Community Helpers : Bulletin Boards
 
Clean Hands
Are Healthy Hands - This bulletin board tied into our discussion of
the health workers and what we can do to stay healthy.
Children chose
the community helper that they wanted to be. Digital prints and a
poem about community helpers made this a hit with children
and adults. (Children always love to see their pictures.)
The posters
seen above featured small mirrors on each face. The children enjoyed
seeing their images on each community helper poster. These posters
were purchased through The
Re-Print Corporation. (Sorry these are
no longer available.)
For the bulletin
board above we found a nice pattern of a fire dog. The children colored
the hat and applied black dots with their thumb. (We also applied
black dots to the board trim.) The "talking bubbles" explain
the fire safety rules that the children were working on in the class.
In 2004 our Community Helper trip was to our local supermarket.
We had several children in our classroom that were either mildly
autistic or just plain new to school. These children needed to be
well prepared ahead of time about the sequence of our trip in order to
avoid behavior problems. On the board above we placed a picture
of our school, then a road with a bus and at the end was a picture of
the store. Each day we explained the sequence of arriving at
school, getting back on the bus, traveling to the store and coming back
to school. We also (not shown) made a notebook with photos of
each department in the store such as the bakery, the butcher and the
produce department to help explain to the children more about the
store. They also made their own mini books to take home. The more the
children know ahead of time and the better prepared the children are,
the more they will get out of the trip. It will also lower chances of
behavior problems.
Ms. Sharon Bölle
Assistant Superintendent
For additional information, please contact: Ms. Kathy Van Velzen by e-mail.
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