Free Printable Community Helpers Matching Game for Preschool
I love community helpers preschool activities! It’s an important concept to teach young children about the people who live and work around them. Some of these might be people that your kids see every day, like the school crossing guard or the postal worker. Others are very important, but maybe not as well known by kids who live in cities, like the farmers. Every one of them plays an important role in our lives and teaching children about these important professions is so much fun!
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Materials for the Community Helpers Memory Game:
- Paper
- Laminating Pouches
- Laminator
Teaching community helpers in preschool is the perfect time because students are very curious about the world in general. Community themed activities help children form important background knowledge for later comprehension. This community helper preschool printable is perfect to share with your students all year long!
The Community Helpers Matching Game is packed with community helpers pictures and labels: soldier, veterinarian, trash collector, crossing guard, policeman, firefighter, nurse, doctor, librarian, postal worker, teacher and farmer.
To Prep: Print the free community helpers printable matching game on the white side of the scrapbook paper (or card stock), laminate and cut the cards.
To Play: In case you haven’t played Memory before, you turn over two cards at the same time. If they match, you get to keep them and turn over another set of community helpers to try again.
If they don’t match, you turn them back over and it becomes the next person’s turn. Play continues until the cards have all been matched.
More ideas for your Community Helpers Theme
Get creative with your community helpers activities. Every preschool and kindergarten classroom needs a box of career-themed costumes. Consider how you might branch out from there.
Field trips are a wonderful way to show young children all of the different helpers in the community. Consider setting up simple trips (perhaps you can even walk?) to the post office, grocery store, police station, or local hospital.
Here are some other ideas:
- Set up a Post Office dramatic play center
- Teach about firefighters with this free printable firefighter play dough set
- Practice counting with these free community helpers for kids counting puzzles
- Start reading with community helper preschool themed emergent readers
- Learn about letters with this fun trash pick-up activity
- Keep a nurses hat in your desk and put it on every time someone needs a band aid
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I love your site. I’m using the community helpers matching game. The kids in our Special Needs 4 yr. old class at public school love to match! Thank you for the free resources!! Elizabeth Cox
Great for working with my kids in different ways. Thank you !
Great flaschards to work with the kids!!!!!