Materials
A group of colorfully
clothed children
Instructions
What To Do
1. Talk with the children about various places in their community that they go on
a regular basis.
2. Teach the children the following song. Show the children a picture of the
location prior to singing the verse about that location. (Invite the children to
think of new places and bring in pictures to add to the song.)
In My Community by Jackie Wright
(Tune "Here We Go "Round the Mulberry Bush")
I can go to the grocery
store,
The grocery store, the
grocery store.
I can go to the grocery
store
In my community.
I can go to the pet store,
The pet store, the pet
store.
I can go to the pet store
In my community.
I can go to the gas station,
The gas station, the gas
station.
I can go to the gas station
In my community.
I can go to the library,
The library, the library.
I can go to the library
In my community.
I can go to a restaurant,
A restaurant, a restaurant.
I can go to a restaurant
In my community.
I can go to the mall,
To the mall, to the mall.
I can go to the mall
In my community.
Assessment
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
l Can the children identify various places in their community in pictures?
l Are the children able to remember the song from verse to verse?
