Career Development

Developed by: Kathy Russell
Revised: Spring 2002

Level: K-2

My First Book About Jobs

Standards

Learning
Expectations

This activity will help students acquire the competencies which relate to the following standards:

4. Career Awareness and Employment Readiness Skills
5. Career Information and Career Goals

The student will:

4.1 Describe personal abilities, work habits, and interests
4.2 Define work and recognize that people work
5.2 Identify jobs of workers n the community
5.3 Recognize job tasks of school personnel and community workers

General
Approach

The general approach is that the counselor will lead the
children in a discussion about the employment of their
parents. The counselor will also lead them to talk about
other kinds of jobs. The children will color pictures
on various worksheets of many different kinds of workers,
and subsequently staple them together with a tile page to
create "My First Book About Jobs".

Activity Steps	Lead children through a discussion as follows: *Different mothers and fathers do lots of different kinds of work.* *Can any of you tell me what kinds of jobs your mothers and* *fathers have? (Allow for responses asking what the parents DO* *on their jobs.) Sometimes mothers and fathers decide that one of* *them should stay at home and take care of the children while the* *other one is at work. It can be either or mommy or daddy that* *stays at home. There are many, many kinds of jobs that you can* *choose from when you are a grown up. When you grow up, what* *would you like to be? (Allow for responses.) You know, it's a very* *good idea to know about different kinds of jobs so that you can make* *a good choice for yourself. In our next few sessions together you* *are going to make your very first book of jobs here with me. I* *am going to give you some pieces of paper with many pictures* *of workers on them. You can color them, and then we will put this* *title page on the front, and you will have your own book about jobs.* Give each child the sheets of paper with pictures of job workers. Have children color the people on the pages. While they are coloring, talk about the workers' responsibilities. Point out Mom AND Dad with the baby. Point out that both men and women can do the same jobs. Pass around the title page and then staple each booklet together. Let the children show their books to the class. Have them choose their favorite job to talk about while showing it.
Time Required	This activity will require three 20 minute sessions. The discussion about parent occupations should occur during the first session. Then in the next session the children will color their books and put them together. The last session will include children showing their books and talking about their favorite occupations.
Resources Needed	Sheets of paper with pictures of people in different jobs (page 1, 2, 3) Crayons Stapler Click HERE for clipart address. Use the search word "Clipart" after you are in the site.
Performance Indicators	When the child talks about his/her favorite occupation, the counselor will ask the child what interests him/her about that occupation and what some of the tasks of people in that occupation are. The counselor will ask if a man or a lady could do that job.