Grades K–2
Design a Helper Badge
Kids pick a community helper job, design a badge for it and fill in a job card: the job, where they work, their tools and how they help.
Social studies worksheet · Community helpers
Kids Can Be Helpers Too
Read 4 ways kids can volunteer (pick up litter, help a neighbor, donate toys, make cards), then plan and draw a helping project of your own.
- Grade level
- Grades K–2
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Community helpers
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Community helpers, Jobs and tools, Community and belonging
What kids do
“A volunteer helps without getting paid. Read the ideas, then plan how you can help.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Pick up litter at the park with a grown-up.
- Help a neighbor carry groceries or rake leaves.
- Give toys and books you have outgrown to kids who need them.
- Make cards for people in a hospital or a nursing home.
- Draw yourself helping
- I will help by:
- A grown-up who can help me:
Teacher tip
Pick one class helping project and do it.
How to use it
- Take a walk around school to spot helpers at work.
- Read a picture book about a helper before the sheet.
- Keep a classroom globe, a world map and a U.S. map in reach while kids work.
Watch for
Kids who think only some people can do some jobs. Show helpers of every gender and background.
Talk about it
- Who are the helpers at our school?
- How does this connect to where we live?
Take it further
Make thank-you cards for helpers at your school.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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Community Helper Hunt
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Match 8 community helpers to the tools they use, from the firefighter’s hose to the doctor’s stethoscope.
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Where Do They Work?
Connect 8 community helpers to their workplaces: school, hospital, fire station, library, post office and more.
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