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Community workers picture match
Match pictures of workers with things they might use or deliver.
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Paper and large child-appropriate crayons
Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.
Stay with the child throughout. Check the space and supplies, including anything within reach of younger siblings. Skip any activity that is unsuitable. Stop if a child puts non-food material in their mouth or becomes distressed. Use intact books, full sheets of paper, a large child-appropriate crayon and a clean, dry towel. Follow product labels; remove torn paper and keep broken crayons and caps away from children. Adult handles and stores supplies.
Set up: Draw a baker, a gardener and a mail carrier down one side of the page. Draw a letter, a plant and a loaf of bread in a different order on the other side.
Adult's role: Help name the drawings and explain that workers can do many different jobs and use many tools. Welcome other reasonable connections.
Let's make it happen
- Look at each worker and object. Talk about what you notice.
- Connect a mail carrier to the letter, a gardener to the plant and a baker to the bread.
- Choose another worker you know about and draw something they might use in their work.
Make it simpler: Draw two workers and their objects, then point to matches instead of drawing lines.
Clean up: Put paper and crayons away.
Use intact crayons suitable for your child and stay nearby.