Materials: Colorforms© Sesame Street People in Your Neighborhood or other Colorforms© Activity Sets

Objective: To identify and label occupations and other associated nouns

Target Vocabulary:
Letter Carrier: postal uniform, hat, package, letter
Cook/Chef: Chef hat, apron, cookies, spoon
Firefighter: Fire hat, coat, hose, hatchet
Construction Worker: hard hat, shirt & pants (coveralls), hammer, screwdriver

Sample Words and Phrases: Example: I wear a uniform, hat and carry packages and letters…..What am I? Repeat with other occupations. Put the firefighter (next to, in front of, behind the) ________.

Adaptations: Role play the activities of the various occupations such as deliver the mail around the classroom, build a box, bake cookies, come to the rescue of a pretend fire.

Age: Preschool, early elementary
Device: Vanguard, Vantage, Pathfinder
Content: To teach the identification & labeling of occupations