Free Responsibility Interactive Book for Preschoolers

Learning About Responsibility in Preschool

SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS FOR PRESCHOOL

YOUNG CHILDREN DEVELOP IMPORTANT SOCIAL SKILLS, HOW TO MANAGE EMOTIONS, AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH MODELING AND GUIDANCE FROM CAREGIVERS.

Playing preschool memory games, sharing board books, or role-playing social situations are great ways to help kids learn and understand what it means to be responsible.

Just as we might teach a child to ski on the bunny slopes before heading to the top of the mountain, they need instruction on what it means to be responsible before piling on a list of chores that they must do.

This book covers many household tasks that your child might be responsible for. If there are tasks that you don’t do in your home, you can always eliminate that page from the free printable. Or you can use it as a way to talk about how every family is different.

If your chore list includes other items, like set the table, this book provides a great starting point to talk about the things your family does that might not be included.

The “I can” statements included in the interactive book are:

• Find my clothes
• Put on my shoes
• Brush my teeth/hair
• Wash my hands
• Take a bath
• Put on pajamas
• Make my bed
• Turn off the light
• Pick up my toys
• Wash the window/sweep the floor
• Water my plant
• Feed the fish/dog/cat

What Can Preschoolers Learn With The Interactive Responsibility Book?

INTERACTIVE PICTURE BOOKS

INTERACTIVE BOOKS LIKE TAP THE MAGIC TREE, LIFT THE FLAP, PULL-TABS AND POP-UPS INVOLVE KIDS IN THE SOCIAL INTERACTION OF SHARING A BOOK.

The responsibility book is also a great opportunity to teach your child new vocabulary:

• Teeth
• Fish
• Hair
• Bed
• Sweep/wash

How to Make This Interactive Responsibility Book

Step One:

First, print the pages. Cut the picture cards and laminate if desired. Directions for assembling the file folder are included in the download.

Step Two:

To interact with the book and your child, read each sentence. Then, ask your child to find the corresponding picture and place it in the box.

Step Three:

Finally, talk about the task on the page. Do you do that? Which chore do you like the best/least? Which chores are easy/hard?

Extend the Activity

Memory Skills

Memory games for kids are a great way to reinforce vocabulary and the concept of responsibility.

Role Play

Have a little fun while learning about chores by playing a silly role play game. Draw a card, identify the chore, then act it out with a scary face/robot/slowly/fast, etc.

Narrate the Book

Once familiar with the book, let your child narrate each page. Don’t worry if they don’t “read” it word for word. It will be fun to hear how they interpret each page.

More Responsibility Activities:

• Teaching Responsibility in Preschool through Practical Life Skills
• Teaching Responsibility: Use a Morning Routine Checklist
• Morning Routine Chart for the Preschool Classroom
• Teaching Kids to be Responsible through Literacy Activities
•  Homeschool Lesson Plan Checklist
• Teaching Children How to Be Responsible for their Own Backpack