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FAMILY
WORK BOOK
Talk with your child about the jobs that members of your family do.
Then invite her to draw pictures showing these family members at work.
Remind her to include a picture of herself doing a job, such as picking
up her toys or helping to set the table. When your child has finished,
staple her pictures together with a colorful cover to make a book
for her to "read" to you.
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WORKER COLLAGE
Look in magazines and catalogs for pictures of various
workers and cut them out. (You can assign jobs to people not in
uniforms: for instance, a woman in a suit could be an office worker
or a man dressed in jeans could be a handyman.) Give the pictures
to your child and let him glue them on paper to make a collage. |
TOOL TIME
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Show your child several tools that different workers would
use, such as a hammer for a carpenter, a rolling pin for a baker,
a stapler for an office worker, a comb for a hairdresser, and
a paintbrush for a painter. |
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Using a marker, trace around each of the tools on a large
piece of paper. Invite your child to place the tools on top
of their outlines.
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WORKERS' HOLIDAY
Explain to your child that Labor Day is a holiday that honors workers
everywhere, giving them a day off to have fun. It's also the last
big holiday of the summer. Ask your child to recall some of the jobs
she did over the summer. Can she think of something new that she learned
how to do? What was her favorite? |
WORKER
PLAY
Make up a worker prop box, and let your child use it for dramatic
play. Here are a few suggestions.
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Baker: Play dough, cookie cutters, plastic knife, baking sheet,
muffin tin, oven mitt, birthday candles. |
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House Cleaner: Sponge, bucket, spray bottle, dust cloth, feather
duster, small broom, dustpan. |
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Gardener: Gloves, trowel, small rake and shovel, watering
can, kneepads, seed packets.
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WHEN I'M GROWN UP
Tune: "Frere Jacques"
When I'm grown up, when I'm grown up,
Big and tall, big and tall,
I will be a teacher,
I will be a teacher,
When I'm big, when I'm tall.
Invite your child to substitute the kind of worker
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SNACKTIME
HELPER
Let your child help with the work of preparing a snack for the two
of you, doing such tasks as slicing a banana with a plastic knife
or pouring juice into cups. Also encourage her to help with setting
the table and cleaning up when snacktime is over, if you wish. |
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