Community Helpers

We just wrapped up a learning unit on Community Helpers.  “Little minds” are so eager to explore the possibilities of what to be when they grow up.  It’s amazing how quickly their answers change when they are presented this question for the future.  So, this week, we invited parents to join us by sharing what they do as a community helper.  You can imagine the enthusiasm the kids had and how often they changed their minds as each opportunity presented itself.  We were visited by police officers, a sales person, a florist, a librarian, and a nurse.  The children had great questions and were enthralled by each guest and their particular tools of the trade. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of some of the really cool guests.  Bummer!

 Kimberly’s Daddy, Joel, brought in all kinds of cool tools used in his job as a salesperson.  The kids were eager to feel all the squishy, fluffy and soft car detailing equipment.  Some of the hand mitts looked like bright crazy puppets.

 Savino’s Mommy designs flower arrangements as a florist.  She brought in flowers and let us feel and smell all the pretty blooms.

 Then she made an arrangement for us to show us how to balance the foliage.

The finished bouquet was beautiful.  Each child got to take home one of the floral stems too!

Accompanying our guest speakers, the children were able to explore different jobs through dramatic play.  A definite highlight was playing grocery store with all of the donated empty food boxes and packages.  It was interesting to watch different packages being sorted and arranged as though they were being stocked and displayed in a market aisle.  Thanks to all the parents that brought in the grocery items.