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Product #: 804065
Page Count: 176
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Sample Grocery Store Unit
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Wonderful learning opportunities abound when exploring community resources. Using All Around the Neighborhood as your guide, introduce children to places and people in their immediate world. Whether your neighborhood is rural, urban, or suburban and whether you are connected to several neighborhoods or just one, there is something for everyone to learn while “walking” through the 18 topics in this book.
Draw upon children’s interests, introduce new concepts and vocabulary, and support their skill development with cross-curricular activities while investigating your surrounding community. Begin your travels by exploring the neighborhood around your school to foster social awareness about occupations and the people who live there. Launch each adventure with a read-aloud title to expand your children’s knowledge and then step into that fascinating world in the dramatic play center. Using the reproducible building fronts and vehicles, set up your own “neighborhood” in the classroom and add to it as children learn about other places that are not located nearby.
Create and read a simple map during group time, shop for food at the grocery store, count teeth at the dentist’s office, take an imaginary airplane ride to Alphabet Land, and sort items that can be recycled. These are just a few examples of the fun, diverse activities that will engage children while they learn about their community.
To make your travels all around the neighborhood a success, this resource book is loaded with activity suggestions, read-aloud book titles, file folder game ideas, and mini-books to make. Also included are tips for inviting visitors and bringing specialized equipment into the classroom to make the topics come alive.
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