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Explore community services. Walk to a neighborhood post office. Go to a library story hour. Introduce people and places.
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Blocks and boxes naturally enhance children’s creative play. As part of a community helpers theme, children create fire, police, and gas stations; hospitals and clinics; libraries; schools; and other familiar buildings.
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Community helper props in pretend play encourage children to try new roles.
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Choose a job or building in your neighborhood that fascinates you.
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On a large index card, draw the person or place, or write its name with Crayola® Washable Markers and Multicultural Markers. Make more than one card if you like.
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With a Crayola® Glue Stick, attach your card to the end of a recycled cardboard shoe box or other small box.
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Play with your building or person in the blocks area. Construct a village with friends and their boxes. What vehicles help people do their jobs? (fire trucks, bookmobile, buses)
Explore and respond to the work of Marcel Duchamp, creating a collage of a reworked face.
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Library windows are just the place to share reviews of favorite books. Use Crayola® Washable Window Markers or Crayola W
Stick up for sharp-toothed creatures who get a bad rap! They are just trying to survive like all other animals.
What’s at the center of a galaxy? A black hole! Look WAY beyond a black hole by creating a vivid galaxy and observation
St. George’s Day (or any day) is the perfect time to celebrate brave deeds. Create colorful bravery badges for yourself
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