Community Helpers Teaching Resources
Introduce community helpers to your preschool, kindergarten or first-grade 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 towns and cities 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 neighborhood 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 for the community, such as farmers and chefs
- People who provide education in the community, such as teachers and library workers
- People who keep the community healthy, including doctors and nurses
Here's a broader list that may help!
- Firefighters
- Paramedics
- EMTs
- Farmers
- Teachers
- Librarians
- Doctors
- Nurses
- Sanitation workers
- Veterinarians
- Police officers
- Crossing guards
- Pharmacists
- Construction workers
- Bus drivers
- Mail carriers
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Firefighter Thank You Card Templates
Thank a firefighter with our printable Firefighter Thank You Card Templates.
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Community Types: Define and Draw
Draw and write about rural, urban, and suburban communities with a graphic organizer.
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What Do They Do? Community Helpers Worksheet Pack
Engage kindergarten and first-grade students in writing about 25 amazing community helpers with a worksheet pack.
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Community Helpers - Pictures/Posters
Show your students different community helpers and where they work with this set of 38 half-size community helpers picture posters.
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First Responders Reading Passage - Comprehension
Celebrate and learn about the American heroes known as first responders with a reading passage and comprehension questions.
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Community Helpers Google Interactive
Identify community helpers and the tools they use in different locations around the community with a Google Interactive Activity.
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Fire Truck Printable Math Worksheets (PK-K)
Build number and 2D shape identification skills with our Fire Truck Printable Math Worksheets for Pre-K and Kindergarten.
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Firefighter & Fire Truck Coloring Sheet Set
Highlight the brave heroes that protect the community with a printable Firefighter & Fire Truck Coloring Sheet Set.
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How to Draw a Soldier Directed Drawing
Celebrate Veterans Day at school and encourage creativity with a How to Draw a Soldier directed drawing activity.
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Our Community Helpers - Firefighter Teaching Slides
Introduce your students to our favorite community helpers - firefighters- with an engaging All About Firefighters Slide Deck.
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Label It! Printable Firetruck and Fireman Worksheet Pack
Use this Printable Firetruck and Firefighter worksheet set to introduce your students to of printable early writing/labeling worksheets.
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Describing Community Helpers - Fireman Worksheets
Get students exploring descriptive adjectives with these printable Community Helpers Fireman worksheets, perfect for Early Grades learning.
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Firetruck and Firefighter Activity Sheets - Draw and Write
Use these Firefighter Activity Sheets to take a closer look at firefighters and fire engines and boost writing skills.
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All About Firefighters - Community Helper Worksheets
Kick off Fire Prevention Week and get to know more about our community heroes with a set of printable Firefighter worksheets.
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Build a Fire Truck Craft Template
Introduce your students to some amazing community helpers and make a fun fire engine craft with a printable cut-and-paste fire truck craft template.
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Who Works in Our Community? - Community Helper Worksheet
A worksheet to use when learning about community helpers.
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All About Community Workers - Community Helper Slide Deck
View and discuss the various community helpers with a slideshow about community helpers for kindergarten and preschool.
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Fire Prevention Week - Firefighter Hat Template
Craft a classroom full of firefighter hats with a printable community helper hats template.
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Craft and Write - Fireman Template
Use this printable fireman template and writing activity to display student learning during Fire Safety Month.
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Community Helpers: Police Officer – Comprehension Worksheet
Kick off a study of community helpers with a decodable police officer reading passage and comprehension worksheet.
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Community Helpers: Firefighter – Comprehension Worksheet
Kick off Fire Prevention Week this October with a decodable firefighter reading passage and comprehension worksheet.
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Community Helpers Interactive Clip Cards
Learn about community helpers and the jobs they do with a set of interactive clip cards.
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Community Helpers Bingo
Practice identifying community workers with a few rounds of Community Helper Bingo!
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Match It! Community Helpers Activity
Engage kindergarten and first-grade students in identifying community helpers and the tools they use with a matching activity.
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Printable Community Helpers Booklet
Use this Community Helpers Booklet to review or introduce community workers to your primary grade students.
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Community Helpers Discussion Cards
Spark conversations about the roles of different community helpers with a set of Community Helper Discussion Cards.
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Identifying Community Helpers Worksheets
Engage kindergarten and first-grade students in identifying community helpers with a pair of worksheets.
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School, Home, and Community Jobs Worksheet
Introduce preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students to jobs performed at school, home, and in the community with a cut and paste worksheet.
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Doctors Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing a report about doctors with this fact file and writing scaffold.