As children learn about their community they learn about important people, places and roles within their area. It helps them understand how everyone is connected and plays a role within a community. Make learning this unit fun with these free social studies community word searches.
These important parts of the community are usually taught in young grades. Each of these word searches cover an important part of the unit and they’re created specifically for young children.
In the classroom, they work well as an activity for children who finish work early, or as an introduction to each section of the unit.
I’m offering these printables for free for teachers, educators and anyone who visits my blog looking to add to their social studies unit. Grab them today!
If you’re looking for more engaging resources for your community unit, Play Learn Inspire offers more activities to add to your social studies porgram. These activities focus on people who help. Check out, Community Helpers Name printables and activity ideas as well as Community Helpers and Their Tools.
Free Social Studies Community Word Searches
There are four word searches in this resource:
- Local Community
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Community Helpers
- Mapping
Each of the searches are included in color as well as black and white. Print and use either that are best for you. Each of the word searches include nine words for children to find based on each of the themes.
I loved using these word searches in my grade 1 classroom as an introduction to each of our community units. It was a great way for my students to learn key words that they would encounter throughout the unit.
My students love when I hand out the word searches. They’re fun for kids and they learn as they search for each word.
The word searches are also created specifically for young children. The text is large and there are only nine words to find. The words are also only found left to right and down. The words do not go backwards and they don’t go diagonally. This tends to make word searches too challenging for young children.
I hope that you can easily add these printables to your classroom or child’s social studies program.
Download the Free Word Searches Here
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