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Title: Theme community
Description: Community is a group of families occupying a particular place with common practice, values and culture.
Description: Community is a group of families occupying a particular place with common practice, values and culture.
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Teaching the Theme “Community’ In Early Childhood Education
Definitions of community
A community is a group of families which have a sense of belongingness
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Thus, community is a group of families occupying a particular place with common practice,
values and culture
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Provides a conducive environment for learning
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Sponsors feeding programmes
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Provides land for establishing ECD centres
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Topics in the theme community
Some of the topics children can learn about community are:
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In a community people move from place to place
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Children will learn about the local means of
transportation and the means of transport in other places
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2
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In a community foods are grown, processed
and distributed
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3
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Children will learn about the role of
doctors, nurses, hospitals, and dispensaries
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Safety provision: Children will learn about personal safety provisions, home safety, school
safety, police department, fire department, fire fighters, and police officers
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Communication facilities, including radio and television stations, newspapers, telephone
services, mobile services, postal services , people operating them e
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editor, director, and
mail person
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Recreation facilities such as parks, zoos, and museums
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Community professionals can be invited to visit your class and share information and tools
of their professionals with children
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Environment: Home and home compound, school building, playground, market or city,
local environment, city parks, zoo, ranger, builder, zookeepers, e
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Reasons why social studies should be about the community of the child
Some of the important reasons why social studies should be about the community of the child are:
Culture of the child is a very important source of knowledge
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Education is meant to prepare a child to fit in his/her community
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Social studies develop self-identity
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Social studies transmit culture
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Social studies preserve culture
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Culture is a way of life
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Title: Theme community
Description: Community is a group of families occupying a particular place with common practice, values and culture.
Description: Community is a group of families occupying a particular place with common practice, values and culture.