Community Helpers Stick Puppets – 16 Character Set
Twelve community-helper stick-puppet characters, in both black-and-white and colour versions, pair with a bonus community-map worksheet for a social-studies unit on neighbourhood jobs.
- Year groups
- Year 2
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Topic
- Community, Helpers
- Preparation
- Print ready
From the author
About this resource
This resource will allow your students to make stick puppets with these community helpers. There are 16 community helpers included. They can be printed in black and white or color. The tools and signs they use are also included.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Identify common community-helper jobs and the tools or settings associated with each
- Retell or role-play a community helper's job using the finished puppet
- Read and use a simple map key to build a community layout
Teaching tips
- Have students colour and cut out the black-and-white set themselves as a fine-motor and following-directions activity, and keep the colour set as a teacher-made backup or fast-finisher option
- Glue each puppet to a popsicle stick and use them for retelling during a read-aloud about community helpers, as the cover suggests
- Pair the map worksheet with a walk around the school neighbourhood so students can place real signs (stop sign, crosswalk) onto their own map
Skills covered
- Social studies
- Dramatic play
- Fine motor skills
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
Are the puppets black-and-white only, or is there a colour version too?
Both are included — black-and-white line art for students to colour, and separate ready-to-use colour versions of the same 12 characters.
Is the community map a separate activity from the puppets, or does it connect to them?
It's a separate bonus page — a blank map with a key and printable street-sign icons (stop sign, crosswalk, speed limit) for students to build their own mini community layout alongside puppet play.
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Resource details
Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
- Community helpers
- Neighbourhood jobs
Topics