Community Helpers Dramatic Play Cutouts

Cut out the pictures, laminate them if you want them to last, and tape the school and bakery to a wall or box in the play corner. Children can drive the vehicles around a floor town and hand the hammer and stethoscope to whoever is playing that helper.

A cover and 6 pages of big color cutouts for a pretend town, 10 pictures in all, each with its name printed under it. The vehicles are a fire truck, an ambulance, a police car and a mail truck. There is also a mailbox, a traffic light, a school and a bakery, plus two helper tools, a hammer and a stethoscope. Every page reads: Cut out each picture on the dashed line. Use them in your pretend play.

Yes. We made it for Preschool to 1st Grade community helpers, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

Pick one setting, such as the fire station, post office or doctor's office, print its signs, labels and cutouts, and add a few real props. The badges and the job application form let children choose a role and take turns.

The Community Helper Counting to 10 Clip Cards have an answer key. The rest are open activities, signs and crafts.