Lesson 166: Helping at home

🟡 SOCIAL STUDIES (40 Lessons) • 🟢 A. About Me and My Family

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Objective

I can name simple ways to help at home and talk about kind and fair choices when sharing jobs.

Materials

Mini-lesson — Helping at home

When we help at home, we show care for our family. Helping can be small, but it still matters.

Examples of helping jobs

  • Help tidy toys and books.
  • Clean a small table or desk.
  • Wash cups or plastic plates with an adult.
  • Fold small towels or clothes.
  • Carry light things like cushions or socks.

How helping feels

  • Can help grown-ups feel less tired.
  • Makes the home feel more calm.
  • Helps children feel proud and useful.

Short helping sentences

  • "I help tidy."
  • "I clean here."
  • "I wash cups."
  • "I fold towels."

Not every home shares jobs in the same way. We respect different family rules and abilities.

Picture strip: Little helpers at home

Guided Practice — My helping list

You will make a small "helping list" to show how you can help at home.

  1. At the top of the page, write: "Helping at home".
  2. Think of 2 or 3 small jobs you can really do, such as "tidy toys" or "wash cups".
  3. Draw a small picture for each helping job.
  4. Next to each picture, write or trace one short word like "tidy", "wash", "fold", or "wipe".
  5. Practise reading your list aloud to an adult using a full sentence like "I help tidy."
Tracing Pad
Tracing snapshot for print
Tip: Say a full sentence as you trace, such as "I help tidy."

Practice — My helping plan

Use your helping list to plan one way you will help at home this week, in a kind and safe way.

  1. Choose one job from your list that you can really do, such as "tidy toys" or "wash cups".
  2. Tell an adult at home: "This week I will help by _____ ."
  3. Ask when is a good time to do this helping job and if you need help.
  4. After you help, talk about how it felt. Did you feel proud or useful?
  5. Add a small star, tick, or smiley next to that job on your list.

Quick Check — Helping at home

Answer each question about chores, helping, and respect. These questions do not judge any family. They talk about kind and fair choices children can make.

1) What is a chore?

A chore is a small helping job at home.

2) Which is a helpful choice?

Putting toys away helps keep the home tidy.

3) An adult asks, "Can you help carry these light bags?" What is a kind reply?

Saying yes to a safe, small job shows care.

4) What could you do with dirty clothes?

Using the basket is a simple way to help.

5) Your family has a rule: "We help tidy after dinner." What can you do?

Even small helping jobs follow the rule.

6) How might helping at home make you feel?

Helping can make you feel proud and useful.

7) Your friend says, "At my home I sweep the floor." What is a kind answer?

We respect the ways other children help at home.

8) Which short sentence is about helping?

Helping sentences show what you do to care for your home.

9) Not every child can do the same jobs. What should we remember?

We do not judge families. We respect differences.

10) Why is it good to learn to help at home?

Helping teaches sharing and care.

Assessment (parent/teacher)

Exit ticket (student)

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