I �m stumped.  I want to extend my Jobs/Community topic with my pre-schoolers for four more lessons but I �m complete uninspired and I can �t find anything useful on the net.

 

Can anyone point me in a good direction for getting some ideas?

 

Thanks so much!

 

Esther

Have you looked here?

As for community, I assume you�re also covering places in a city or various workplaces. My kids love playing the sorting out game - I place pictures of places (hospital, farm, zoo, fire station...) and in the centre we have people who forgot overslept and forgot where they have to go (rush hour syndrome) - so the kids and I rescue them. I pull out a card/word card of a job and they run to the proper place and place the �person� there (eg. doctor - hospital). If all goes well, you can also add vocabulary for equipment. You say �Who works with.... a fire engine? � The kids say �fire fighters!�, then you say �Who works with... scissors?� and they say �hairdresser� or �tailor�... Etc. They also love adding words such as dangerous - which jobs are dangerous?

I hope this helps a bit.

Anita

PS: If your group has covered simple directions, such as go left/right, go straight or stop, then you can play the city game so that you or a student is the doctor and they direct you to the hospital. They can even do that in groups for points.

 

I can �t thank you enough, Anita, Sophia and Cukurova!

Esther