Community Helpers Teaching Resources
Introduce community helpers to your early years students with printable worksheets, crafts and more teacher-created resources designed with this social studies standard in mind!
The Teach Starter team of expert teachers has curated a curriculum-aligned collection of community helper activities and other interactive ideas to teach young students about the people who keep our communities running. Save time on your lesson plans with resources that have been carefully curated by expert teachers just for you!
Is this your first year teaching this section of the social studies curriculum, or are you just looking for some fresh ideas? Read on for some tips from our teacher team, including a definition to explain what a community helper is to your class and activity ideas.
What Are Community Helpers? A Kid-Friendly Definition
So what is a community helper? These people in the community provide vital services that keep our communities running. But how do you explain who community helpers are to your students? Here's a kid-friendly definition from our teacher team:
A community helper is someone in our neighbourhood who helps us do important things, like keeping us healthy and safe. They are our friends who help us when we need them.
Who Are the Community Helpers Kids Learn About?
Looking for a list of community helpers to talk about in class? This sector of the community can typically be broken down into four basic groups:
- People who help keep the community safe, including firefighters and emergency workers
- People who provide food, such as farmers and chefs
- People who provide education, such as teachers and library workers
- People who keep us healthy, including doctors and nurses
Here's a broader list that may help!
- Firefighters
- Paramedics
- Ambulance officers
- Farmers
- Teachers
- Librarians
- Doctors
- Nurses
- Rubbish collectors
- Veterinarians
- Police officers
- Lollipop ladies
- Pharmacists
- Construction workers
- Bus drivers
- Posties
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Fire Truck Math Worksheets for Kindergarten / Foundation
Build number and 2D shape identification skills with our printable Fire Truck Maths Worksheets.
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Firefighter Colouring Sheets
Highlight the brave heroes that protect the community with printable Firefighter Colouring Pages.
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Workers in the Community Posters
Posters showing emergency workers in the community.
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How to Draw a Soldier Directed Drawing
Draw and write to reflect on Remembrance Day with a How to Draw a Soldier directed drawing activity.
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Community Helpers Mini Book
Use this mini-book to review or introduce community workers to young students.
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Community Helpers - Interactive Activity
Identify community helpers and the tools they use in different locations around the community.
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Build a Fire Truck Craft Template
Introduce your students to some amazing community helpers with a printable cut-and-paste fire truck craft template.
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Community Helpers - Firefighter Hat Template
Craft a classroom full of firefighter hats with a printable community helper hat template.
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Community Helpers Interactive Peg Cards
Learn about community helpers and the jobs they do with a set of interactive peg cards.
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Community Helpers: Nurse – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article from the Foundation magazine (Issue 2).
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Community Helpers: Police Officer – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article from the Foundation magazine (Issue 1).
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Fire Truck and Firefighter Adjectives Worksheet
Describe firefighters and fire trucks using descriptive adjectives with a set of printable Community Helper worksheets for Early Years.
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All About Firefighters - Community Helper Worksheets
Get to know more about firefighters and community helpers with a set of printable firefighter worksheets.
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Community Helpers: Doctor – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article from the Foundation magazine (Bonus Issue).
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Community Helpers: Fire Fighter – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article from the Foundation magazine (Issue 3).