Whether your preschooler is fascinated by firefighters, police officers, construction workers, or any other helpers they see around their community we have a variety of activities to spark their imagination and foster a love of helping others.
From coloring pages and puzzles to hands-on crafts, these resources are designed to make learning about community helpers exciting and interactive.
Join us as we explore creative ways to bring these helpers into your home, providing endless opportunities for your little ones to learn, play, and discover!
How Can Community Helpers Worksheets Enhance Learning for Preschoolers?
Community Helper worksheets are a fantastic way to combine fun with education.
These worksheets often include activities like coloring, matching, and simple puzzles that help young children develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and early literacy and numeracy skills.
By engaging with these worksheets, preschoolers can learn about professions, their roles, and what vehicles and tools they use in an interactive and enjoyable manner.
What Types of Crafts Can Preschoolers Make to Learn About Community Helpers?
Crafting is an excellent hands-on activity that allows preschoolers to express their creativity while learning about community helpers.
Simple projects like making sensory bins, creating snacks into fire trucks, or assembling-themed puppets can teach kids about different professions and their unique benefits to the community.
These crafts also encourage imaginative play and help develop important skills like following instructions and problem-solving.
How Do Worksheets and Crafts Foster a Love for Community Helpers?
Worksheets and crafts centered around community helpers can instill a sense of curiosity and appreciation for all the hard work and sacrifices they make in preschoolers.
By engaging in these activities, children can develop a deeper understanding of the importance of community helpers and their roles.
Additionally, creating art related to their favorite helper can build a personal connection, fostering empathy and a desire to appreciate every community helper as they grow older.
What Are Some Easy-to-Implement Community Helper Activities at Home?
Bringing the action to your home can be simple with the right activities.
Printable worksheets, coloring pages, and cut-out shapes are easy to find online and can provide hours of educational fun.
Combine these with craft supplies like glue, scissors, and colored paper to create a mix of all that it takes to create an incredible community right in your home.
Reading community helper themed books and watching educational videos about each helper can also complement these activities, creating a well-rounded learning experience.
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I have tried to include as many activities in various categories for your preschool lesson plans. Of course, most activities may overlap into multiple categories.
I’ve included information about each activity, but you may need to click the link for more information. All activities that require instructions, have an active link that you can click directly from the PDF if you have internet connection.
There are resources for varying levels of students from ages 2-5. You’ll have to use your discretion on age and level to decide which activities will be appropriate.
Community Helper Art & Creativity Activities for Preschool
Community Helper art and creativity activities are a wonderful way to ignite the imagination of preschoolers.
Through artistic expression, children can explore the vibrant world of community helpers, experimenting with colors, shapes, and textures.
These activities provide a creative outlet for young minds, encouraging them to think creatively and develop their unique artistic style.
Engaging with community helper art projects helps preschoolers enhance their fine motor skills, boosts their confidence, and fosters a deep appreciation for wildlife.
By immersing themselves in the artistic process, children not only learn about different roles but also cultivate a lifelong love for creativity and self-expression.
Community Helper Literacy Activities for Preschoolers
Literacy is a very important role in your child’s learning. Ensuring they practice using these activities you are setting them up for success in every other subject.
Don’t let them be fooled though- these are all a great time! Engaging activities are an excellent way to keep your littles engaged during their learning time.
Sight Word Book “Can” (Printable) – Have student color and cut out the pages of this book. They will start to recognize the sight words I, can, and see with repetition.
Word Strips (Printable) – These word cards are great for emerging readers & spellers. You can place them in a pocket chart for easy display or simply paste them to the wall. Then students can copy the word when they need it. Seeing the words repetitively helps to learn sight words faster. The strips also have the option for copying the word right underneath for handwriting practice.
Beginning Letter Clip Cards (Printable) – Cut out each grid and have students use clothespins, dot markers, or dot stickers to choose the letter makes the beginning sound.
Beginning Letter Sound Apple Bites (Printable) – Use a hole punch to “take a bite” of the pictures that start with the letter on the apple. You can also use dot markers, dot stickers, stamps, and more!
Postal Worker Sight Words – As students learn more about letter recognition, they must practice the sounds associated with these letters. This community helpers activity is perfect for working on those initial sounds.
Letter Match (Printable) – Have your students match upper & lower case letters and their sounds with this fun literacy activity. Cut to size yourself or have students do the cutting on the line. Have them match each lowercase letter with its uppercase version to complete the image.
Level A Reader (Printable) – In this activity, students will identify the beginning sound of each picture and add a stamp with the corresponding sound to their envelope.
Fireman ABC Spray Game – This ABC game is sure to be a hit with firemen fans. Just grab a pack of brightly colored index cards, a water sprayer and a fireman’s outfit {if you have one} and you’re ready to spray. Call out the letters that are on fire and watch your little firefighter work on their letter recognition and motor skills.
Letter Vs. Word Sorting (Printable) – What a great way to practice identifying letters and words with this fun firefighter themed activity! The kids will get so involved in trying to sort the letters and words and ‘put out the fire’.
Community Helpers Art and Creativity Activities for Preschoolers
Allow your little to get crafty and put their creativity to use. These are all great ways to spend some of the day.
With instructions to follow for each idea, you are sure to be set to go for an awesome time of learning.
Fire Safety Week Snack and Printable – Make your child’s fire truck come to life as a fun snack. Following the instruction of how to build their firetruck will make their snack even more worth it. Add a printable to tie this lesson all together.
Police Officer Badge – Just print and have your students color and cut out the shapes to build their own police badge.
Flip Book – All you have to do is take a picture of your students faces and attach to the flip book. There are five different flip book pages that include: doctor, firefighter, police officer, construction worker, and mail carrier.
Easy Reader Printable Book – Choose either the color version and a black line version of this Community Helpers Easy Reader Book. An engaging activity they can keep on their bookshelf forever.
Community Helper Paper Craft – 22 pages of the basic craft shape, hats (in color and black & white), accessories (in color and black & white, and labels. Fine motors skills will be another added benefit to this craft.
Hats and Badges Craft – Print this set of hats and Firefighter/Police badges. Hats included are Police Officer, Firefighter, Construction Worker’s Hard Hat, Chef Hat, Army Helmet.
Puppets – To prepare this puppet craft activity, cut some simple shapes for clothing. We cut out various sizes of rectangles, ovals, and semicircles to represent the uniform, arms, hands, and shoes of each community helper.
Garbage Truck Shape – You can cut out the shapes yourself out of construction paper or you can print the templates on various colors have your kiddos cut them out. Assemble the truck as the photo.
Giving Community Helpers a High Five – Try this simple craft at home to celebrate those hard workers of our community, and you can give them a big, artsy high-five.
Community Helpers Mathematics Activities
Number Play Doh Mats (Printable) – Playdoh mats help students learn and identify numbers, count, and develop fine motor control as they place the Playdoh on the number.
Counting Pathway Game (Printable) – Pathway games make counting and adding come to life. Roll one dice and move the corresponding number or roll two dice, add the numbers and move the total.
Counting Clip Cards (Printable) Works on counting skills, number identification, and fine motor skills. Have student place a clothespin, dotsticker, or dot marker on the correct number after counting. The pinching of a clothespin also works on finger strengthening for fine motor skills.
Color by Number – Practice color words and numbers 1-5 with these adorable community helpers color by number pictures. Ideal for PreK-Kindergarten.
Police Counting Activity – Simple counting activity for a community helper lesson plan. Preschool age activity. Count objects and circle correct number.
Police Officer Number Recognition Worksheet (Printable) – Number Recognition will help students identify and become familiar with numbers. Counting Skills are going to make them practice counting objects and understanding quantities.
Counting Number Mats (Printable)– Use these mats for students to count manipulatives. Have them place the same number of manipulatives in the circles or on the mat as the number shown at the top.
Number Find & Trace (Printable) – This activity helps with number recognition & formation. Put a pile of numbers in front of your student. Give them a sheet with the dotted numbers. Have the student pick one number from the pile and trace it once they find it on their board.
Community Helpers Bubble Map Pieces Graphing – Graphing is a great math skill for little ones because it so concrete, hands-on and helps them practice many different concepts. This is a fun hands on math activity.
Community Helpers Visual Perception
Shape Match (Printable) – Teach shapes and colors with this fun themed activity. Cut to size or have students do some of the cutting on the line. Have them match each shape to its corresponding card.
Bingo (Printable) – Students each take a board and the teacher or caller will cut out the calling pieces. Place them in a bowl or pile and pick them out one at a time. Call the name of the picture and show the class (if they don’t know what the name of the image is). Students will put a marker on top of the spot where the iamge is called. First one to make five in a row wins.
Community Helper Puzzles (Printable) – Students match the community helper to the community location. This product includes a total of 20 puzzles and 3 differentiated levels of recording sheets. Just cut out and laminate for an easy, low prep center or work task.
Fire Safety I Spy Games for Kids Printable) – This activity works on fine motor skills, visual discrimination, problem solving, & identifying shapes. Provide students with pattern blocks to copy the apple shape.
Mazes (Printable) – These simple mazes are great for young children to learn pencil control to stay within the lines and get themselves out of a maze.
Community Helpers Sorting and Sequencing
Sorting Mat- Teach sorting with this fun themed activity. Cut to size or have students do some of the cutting on the line. Have students sort the object depending on the group it belongs to.
Community Helpers Vehicle Sort (Printable) – Have students draw a line from the community helper to the vehicle they would drive. Incorporate sounds these vehicles make and when they are needed in the community.
Sort & Classify Mats – These free community helper sort and classify mats are so much fun for kids learning about people who help us.
Community Helper Sorting – two sorting mats with different work places for the helpers. On the last page, you will be able to use the community helpers to match to their work and the items they need while working!
Community Helper Tool Patterning- Laminate and cut out the pattern sheets and tool pieces. Students can place the tool pieces on the pattern sheets to create patterns or create unique patterns using the tool pieces only.
Community Helpers Fine Motor Skill Activities
As care givers, knowing the importance of defining our child’s fine motor skills is one of our top priorities. Fine motor skills will be something we all need forever.
Building their skills for the near and far future is setting them up for success. Try these activities out and watch them grow!
Community Helpers Tracing- This cute worksheet is a great add on to your Community helpers week to practice tracing and prewriting skills.
Handwriting Practice Sheets (Printable) – If your students need extra handwriting practice, these firefighter, police officer, nurse, doctor, mail carrier, and teacher worksheets will be helpful.
Dot Activities (Printable) – Using dot activities increase hand-eye coordination, improves manual dexterity for toddlers, and encourages creativity. These dot sheets have your students filling in pictures of identifying letters and even counting.
Pom Pom Tweezer Center – These themed mats provide a fun opportunity to practice pencil grip, pinching and building hand strength.
Fire Safety Cut & Paste Activity – 1 fire template and 6 cut and paste fire safety picture cards. Students can practice fine motor skills and learn about fire safety when they cut out each picture and glue it in place.
Community Helpers Coloring Pages – This set includes coloring pages for 50 community helpers. The name of the community helper is included on each page for your students to trace.
Cutting Strips (Printable) – Cut out these strips and have students practice cutting or tracing straight lines, curved lines, squiggly lines, or zig zag lines. This is great for scissor practice and fine motor development.
Clip and Match Fine Motor Activity – Students will be able to identify, match and clip these community helpers: teacher, builder, firefighter, nurse, dentist, doctor, farmer, chef, police officer, sanitation worker, crossing guard, grocery store worker, baker, mechanic and mail carrier.
Community Helpers 8 Draw and Discuss Printables FREE – 8 community helpers printables where the children can draw additional related items on the page. Encourage them to think and talk about some things that the worker does, and the reasons why they have chosen to draw a particular item.
Tracing Community Helper Names Worksheets (Printable) – This packet features large uppercase letters that students can trace as they learn to identify and write their letters. You can also print them as 2 or 4 to a page to make them smaller.
Books to Read Aloud and Learn about Community Helpers
Read aloud time is always something to look forward to. Add these to your collection during your community helper theme.
While your students listen to your read aloud, they are learning more about these incredible heroes they’re surrounded by and soaking in what they have learned so far.
Do You Want To Be A Community Helper? – An illustrated picture book about careers within a community. This book gets kids thinking about which career they would like to do. It asks them, “Do you want to be a …?” questions with an answer explaining the career.
Here Come the Helpers – Fire trucks, ambulances, police cars, and more crowd the pages of this shaped board book that teaches children to look for helpers wherever they go. With a search-and-find twist, each scene highlights different types of emergency vehicles in action.
Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do – Who wears what to work? The clues in each kid-friendly rhyme can be spotted hanging from the clothesline—from a mail carrier’s uniform to a firefighter’s pants and heavy coat.
Whose Hat Is This? – A Look at Hats Workers Wear – Hard, Tall, and Shiny. Describes some of the different kinds of hats that people wear.
Lift the Flap: Community Helpers – A fun, interactive book to familiarize kids with community helpers. The lift-the-flap feature attracts the young learners and gives them hours of learning fun.
Hello! Hometown Heroes (Little Genius) – Follow along as a little boy, his mother, and his dog walk through town, meeting and greeting everyday heroes along the way. With gently rhyming text and engaging illustrations, Hello! Hometown Heroes introduces young readers to the people in our neighborhoods who make our lives safer, cleaner, and better.
My 1st Book of Community Superheroes: – An engaging book for kids aged 2-5. Learn about the amazing community helpers who make a difference in our neighborhoods. Packed with fun facts and captivating illustrations, this book sparks appreciation and curiosity.
A Mail Carrier’s Busy Day: Community Helpers – When Theo’s boss Mr. Mac hires a robot to replace him, Theo faces losing his job as a mail carrier. Can Theo prove that he is a better mail carrier than a robot? Find out in this exciting race that reminds readers that faster is not always better!
The Wheels on the Garbage Truck – An action-packed yet adorable story, The Wheels on the Garbage Truck is the second book in a new series that is perfect for parents and little ones who love things that go. Follow the garbage truck around town as cuddly animal garbage collectors clean up the neighborhood!
Let’s Meet a Construction Worker – What do construction workers do? Some lucky kids are about to find out! They visit Mr. Moore, a construction worker who’s helping to build a new school. He shows them machines that dig big holes. He explains how he follows the building plans.
Community Helpers Sensory Engagement Activities
Community Helpers are not only terrific but they are using all of their senses to do their role in the best way possible. Talk to your child about how important learning their senses are.
These will be fun ways to teach them different ways of using their own senses.
Construction Sensory Bin – It’s easy to make a construction sensory bin when using kinetic sand. Simply mix it with some loose parts and add construction vehicles, and it’s ready to go.
Fire (No Mess) Sensory Bag –Besides just letting your little explorer and investigate the feel of the paint inside the bag you can encourage them to practice writing or drawing in the paint in the bag, identify the colors in the bag and what color they make as they mix together.
Sensory Bin Made Out of Recyclables – One Mom’s junk is another Mom’s toddler activity. Grab what you have waiting to be recycled and put it to use for your little to scoop, pour, build their senses, develop their fine motor skills and so much more!
Invitation to Play Platter – Invitation to play is an open ended type of play. There is no right or wrong way to use the supplies. The littles are allowed to be creative and explore in their own way. Add play dough, random items throughout the house, and some community helper themed items and let them enjoy.
Recycling Sensory Bin – Fill your sensory bin with dried black beans and add some trucks and “garbage.” Use acrylic ice rocks for glass, cup up a plastic cup for plastic, and crumpled some scraps of newspaper for paper for the recyclables.
Community Helpers Songs for Preschool
A good song for the heart! And also a brain break!
You can’t go wrong with incorporating music into learning. Your little will be sure to remember these tunes the more you sing them together.
Singing and dancing helps kids retain information by giving them a jingle.
To the tune to: “Do Your Ears Hang Low?”
Do you drive a car
With a flashing light on top?
When you hold up your hand,
Does the traffic have to stop?
Can you blow a whistle loud,
Standing straight and tall and proud?
You’re our friend, the traffic cop.
To the tune to: “Twinkle, twinkle, Little Star”
Big red fire truck, ladder on the top,
Going to a fire where it will stop.
Long curving hose carried about,
Splashing water from its spout.
The fire and smoke are going away,
Now it’s time to shout HURRAY!
To the tune to: “Twinkle, twinkle, Little Star”
Big red fire truck, ladder on the top,
Going to a fire where it will stop.
Long curving hose carried about,
Splashing water from its spout.
The fire and smoke are going away,
Now it’s time to shout HURRAY!
To the tune to: “Do Your Ears Hang Low?”
Do you drive a mail truck,
Walk in snow and rain and muck,
To deliver mail over hill and dale?
Do you carry great big boxes,
Heavy like they’re filled with rocks?
Do you drive a mail truck?
To the tune to: “Eensy Weensy Spider”
The firefighter helps us learn our safety rules.
Playing with matches is only for fools.
If you see a fire, “Help,” you’ll scream and shout.
Dial 911. The firefighter will put it out.
To the tune to: “Mary Had A Little Lamb”
The policeman walking down the street,
Down the street, down the street,
The policeman walking down the street,
I wonder who he’ll meet.
To the tune to: “3 Blind Mice”
9-1-1, 9-1-1,
Help’s on the way, help’s on the way.
If I need help, I know what to do,
I can call the police and the firehouse, too,
It makes me feel safe to know what to do.
Dial 9-1-1
To the tune to: “My Bonnie lies over the ocean”
I’m happy I’m a doctor,
I help to make people well.
I’m happy I’m a doctor,
It makes me feel just swell.
I’m a doctor,
I help to make people well, well, well.
I’m a doctor,
I’m happy, can’t you tell?
To the tune to: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Write, write, write your cards,
And lots of letters, too.
I will bring them to your friends,
And they will write back soon.
Sung to: “I’m A Little Teapot”
I’m a firefighter, my name is John
I put my boots and helmet on
I hurry to the fire and give a shout.
With a burst of water,
The fire is out.
Sung to: “Yankee Doodle”
Pipes can carry water to
The bathroom or the kitchen.
But when the pipes aren’t working, then
A plumber has to fix them.
When the sink is backing up,
When the faucet’s drippy,
When the toilet just won’t flush,
We need a plumber quickly!
Community Helpers Physical Development Ideas for Preschool
Physical Development is not only necessary for good health but to get the wiggles out. Sitting still for long periods of time will build up an amount of energy that kids may struggle with focusing.
While you are learning about community helpers, add in these themed physical development activities for ultimate fun!
Construction Movement Cards – Sometimes kids just need an easy going time to move a bit in a directed way. These cards let kids act out their favorite construction trucks while getting a great brain break.
Firefighter Physical Fitness, “Test,” For Preschoolers – For all your littles who want to be firefighters-in-training these assorted challenges as part of a physical fitness, “Test,” are a great way to be active and develop gross as well as fine motor skills.
Community Helpers Movement Stations – This game makes moving and gross motor skill development fun for many kids. Multiple stations, multiple types of community helpers , all different items with different goals to hit.
Hammering Tees Into a Box- 1 box, lots of golf tees, a small kids hammer and bingo! Your little will be all set getting some muscles working. Talk about the type of work construction workers do and what they imagine they are building.
I’m a Police Officer Dance- Have your little try out this easy to follow and fun dance to get their bodies moving. Try this during your next brain break to get the wiggles out.
Community Helpers Theme Discussions and Graphing Ideas for Preschoolers
Me bags – Ask every child to bring three to five of their favorite items to school. Sit in a circle and allow every child to take turns and share their items with the class. This activity is a good way for children to explore each other’s interests.
Community Helper Roles:
- Discuss the different roles each helper has.
- Ask the children which they’d choose to be when they grow up and why.
Community Helper Vehicles:
- Talk about the different vehicles helpers may drive.
- Have the children make noises to make those vehicles.
Community Helper Uniforms:
- Have a dress up day and create a uniform with what you have on hand in your home.
- Discuss the colors, textures, and differences in each helpers uniforms.
Community Helper Tools:
- Discuss how different roles use different tools.
- Show pictures or a short videos of how they are used and what they are used for.
How to Support Community Helpers:
- Talk about different ways to give back to your local community helpers.
- Ask your child if they have any ideas of showing their appreciation and how they’d like to greet them.
Community Helper Locations & Places of Work
- Show photos and talk about the different places each community helper works in.
- Ask your child where they last saw a community helper and where they were working.
When to Call a Community Helper:
- Discuss the different situations each helper is needed and role play when to call them.
- Have children give you examples of when they’d call one and for what.
Community Helpers Adding Value to the Community:
- Discuss the value that local community helpers add.
- Find photos of community helpers that are located all over the world and talk about the similarities .
Plan Some Field Trips to Visit Local Community Helpers:
- List your childs favorite community helpers and make some calls together to visit.
- Have a little token of appreciation or card to say thank you during these trips of learning about them in person.
Create a Graph of Vehicles and Tools
- During your field trips, create a graph with the size of vehicles and tools.
- Have your child ask the size of hoses, hand cuffs, a safety cone, etc. and create someting for them to keep forever.
Community Helper Themed Science Projects for Preschool
A good science project each week will surely keep things interesting. Teaching your littles science at this age will introduce them to a world of measurements, analytical thinking, and so much more.
Try out one of these projects to go along with your community helper theme!
Bubbly Fires Science Activity – This “bubbly fires” science experiment will encourage kids to use critical thinking skills while playing to learn.
Fire Slime – The following is a super simple slime recipe with no funky or scary ingredients- your kids can make it themselves.
ART: Shaving Cream Fire – Fill a squirt bottle with vinegar and pour some vinegar on the apple. What happens? The baking soda and vinegar have a chemical reaction that creates carbon dioxide that manifests itself as foam thanks to the dish soap.
Investigating Fingerprints – Students will “become” police officers and investigate their fingerprints. Using ink pads and magnifying glasses to compare differences/similarities this is sure to be a hit.
Community Helpers activities offer a rich and diverse way to support preschoolers’ development across various domains. From enhancing fine motor skills and literacy to sparking curiosity in science and math, these activities provide endless opportunities for young learners to grow and discover.
By incorporating worksheets, crafts, sensory experiences, songs, and more, educators and parents can create a dynamic and engaging learning environment that fosters a lifelong love for their community and the everyday heroes they see.
As you explore these activities with your preschoolers, remember that the journey of learning is as important as the destination.
Embrace the adventure, encourage curiosity, and enjoy the countless moments of discovery and joy that come with exploring the fascinating roles that are in every community.
With each activity, you’re not only nurturing essential developmental skills but also inspiring a sense of wonder and appreciation for the natural world that will last a lifetime.
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Two Jersey Moms, a pediatric occupational therapist & elementary school teacher, providing fun and simple activities to get your little ones learning through play.