Today is rung 5 of 12 on this topic
My family, my home, my helpers
Can do: Names the people in their family, knows their own full name, and identifies helpers like a doctor or a firefighter.
Why it matters
Social studies begins with the child's own world. Knowing their full name and who their people are is also basic safety.
What it looks like when it's wobbly
Only knows their first name, or can't say who helps in an emergency.
⏱️ Two-minute check
"What's your whole name? Who lives in our house? Who helps if there's a fire?"
Solid looks like: First and last name, the household members, and one community helper.
The full activity for this topic · 10 minutes
People Who Help Us
- 1Scroll family photos and name everyone, including relationships: "That's Grandma — she's my mum."
- 2Practise their full name as a chant or a song.
- 3On a walk, spot working people: post worker, bus driver, shopkeeper. Say what each one does for the neighbourhood.
- 4Play the helper game: "Your tooth hurts — who do we go to?"
- 5Draw one helper together, however scribbly.
If it's too hard
Photos only, and just names.
If it's too easy
Add your street name and town, and where a grandparent lives.
Say this
"Everybody in a neighbourhood does a job that helps everybody else. What's ours?"