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Career Exploration Adventure

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Lesson Plan

Career Exploration Adventure

Teach students about different careers

In this lesson, kindergarten students will explore various careers through a combination of video, reading, and interactive activities. This lesson is designed to spark curiosity and help students understand the diversity of jobs people do. By engaging in collaborative learning and using trauma-informed teaching strategies, students will develop social skills and learn to focus on tasks, enhancing their understanding of the world around them.

Audience

Active Kindergarten Students

Time

40 minutes

Approach

Collaborative Learning, Trauma-Informed Teaching

Materials

Book: Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do, Video: The Good Learner Song, Printable Career Cards, Markers, Large Paper Sheets, and Career-themed Song Lyrics

Step 1

Introduction

5 mins

  • Greet the students and introduce the topic of careers.
  • Ask students what they think a career is and share a few examples.
  • Explain that today they will learn about different jobs people do.

Step 2

Video Viewing

5 mins

  • Show the video The Good Learner Song.
  • Discuss the qualities of a good learner and how they relate to different careers.

Step 3

Reading Activity

10 mins

  • Read aloud from the book "Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do."
  • Pause to ask questions about each job and what tools or clothes are associated with it.

Step 4

Collaborative Activity

15 mins

  • Divide students into small groups and give each group a set of printable career cards.
  • Ask each group to match the career cards with the correct tools or clothes.
  • Encourage students to discuss and help each other.

Step 5

Closure

5 mins

  • Gather students back together and ask each group to share one career they learned about.
  • Play the song from the provided YouTube link to wrap up the lesson.
  • Thank students for their participation and remind them of the importance of all jobs.
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Worksheet

Printable Career Cards

These cards feature different careers and are used for the collaborative activity where students match careers with their associated tools or clothes.




Doctor







Teacher







Firefighter







Chef







Police Officer







Artist







Engineer







Farmer







Pilot







Nurse




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Discussion

Career Discussion

A discussion to help students reflect on what they learned about different careers and how they relate to their own interests.

What is a career you learned about today?

Encourage students to recall a specific career and share what they remember about it.







Which career do you find most interesting and why?

Guide students to think about their interests and how they relate to the careers discussed.







What tools or clothes are needed for the career you like?

Help students connect the tools or clothes to the career they are interested in.







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Reading

Career-Themed Song Lyrics

Lyrics for a fun and engaging song about different careers, to be sung during the closure of the lesson.

(Tune: "The Wheels on the Bus")

The doctor in the town helps us feel better, feel better, feel better.
The doctor in the town helps us feel better, all day long.

The teacher in the school helps us learn, helps us learn, helps us learn.
The teacher in the school helps us learn, all day long.

The firefighter in the truck puts out the fire, puts out the fire, puts out the fire.
The firefighter in the truck puts out the fire, all day long.

(Continue with other careers like chef, police officer, etc.)

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