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Learning About Others

Activity Objective:

To help the children understand the needs in their community

Lesson Outcome:

The children will gain a greater appreciation for the needs in their community.

Materials

Guest Speakers
3” by 5” cards for questions
Pencils

Directions:

Before the session, ask one to three individuals to come and speak to the group about different needs within the community.
Explain to the speaker(s) that they should focus on ways they help in the community.
Before the speaker(s) arrive, review with the group appropriate behavior for a guest speaker.
Describe who the speaker(s) will be. Work with the group to identify questions they would like to ask the speaker(s).
Write the questions down on the three-by-five-inch cards for when the speakers come.
Each speaker should only talk for three to four minutes, with a few minutes left for questions.
After the speaker(s) have left, ask the children to think about ways they could volunteer in their community.

Learning Styles:

People Smart

Approximate Time:

10-15 minutes

Hints:

Some ideas could be a local food bank volunteer, a special-needs teacher, a soup-kitchen volunteer, a social-services worker, a priest, a doctor or vet, a police officer.

The speakers will be more effective if they tell one or two stories about their service, rather then what they do in their job.

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