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Read People Who Help Us to learn about what a community is, and the different people who help communities around the world. Simple text and vivid images introduce readers to dentists, doctors, teachers, police officers, firefighters, and vets. This Acorn Read-Aloud is an excellent tool for introducing readers to communities and common jobs.
Plan for six weeks of learning covering all six areas of learning and development of the EYFS through the topic of people who help us. The Planning for Learning series is a series of topic books written around the Early Years Foundation Stage designed to make planning easy. This book takes you through six weeks of activities on the theme of people who help us. Each activity is linked to a specific Early Learning Goal, and the book contains a skills overview so that practitioners can keep track of which areas of learning and development they are promoting. This book also includes a photocopiable page to give to parents with ideas for them to get involved with their children's topic, as well as ideas for bringing the six weeks of learning together. The weekly themes in this book include: people who help keep us safe, help us stay healthy, help us to have food and who help us at home. Tie the learning together with a big thank you party.
Through the happy song and positive illustrations, kids learn that medical professionals are there to help them feel better and stay healthy. This book should hopefully take some of the fear out of visiting these professionals. Includes paperback book, online music access, and music CD.
This title is part of a series of books explaining the roles of different people who help us everyday in the community. Each book is based on a real person that the reader follows them through a typical day at work. We learn about what they do, who they interact with, the equipment they use, and what they like about their jobs. Specially commissioned photography and clear text make the books friendly and accessible to young readers, making this a perfect series for introducing children to what goes on in the world around them, and how different people contribute to our society in different ways.
Nurture a child's natural curiosity with this quirky book about the jobs people do, which won the SLA Information Book Award 2020, for age 7 and under! Think of a person who does a heroic job. Perhaps you're thinking of a firefighter who puts out burning buildings, or a doctor who makes sick people better? These people are definitely heroes, but our world is full of lots of amazing people whose job it is to help us. From park rangers to police officers and from librarians to lifeguards, the heroes who help us are everywhere! Readers will love spotting the similarities and differences between the people and places that are familiar and those that are new to them. It opens up opportunities for talking about interesting careers, diversity and positive role models and will inspire them to become 'everyday heroes' through kindness and compassion. Our heroes in action are beautifully illustrated and accompanied by easy-to-read text, which is great for sharing with a child as they learn to read. It is perfect for more confident readers who can read alone. A truly inclusive and positive book, Heroes Who Help Us represents the diversity of people on our planet and celebrates Earth's infinite varieties of race, gender, ethnicity and abilities. From Botswana to Brazil and from Nepal to New Zealand, many countries from the six inhabited continents are included, and every child reading this book should be able to find themselves represented in some way. Perfect for children aged 5+ who are learning about values and citizenship and for curious minds eager to find out a little more about the amazing people in our world.
This title is part of a series explaining the roles of different people who help us every day in the community. Each book is based on a real person as the reader follows them through a typical day at work - what they do, and what people they encounter.
