Community activities for kids

Corning Incorporated sponsored this blog post. The opinions, activities, and text are all mine. We are constantly in the car on errands or running around town visiting parks and exploring the area where we live.

FREE printable Paper Hats that kids can color and wear when learning about community helpers, occupations, or when doing dramatic and pretend play. Great for preschool and kindergarten!

Make a paper city with this fun architecture for kids project! It is fun, it is easy, it will keep them busy, and it is educational!

Looking for creative ways to teach about Community Helpers? This blog is filled with activities and ideas for every grade level, from pre-k to 5th grade! Whether it's through crafts, games, or interactive lessons, your students will enjoy exploring the vital roles of community helpers in their community.

Kids are curious by nature and discovering that there are people and places around the world that are both similar and different from them is an important way to teach them about diversity and acceptance. These fun activities are the perfect way to teach kids about different cultures around the world and get them excited about learning! These activities are perfect for teaching the whole family about different countries, cultures and traditions.

7 Classroom Community Building Activities 7 easy community building activities for the classroom. Get students feeling connected and engaged with closing circles, compliments, community service, lunch bunch and more.

Learn about community helpers through play! See how firefighters, police officers, doctors, dentists, and mail carriers help us every day.

If you're looking for a community service for kids, these ideas should help spark some ideas that you can incorporate into your plans for community service.

Kids use team work to create this wheel.

This past week we have been discussing what belonging to a community means, what communities we belong to (families, class/school, neighbourhoods, sports teams), and the people and places within these communities. We began by discussing the different places we would find in our community and why they are important. Then students had a chance to …

Creating Kindness Rocks with Kids! I love to use this idea for a back to school for the class- to create an atmosphere of community and kindness!

Paper Bag Dramatics: A fun activity for Team Building and Developing Community. Here's an idea that can be used just about anywhere at any time. It encourages groups to solve problems, think creatively, and work as a team.

Invitation To Create: City Planner. Open ended creative construction or building paper craft for kids. Great for fine motor development. Perfect for preschoolers, kindergartners, and elementary students, and allows exploration of shapes and colors.

These FREE Printables make the perfect Easter Brain Breaks for the classroom. Also, find Easter songs for the classroom on this post!

Empower kids to help their community and, at the same time, teach them about responsibility and compassion. Here are some community service ideas that they could easily volunteer for.

Community Helpers 1417072 worksheets by purple_butterfly .Community Helpers interactive worksheet for Kindergarten LiveWorksheets

build a city map- printable geography set for kids! A fun way to learn about mapping and your neighborhood

Our community theme is one of my favorites because there are so many fun things we can do. I could probably spend a month on this theme exploring lots of jobs, places and community helpers. Here were our plans for our community theme: And here are the details for each activity: Making Inferences: Madelynn loves