Lesson 196: Helping hands project

🟡 SOCIAL STUDIES (40 Lessons) • 🟠 E. Projects

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Objective

I can plan a simple "Helping hands" project that shows safe, kind ways I can help at home, at school, or in my community with an adult.

Materials

Mini-lesson — Helping hands in action

When we help others in safe, simple ways, we show that we are kind and part of our community.

What are helping hands?

  • Helping hands are our hands when we use them to help, not to hurt.
  • We can help at home (tidying toys), at school (sharing tools), or in the community (picking up litter with an adult).
  • Helping hands follow rules and stay close to a trusted adult.

Safe ways to help

  • Ask an adult, "How can I help?"
  • Do jobs that are safe for children, like handing things, tidying, sorting, or drawing posters.
  • Do not go with strangers or do any job that feels unsafe or too heavy.

Helping makes a difference

  • Small helping jobs can make places cleaner, friendlier, and more comfortable.
  • Helping can make others feel cared for.
  • Helping can also make you feel proud and useful.

In this project, an adult always helps you choose safe helping jobs. You only do child-safe tasks.

Picture strip: Helping hands in three places

Guided Practice — Plan your helping hands

You will plan three helping actions with an adult: one at home, one at school, and one in the community.

  1. On a notebook page, draw three hand shapes or three simple boxes. Label them "Home", "School", and "Community".
  2. Talk with an adult about safe ways you can help in each place. For example, "tidy toys" at home, "share pencils" at school, or "pick up litter with gloves" in the community.
  3. Inside each hand shape or box, draw a quick sketch of you helping.
  4. Under each picture, the adult helps you write or trace a short sentence, such as "I help at home by tidying toys."
  5. At the top of the page, write or trace the title: "My helping hands plan".
  6. Read your three helping sentences aloud to an adult. Check together that each job is safe and has adult permission.
Tracing Pad
Tracing snapshot for print
Tip: Say a full sentence as you trace, such as "My helping hands can do safe, kind jobs."

Practice — Create your helping hands project

Use your plan to make a project page or small poster that shows your helping hands in action.

  1. On a clean sheet of paper, lightly trace around your hand three times (or draw three hand shapes) with an adult's help.
  2. Label each hand: "Home", "School", and "Community".
  3. Inside each hand shape, draw a neat picture of you doing the helping job from your plan.
  4. Under each hand, write or trace a short helping sentence, such as "I help at school by sharing markers."
  5. At the top of the page, write or trace the title: "My helping hands". Add small hearts or stars around it if you like.
  6. Show your project to an adult. Read each sentence aloud and talk about when you might do that safe helping job.

Quick Check — Helping hands

Answer each question about helping, kindness, and staying safe. These questions check simple ideas only.

1) What are "helping hands"?

Helping hands are hands used in safe, kind ways.

2) Which is a safe helping job for a child?

Tidying toys is a safe job for children.

3) Who should help you choose your helping jobs?

A trusted adult helps choose safe helping jobs.

4) Which sentence is kind?

We help because we care, not just for prizes.

5) Which helping job fits "Home" best?

Putting things away helps at home.

6) Which helping job fits "School" best?

Sharing and tidying are safe school helping jobs.

7) Which helping job fits "Community" best?

Cleaning with an adult nearby is a safe community helping job.

8) What should you do if a helping job starts to feel unsafe?

If something feels unsafe, stop and tell an adult.

9) What makes your helping hands project clear?

Clear pictures and sentences help others understand your project.

10) What is one goal of this lesson?

The goal is to plan safe, kind ways to help with adults.

Assessment (parent/teacher)

Exit ticket (student)

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