Citizenship Essential Activities for Kindergarten

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In order to stay safe in a community, signs are put up, and residents must follow these signs. For example, when a road construction is going on, a caution sign is usually put up. Ask your kids if they can mention some of the signs they often see; at the swimming pool, the park, or anywhere else. Now, look at this worksheet with them. Ask them to check the community signs that best matches the picture on the left.

Cooperation is a vital key that makes things go smoothly where more than one person is involved. In school, your students need to cooperate with you as their teacher, and with other students in order for things to get done. In offices, workers also have to cooperate with each other, and so on. This is what makes a good citizen; cooperation. Ask your students to look at the pictures in the worksheet and check the ones that show citizens cooperating with one another.

When something is done and one person is unjustly hurt by the actions of another, that action is said to be unfair. However, when both or all parties involved benefit from the actions, the actions are said to be fair. Now, look at the pictures in this worksheet with your kids. Can they tell you what is going on in each of the images? Help them decide if the actions of the people are fair or unfair, and circle the appropriate option.

It is extremely important to stay safe in your community, and you need to teach your kids that early enough. Your community might be a busy one, with schools, construction sites and homes in it; which means that your children’s safety could be at risk with so many activities going on. Ask your kids to look at the pictures in this worksheet. Can they identify what is going on in each picture? Now, help them check the box next to the people, places and things that are safe in the community.

Laws are put in place in every place, community or society so that there can be order. A law is a rule that citizens of a place must follow. Ask your students if they can tell you some of the rules that guide them in their own homes, school, or the playground. Teach them that these laws are important as they keep people safe. Ask them to check the box next to the pictures that show laws in this simple worksheet.

Your students get the chance to better understand what habits and acts make a good citizen, and which ones make a bad citizen. Before you start the exercise, ask your children if they can list some of the things a good citizen would do. Then, look through the worksheet and ask them if any of the pictures show the actions of a good citizen. Check the boxes that show what a good citizen would do.