Community Helpers

Our community helpers week was a lot of fun! We got to have some great first hand experiences at a Curtis. We started off Monday talking about dentists. I demonstrated how to floss by putting a small chunk of play dough in a crack of a large Lego and then ran a piece of string through it to get the "plaque" out. I let the kids practice this themselves during centers. We learned about the letter H all week and sang this silly poem everyday. I had the kids come up and circle an H after we sang the song, 

Tuesday was policeman day and the kids got to meet a real policeman! Before we went out to meet him the kids got to make a police hat and badge to wear. They were some cute police kids! 

They loved seeing the police men and the police car! They even got to take turns climbing through the police car! Tuesday was also my birthday and I had the kids guess my age. I thought their answers were hilarious! 

Wednesday we learned the about doctors and vets and the differences between them. I gave each child either a human or an animal and they had to sort them in the correct category of who would take care of them, a doctor or a vet. 

Thursday we learned about the mailman. I wrote each child a letter so they each had one to open. They loved receiving a letter, they thought it was so cool! During centers they got to write their own letter to whoever they wanted. I then let them put it into our mailbox. 

Unfortunately I was not able to be their Friday when the kids got to see the Fireman! I heard they had a lot of fun though!