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woveninhim
Oct. 9, 2007
Community Helpers
Maybe I'm starting something, I blogged a few days last October and then stopped and now I'm blogging a few days this year. Maybe a few days in October will be my blogging. I guess November will tell.
Anyway, I'm back teaching the now K-1st graders at our homeschool co-op. This year I've been teaching a unit on community helpers. It's been great! We've been on 4 field trips in 5 weeks. How else do you really learn about community helpers than by going and seeing them at work. And how many school systems would allow a field trip every week for 4 weeks? It would have been 5 weeks, but the bakery that we were supposed to visit today had to call and cancel due to freezer issues. So instead of going to the bakery we got to BE bakers. With aprons on we were ready to take on the task of baking bread. We learned about following the recipe, each child got to help with adding ingredients, mixing and kneading the dough, and finally they were each given a piece of dough to shape. After baking each child got to take home their masterpieces. I'm not sure how much of the bread actually made it home, I know my own daughter had a little less than half left when we arrived home, but she did share it with all of us. We even stopped at daddy's work so she could give him a piece. At the end of my 7 weeks in this class each of the students will have a personalized book about community helpers to take home. I think the children have had a fun time with this unit. I know I've really enjoyed my time being with them. They're great kids!
In case your interested here are a few of the other community helpers we visited (all that my children have been to since we've been in this co-op):
Fire Dept.
Rescue Squad
college campus library
Post Office and place called Midtown Mailboxes
Dentist
Hospital
Bus Station
Radio Station
Pick-your-own fruit farm
pet store
I contacted a bank, veterinarian, police station, and local state park also. Some of them I didn't hear back from others the timing just wasn't right.
I found information and worksheets online about each thing to put in the children's book. Like I said, it's been a fun unit.
Until next time.
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Posted by
Anonymous 
Oct. 25, 2007 - How'd it go?