Describes some of the jobs that provide services to the community in a city or town, including emergency responders, librarians, social workers, and medical care.

Many people make up a neighborhood. Each person ha a job that helps the community. Find out about how people help a neighborhood. Paired to the fiction title What I Want to Be.

A new generation of children love Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, inspired by the classic series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood! Daniel Tiger leaves the Neighborhood of Make Believe and visits the real world to help introduce readers to the helpers in their neighborhood in this deluxe storybook! For the first time ever, Daniel Tiger ventures beyond the Neighborhood of Make Believe to introduce kids to the helpers in their neighborhood! These community members—like firefighters, crossing guards, doctors, and teachers—are there to help in the neighborhood every day in so many different ways. Illustrated using a combination of photographs of real world helpers and illustrations of Daniel Tiger, this special storybook focuses on the teachings of Mr. Rogers and strategies from Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. It’s sure to be beloved by parents, teachers, librarians, and children. © 2019 The Fred Rogers Company

WHAT IT IS: This fun and hilarious musical play helps you teach the standards while bringing your classroom to life! Easy-to-do play comes with script, audio CD, and teacher's guide. NO music or drama experience is required¿you don't have to sing or play a note! Go big and perform on stage, keep it simple with a classroom performance, or simply do reader's theater in class. No fancy sets, costumes, or performance spaces are needed, so it's all up to you! Flexible casting for 8-40 students and permission to edit the script and songs make it easy to tailor the play to the needs of your class and community. Your purchase of one copy per teacher includes permission to photocopy the script for students. /// WHAT IT TEACHES: Designed especially for younger students, "Friendly Neighborhood Helpers" introduces students to the many helpful people in their community. Through simple, catchy songs and brief dialogue, students learn about firefighters, mail carriers, grocers, dentists and many more who work every day to make their neighborhood a better place to live. 20 minutes; grades K-3. /// WHAT IT DOES: "Friendly Neighborhood Helpers" is a great complement to your curriculum resources in social studies. And, like all Bad Wolf Press plays, this show can be used to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, performance and speaking skills, class camaraderie and teamwork, and school engagement and parental involvement¿all while enabling students to be part of a truly fun and creative experience they will never forget!

A new generation of children love Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, inspired by the classic series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood! Daniel gets scared when a storm hits the neighborhood and learns to look for people who can help in this relatable 8x8 storybook based on an episode of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. Daniel learns an important lesson that is also a beloved quote from Mr. Rogers: “Look for the helpers.” When something bad happens, whether it’s a bad storm, natural disaster, or anything scary, Daniel learns that if you look closely, you will always find good people helping out those in need. This storybook is perfect to share with little ones who need a helping hand to understand their feelings, and will also inspire them to be helpers in their neighborhood, just like Daniel Tiger! This book includes a special backmatter section with more information about helpers, like firefighters, how to prepare for the unexpected, make an emergency kit, and ideas to inspire kids to be helpers—and stay safe—every day! © 2018 The Fred Rogers Company

This book introduces children to the important people who make our communities cleaner, safer, and better. Action shots feature people working in construction, at schools, in hospitals, fighting fires, doing police work, and volunteering. An activity asks children what kinds of things they could do to volunteer in their own communities.

If your hands can mix and mash, what job might you have? What if your hands reach, wrench, yank, and crank? The hands in this book—and the people attached to them—do all sorts of helpful work. And together, these helpers make their community a safe and fun place to live. As you read, keep an eye out for community members who make repeat appearances! Can you guess all the jobs based on the actions of these busy hands?

From meeting an artist to making an airplane, this book is full of fun learning activities. Your child will discover 15 community helpers including the police officer, doctor, fire fighter, and sanitation worker. 66 COLORFUL PAGES make this resource engaging for students and a delight for both parents and teachers. This is a more complete curriculum then any other community helpers activity book on the market. It includes both white and blue-collared workers from a variety of ethnicities. Meets standards for K-1st Social Studies. Ideal for children ages 4-8.

"Defines through text and photos core terms related to community helpers"--

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Let's Meet a Construction Worker! What do construction workers do? Some lucky kids are about to find out! They visit Mr. Moore, a construction worker who's helping to build a new school. He shows them machines that dig big holes. He explains how he follows the building plans. And he tells about different workers and how they stay safe. Hooray for construction workers! "Cartoon-style animated drawings in bright colors introduce diverse characters who will capture children's interest." —School Library Journal "In each book introducing a community-benefiting career, schoolchildren meet one adult to learn about his or her job; information includes the training required to become a firefighter, doctor, etc., daily routines, and primary responsibilities. The content is inclusive and up-to-date but delivered though vapid stories. Peppy computer-generated cartoons are amateur." - The Horn Book Guide Free downloadable series teaching guide available.