[Video] Afterschool Lesson: Social Studies and Our Community

Here is a look at a lesson at CGK Afterschool.

The Project Work subject that day was Social Studies. The children were beginning to learn about their community.

Their final project would be to introduce their own town. In this first lesson, they learned about the people who work in their community through games.

We began by reviewing different jobs with flashcards. The children explained jobs such as baker, police officer and pilot very well in their own words.

This is another way of developing self-expression. We want children not only to know what words mean, but also to explain those meanings clearly to others.

Bobby asks plenty of questions throughout the lesson, encouraging lively conversations with the children.

After reviewing the jobs, we played a card game called “I have, you have.”

Each card names jobs in the pattern “I have ..., who has ...?” The cards connect in a sequence, and we timed how quickly the whole group could finish playing their cards.

Some words were difficult to read or pronounce, but the children helped one another and clearly enjoyed the challenge. Every time we finished, someone called out, “I want to do one more time!”

After the card game, it was time to get moving.

The children guessed which job card Bobby had chosen. If their guess was wrong, their island (a blue tarpaulin) became smaller! It was lovely to see partners working out how to stay on their island together.

This lesson focused on jobs. Next, the children would investigate the buildings, facilities and other features of their own community, learning about them one by one as they prepared their presentations.

We look forward to seeing what they discover in the next lesson.