A Kindergarten Lesson Plan

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Don’t run in the hallway! Be quiet in the library! Stop at the stop sign! Why do we have all of these rules and laws? Even kindergarten students will understand the reason why when you introduce a few simple and fun ideas. Use everyday traffic situations to explain the general importance of rules to your kindergarten class. Imagine if you asked Sweet Suzie to be the line leader everyday of the school year. It would not take long for you to hear the cries, “That’s not fair!” from your students. Use this Social Studies lesson plan to show your students why rules and laws are used to create a safe and fair environment. Included are activities and a printable worksheet. Objective: 1. Students will identify purposes for having rules and ways that they provide order, fairness, security, and safety in the home, school, and community. Materials and Preparation: • Book: Signs in Our World by John Searcy • Worksheet: Download the printable worksheet and provide a copy for each child. •Sidewalk chalk or masking tape: On the playground, in the multi-purpose room or the classroom create a simple street scene. Include an intersection and a stop sign or traffic light. It does not need to be fancy just an outline on which the students can move. Procedure: Street Scene Gather your children close to the street scene that you have created. Assign a few children to pretend to be driving cars on the street. Tell them to follow the rules and laws by driving on the correct side of the street and stopping at the stop sign. Then introduce a few students into the scene who are not following the laws. They can drive on the wrong side of the road and ignore the stop sign and speed limit. Stop the scene after a few minutes and ask these questions: 1. Even though it seemed like fun to break the rules on our little

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