❤️Looking for a fun and engaging way for your students to explore jobs and careers in their community? Learn about 42 different community helpers and the tools / equipment they use with these differentiated, printable sorting mats and cards!

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✏️Great for your beginner English, ESL, ELL, preschool, kindergarten, 1st grade, or 2nd grade students!

✏️This colorful categorization play mat pack is the perfect addition to your community helpers unit! Choose the sorting mats that best meet your students’ needs. They come with either blank spaces, pictures, or pictures and text.

✏️Students can sort and cover the spaces on the mat that match the correct community helper. The sorting pieces include easily identifiable, child-friendly pictures that represent the places of business, tools, and equipment that community helpers use. You can use self adhesive dot stickers or store sorting pieces in baggies.

✏️You can also cut and glue the community helpers onto popsicle sticks to use in lessons, sensory bins, or dramatic play!

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⭐️This resource is low prep and will save you time! Simply print the ready to go sorting mats and laminate for durability.

⭐️Black and white sets included! Students can choose a community helper and color their own sorting mats! You can even add a picture of the student's face to the community helper for added personalization. Use as practice in the classroom or send home to share with parents!

⭐️Check out the preview and preview video for a sneak peek!

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✅ Includes: (315 pages)

☑ Color set with blank spaces (105 pages)

☑ Color set with pictures only (105 pages)

☑ Color set with pictures and text (105 pages)

✅ Bonus: (148 pages)

☑ What you need to know (1 page)

☑ Black & white set with blank spaces (63 pages)

☑ Black & white set with pictures only (42 pages)

☑ Black & white set with pictures and text (42 pages)

✅ Community helpers included: (42)

☑ architect

☑ artist

☑ astronaut

☑ athlete

☑ baker

☑ bank teller

☑ barber

☑ barista

☑ business person

☑ chef

☑ construction worker

☑ dad

☑ delivery person

☑ dentist

☑ disk jockey

☑ doctor

☑ farmer

☑ fast food worker

☑ firefighter

☑ fisherman

☑ flight attendant

☑ florist

☑ gardener

☑ janitor

☑ journalist

☑ librarian

☑ lumberjack

☑ mechanic

☑ mom

☑ movie director

☑ musician

☑ nurse

☑ photographer

☑ pilot

☑ plumber

☑ police

☑ retail worker

☑ scientist

☑ teacher

☑ veterinarian

☑ waiter

☑ waitress

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⭐️Looking for more community helpers resources?

Community Helpers Growing Bundle

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Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Wishing you a wonderful school year!

❤️Kimberly