A guide for using our resources

Children will identify places in a neighborhood and modes of transportation.

Vocabulary: neighborhood, transportation

Social Studies Focus: communities

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

• This classic is still one of the best books for learning about neighborhoods. You can read sections aloud and keep it available for children to explore independently.

• Use Google Earth to explore your town! Go to earth.google.com and type your town’s name into the search bar. Press the + button to get closer and closer! Then you can move around the map to find your school and other places around the neighborhood.
• You can switch between 2-D and 3-D views to check out local landmarks from different angles.

• N is for neighborhood! Together, find and circle every uppercase and lowercase n in the issue.

Skill: apply knowledge

Materials: paper bags, glue sticks, markers, precut paper squares and rectangles in different colors

• Set out the materials and invite kids to make “buildings” out of paper bags! Kids can color in doors and stick on paper shapes for windows.
• Kids can create specific buildings, like a library, a school, a post office, a pizza place, and so on (you can add construction paper labels). When the paper bags are decorated, stuff them with a little crumpled newspaper to help them stand up, and staple at the top.
• Kids can even give neighborhood “tours” to class visitors!