Are you trying to teach multiple grade levels without losing your mind? It’s kind of a superpower. Thiswhy I created this Family & Community Social Studies unit study is designed to help moms teach different grade levels at home.
This unit in particular is designed to be used with Pre-K through 2nd grade, so you can easily teach multiple kids at once. It’s gentle, flexible, and totally doable even if today’s been one of “those days.”
What’s Inside the Packet?
This printable pack is filled with fun, no-prep worksheets to explore:
- Family
- Neighborhood Locations
- Community Helpers
It includes:
- Info-Sheets
- Tracing
- Matching
- Maze
- Color-By-Number
- Writing
How to Teach the Unit (Even If You’re Winging It)
- Start with a Heart-to-Heart
Kick off your unit by talking about your own family. Use family photos, draw stick figures, or pull out the printable “My Family” pages. Talk about your home and how it’s part of a neighborhood that is a part of your community or city. - Go on a Neighborhood Safari
Take a walk or a drive and let your kids spot “community helpers” in real life—mail carriers, grocery workers, crossing guards, etc. When you get back, pull out the community helper matching pages from the packet and talk about the roles they saw. - Use Simple Storytime as a Launchpad
Use picture books to bring the topic to life. Here are a few my kids have loved:
- Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do
- Whose Hands Are These?
- This is My Family by Mercer Mayer
- Richard Scarry’s What Do People Do All Day?
Check your library or thrift shops for cheaper options.
Video + Online Resources for Visual Learners
For family movie night Zootopia is honestly the best example of community helpers. It’s cute and the animals are the community helpers!
These videos are also great visual tools for reinforcing the lesson:
- Sesame Street “People in Your Neighborhood” songs – Classic and fun
- Meet the Helpers video series – Short videos introducing real-life community helpers
- Kids Learning Tube – Community Helpers Song – Great for younger kids
- The Wiggles (Great for toddlers/Pre-k)
- Kids Academy (Prek-Kindergarten)
- Mia Academy (Kindergarten-1st)
Activity Ideas (That Won’t Drain Your Sanity)
- Make your own neighborhood out of cardboard, blocks, or masking tape on the floor.
- Play pretend: Let your kids be doctors, mail carriers, or grocers using items around the house.
- Write a thank-you note to a community helper. Drop it off next time you’re at the post office, fire station, or library.
- Practice your address and phone number using the packet’s included worksheet—great for safety!
- Play doctor or community helper with dress up kits
- Magnetic wooden dress-up dolls (Melissa & Doug)
- “Guess in 10” community helper card game
Why It Matters ❤️
Teaching about families and community is important and also part of the common core standards. Kids learn empathy, appreciation, and a sense of belonging. And with this unit study, they’re learning it through real conversations, playful learning, and sweet connections.
Grab your printable now and make teaching social studies actually feel… easy.
👉 Download your FREE Family and Community Worksheet Pack HERE
And don’t forget to save this post to your homeschooling board so you can come back to it later!
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