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One of my 2019 writing goals included creating a course, which I was actually able to complete earlier this year. The Foods and Food Production Course I created was published on Schoolhouse Teachers at the end of March.
And now, there is another course I created available on Schoolhouse Teachers. This one is entitled Who Are Community Helpers?
Who Are Community Helpers? is divided into ten lessons each focused on a different community helper. Those include:
- Chef
- Construction worker
- Dentist
- Doctor
- Farmer
- Firefighter
- Mail carrier
- Nurse
- Police officer
- Teacher
Each individual community helper lesson is divided into sections:
- Introduction Questions
- Bible
- Books to Read
- Social Studies/History/Geography
- Math
- Science/Health
- Writing
- Art/Snack/Activities
- Closing Questions
Who Are Community Helpers? and Foods and Food Production are available to members of SchoolhouseTeachers.com, which offers over 400 courses for preschoolers through high schoolers, as well as additional resources for adults. My daughters and I have enjoyed multiple courses, videos, and resources from SchoolhouseTeachers.com, and we are looking forward to taking advantage of more of the courses in the upcoming school year (and this summer).
If you would like more information about SchoolhouseTeachers.com, click here.
If you are not a member of SchoolhouseTeachers.com (and have no interest in becoming one), then maybe the following 8 books about community helpers will be helpful if you decide to talk about community helpers with the little ones in your life.
Books About Community Helpers
Helpers in my Community by Bobbie Kalman
Jobs of a Preschooler by Brigitte Brulz
Yes, this is the book I wrote and published, but I figured it fits in with community helpers. Jobs of a Preschooler has only one sentence per page and rhyming text. Free coloring pages to go along with the book are available here.
The summary of Jobs of a Preschooler states: “There are many jobs a parent may do throughout his or her day. A parent may be a chef (someone has to make the meals to eat), a teacher (learning doesn’t happen only at school), and a driver (for all those places where walking would take way too long). But parents aren’t the only ones with these jobs – preschoolers may do them, too! Join a busy preschooler as she experiences many jobs throughout her day. Is it work, or is it play?”
Show Me Community Helpers by Clint Edwards
This book includes police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dentists and hygienists, veterinarians, teachers, librarians, school bus drivers, cafeteria workers, construction workers, and electric utility workers. Each community helper section offers vocabulary words that go along with that community helper. For example, the police officer section talks about what police officers do and defines a fingerprint, crime, jail, holster, police car, siren, flashlight, two-way radio, badge, and handcuffs.
Whose Coat is This? by Laura Purdie Salas
Throughout the book, the reader is asked whose coat is being shown closeup with a one line description. The answer is then found on the next page along with more of a description of how the coat is just right for the job it is used for. The “coats” shown in this book include an artist’s smock, judge’s robe, soldier’s jacket, mail carrier’s coat, ski patroller’s jacket, doctor’s lab coat, firefighter’s coat, and your coat. The end includes a quick quiz to see what you have learned about three of the coats.
Whose Gloves are These? by Laura Purdie Salas
Throughout the book, the reader is asked whose gloves are being shown closeup with a one line description. The answer is then found on the next page along with more of a description of how the gloves are just right for the job they are used for. The gloves shown include a zookeeper’s glove, baseball player’s glove, dentist’s glove, mountain guide’s glove, gardener’s glove, welder’s gloves, housekeeper’s glove, and your winter mittens. The end includes a quick quiz to see what you have learned about three of the gloves.
Whose Hat Is This? by Sharon Katz Cooper
Throughout the book, the reader is asked whose hat is being shown closeup with a one line description. The answer is then found on the next page along with more of a description of how the hat is just right for the job it is used for. The hats shown include a firefighter’s helmet, beekeeper’s hat, chef’s hat, police officer’s cap, football player’s helmet, astronaut’s helmet, construction worker’s hard hat, and your hat. The end includes a quick quiz to see what you have learned about three of the hats.
Whose Shoes Are These? by Laura Purdie Salas
Throughout the book, the reader is asked whose shoes are being shown closeup with a one line description. The answer is then found on the next page along with more of a description of how the shoes are just right for the job they are used for. The shoes shown include underwater photographer’s flippers, park ranger’s field boots, athlete’s basketball shoes, construction worker’s steel-toed boots, ballerina’s pointe shoes, fisherman’s knee-high rubber boots, astronaut’s space boots, and your sneakers. The end includes a quick quiz to see what you have learned about three of the shoes.
Who Will I Be? by Abby Huntsman
The teacher in Isabel’s class asks what the students want to be when they are older, but Isabel doesn’t know. Her dad has her think about what makes her happy. She enjoys helping others but doesn’t think there is a job for a helper, so her dad shows her some of the helpers in her community: a teacher, crossing guard, veterinarian, someone in the military, policeman, librarian, activist, gardener, garbage man, pastor, journalist, fireman, and mayor (her mother). She still doesn’t know specifically which job she wants to have when she grows up, but she decides she does want to be a helper.
Do you have a recommendation for any other book about community helpers?
For more themed books, check out:
- 55 Children’s Books About Dads
- 5 Interactive Educational Children’s Books
- 14 Children’s Books About Flowers
- 14 Children’s Books About Seeds, Plants, and Gardening
Brigitte Brulz 