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Who are construction workers?
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Teaching preschoolers about carpenters Preschoolers want to learn about people and their occupations. You can explain to them about carpenters and the kind of work they do. For example, carpenters build houses, buildings, remodel places, or have smaller jobs such as replacing window frames or repairing screen porches.
Carpenters use tools like the picture illustrates as well as other tools they need for their work.
You can also read books to the preschoolers about carpenters and show them the different tools. While you read the book, you can talk to them about the different pictures.
For dramatic play, you can provide different kinds of preschool tools, hats, and other items that carpenters use and allow them to act out the role of carpenters.
For art time, you can provide pictures of carpenters and their tools and let the children color the pictures. Teaching preschoolers about builders You can explain to the preschoolers that builders build houses or buildings.
To help preschoolers learn about builders, you can read books to them that are about builders such as Bob the builder books. You can show them pictures and talk to them about the pictures.
For dramatic play, you can provide plastic building tools, hats, or other items that builders use on their jobs. You can allow the preschoolers to play builders building something with Legos. The picture on the left shows a Lego house in progress.
For art time, you can provide crayons and white paper and let the preschoolers draw a builder building something.
You can also provide magazine pictures of builders that you have cut out and have the preschoolers glue the pictures to white construction paper.
Videos are also good teaching material. You can provide one that mentions builders and talk about what is happening while the preschoolers are watching it.
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Teaching preschoolers about plumbers Plumbers are another type of construction worker. They install the plumbing in the buildings or houses that carpenters build.
You can start teaching preschoolers by reading them books about plumbers and showing them pictures. You can tell them what plumbers do and the tools they need.
For dramatic play, you can provide plastic plumbing tools, hats, or other equipment that plumbers use. You can allow them to pretend to be plumbers and fix things.
For art, you can have pictures of plumbers that preschoolers can color.
These activities will help preschoolers learn more about plumbers.
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Things Needed Construction toys Blocks Books on construction workers such as carpenters, builders, and plumbers Drawing paper Crayons Magazines that have pictures of carpenters, builders, and plumbers and scissors so you can cut out the pictures White construction paper Videos about construction workers Tips & Warnings  Read books to the preschoolers about construction workers Show videos about construction workers Talk about carpenters, builders, and plumbers specifically
safety animation
Safety is everyone's responsibility. Watch this construction safety animation video and learn how to be someone's safety buddy and build a safety culture on your jobsite. Little Architects Camp Ideas
See great project ideas to do with your preschoolers. This movie highlights some of the hands-on activities provided in the complete summer camp kit by Mother Goose Time. www.mothergoosetime.com Kits include everything you need to run your own 'Little Architect's in Australia' camp in your home, daycare, childcare center, or club. For more info email info@mothergoosetime.com
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