Approaches to Learning: Learning Strategies; Learning Disposition & Mindset
Language & Communication: Literacy Skills; Writing Skills; Oral Communication
Creative Arts & Expression: Dramatic Arts & Storytelling
Related Concepts:
Different jobs need different types of energy
Rest helps working bodies recover
Safety equipment protects working bodies
Healthy food gives energy for work
Exercise keeps bodies strong for work
Domains & Competencies:
Physical Development: Health & Self-Care; Gross Motor Skills; Fine Motor Skills
Cognitive Development: Scientific Thinking
Approaches to Learning: Learning Strategies
Language & Communication: Literacy Skills; Oral Communication
Related Concepts:
Different jobs help different people
Teams use different body strengths together
Community helpers use their bodies to keep us safe
Everyone's job is important
Bodies can learn to do new jobs
Domains & Competencies:
Social & Emotional Development: Social Skills; Character Development
Approaches to Learning: Collaborative Learning; Play Development
Language & Communication: Oral Communication
Cognitive Development: Executive Function
Physical Development: Gross Motor Skills
Monthly Progression
Overview: How learning will progress and ideas will build on previous ones.
WEEK 1: Our Bodies Have Special Strengths for Different Jobs + Our Senses Make Us Better Workers + Our Brains Help Us Learn and Remember for Jobs
Children explore how bodies, senses, and brains work together in professions.
Through doctor and vet role play, they discover that jobs require physical abilities (steady hands), sensory awareness (listening, observing, touching), and cognitive skills (remembering, problem‑solving).
The Playdoh brain activity and “Whose Hands Are These?” help match specific body parts, senses, and mental abilities to different careers—work requires our whole body working together.
WEEK 2: We Use Different Tools for Different Jobs
Building on body capabilities, children discover how tools extend what our bodies can do.
Through hands‑on exploration stations comparing hands versus tools, they experience that hammers hit harder, screwdrivers grip better, and tools multiply our natural strength.
“Whose Tools Are These?” and activities like milking a cow and making hammer prints show how tools make us more capable—and each job needs specific tools.
WEEK 3: Working Bodies Need Care and Energy
After learning what bodies can do and how tools help, children discover that working bodies need proper fuel and maintenance.
Through “Good Enough to Eat” and nutrition activities, they learn different foods serve different purposes—building muscles, fueling brains, providing sustained energy.
This week emphasizes that taking care of our bodies through good food choices and rest is essential for being able to work, play, and learn effectively.
WEEK 4: Bodies Work Together in Communities
Children zoom out from individual working bodies to see how they function within community systems.
Through work chain simulations (restaurant, neighborhood workers) and construction stations, they experience that complex work requires coordination among people with different roles.
“Trashy Town” and community helper activities help children recognize how individual bodies with unique capabilities—using appropriate tools and maintaining proper care—work together in coordinated teams to make community life possible.