Herman the Helper: being helpful!

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Animals Animal Tales

Objectives

Early learning goals

  • Listen attentively in a range of situations.
  • Listen to stories, accurately anticipating key events and respond to what they hear with relevant comments, questions or actions.
  • Give attention to what others say and respond appropriately, while engaged in another activity.
  • Talk about how they and others show feelings, talk about own and others’ behaviour, and its consequences, and know that some behaviour is unacceptable.
  • Show sensitivity to others’ needs and feelings, and form positive relationships with adults and other children.

Lesson Planning

Children identify how they and others can be helpful, the feelings associated with giving and receiving help and the socially appropriate behaviour to acknowledge help.

Children will:

  • Identify helpful and unhelpful behaviour.
  • Recognise the positive emotions associated with being helpful and receiving help.
  • Understand how facial expressions indicate how people are feeling.
  • Know people in the local community who are able to help them.

Provided Resources

  • Helpful and unhelpful statements
  • Helpful and unhelpful pictures

You Will Need

  • Special visitor puppet or soft toy
  • Herman the Helper by R Kraus
  • Large sheets of paper
  • Paper plates
  • Mirrors
  • Road mat
  • Rescue vehicles
  • Image of an emotion face chart (lots are available online)

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