are so many different jobs and places that we could use for inspiration. But this was our first time really talking about the community and jobs, so I kept our learning to a […]

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This poster can be used to describe community helpers and can be kept up on the wall as a reminder of who are community helpers are.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/123004633558355598/

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This game allows students to interact with the different tools a doctor would use. Daniel Tiger explains the use of each tool.

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This game gives you and your child a way to play together with the instruments that doctors use. When children play about being the doctor, they're in charge. That makes it easier to manage when they have to be the patient.

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This game gives you and your child a way to play together with the instruments that doctors use. When children play about being the doctor, they're in charge. That makes it easier to manage when they have to be the patient.

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This video explains who community helpers are with detailed examples.

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Students will pick out a community helper hat. Then, they will color their hat. After, the teacher will assist with gluing or stapling the hats.

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Jan 18, 2020 - 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!

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Students will cut the hats out, then match them to the right person. After, the students will glue and color the community helpers and their hats.

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community helpers | Community helpers preschool, Community helpers worksheets, Community helpers kindergarten

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May 7, 2018 - This Pin was discovered by Amy Jacquemotte. Discover (and save!) your own Pins on Pinterest

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In this game, you get to tour the neighborhood with Elmo and Abby to meet different community helpers.

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Play Sesame Street games with Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, Grover, and more!

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This song celebrates all the community helpers in the neighborhood and shows pictures of them.

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Sesame Street: Heroes in Your Neighborhood Song | #CaringForEachOther

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This video highlights workers in our community. It includes questions and descriptions of different community helpers.

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Community Helpers for Kids | Jobs & Occupations for Preschool and Kindergarten | Kids Academy