# Lesson 166: Helping at home

🟡 SOCIAL STUDIES (40 Lessons) • 🟢 A. About Me and My Family

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## Objective

I can name simple ways to help at home and talk about kind and fair choices when sharing jobs.

## Materials

- Small chart or paper for a "Helping at home" list
- Pencils, crayons, or markers
- Optional: stickers or stars to mark helping jobs

## Mini-lesson — Helping at home

When we help at home, we show care for our family. Helping can be small, but it still matters.

Examples of helping jobs

- Help tidy toys and books.
- Clean a small table or desk.
- Wash cups or plastic plates with an adult.
- Fold small towels or clothes.
- Carry light things like cushions or socks.

How helping feels

- Can help grown-ups feel less tired.
- Makes the home feel more calm.
- Helps children feel proud and useful.

Short helping sentences

- "I help tidy."
- "I clean here."
- "I wash cups."
- "I fold towels."

Not every home shares jobs in the same way. We respect different family rules and abilities.

Picture strip: Little helpers at home

## Guided Practice — My helping list

You will make a small "helping list" to show how you can help at home.

1. At the top of the page, write: "Helping at home".
2. Think of 2 or 3 small jobs you can really do, such as "tidy toys" or "wash cups".
3. Draw a small picture for each helping job.
4. Next to each picture, write or trace one short word like "tidy", "wash", "fold", or "wipe".
5. Practise reading your list aloud to an adult using a full sentence like "I help tidy."

Tracing Pad
Lines
Trace
Pen

## Practice — My helping plan

Use your helping list to plan one way you will help at home this week, in a kind and safe way.

1. Choose one job from your list that you can really do, such as "tidy toys" or "wash cups".
2. Tell an adult at home: "This week I will help by _____ ."
3. Ask when is a good time to do this helping job and if you need help.
4. After you help, talk about how it felt. Did you feel proud or useful?
5. Add a small star, tick, or smiley next to that job on your list.

## Quick Check — Helping at home

Answer each question about chores, helping, and respect. These questions do not judge any family. They talk about kind and fair choices children can make.

1) What is a chore?

A game with no rules. A small job that helps at home. Something only teachers do at school.
A chore is a small helping job at home.

2) Which is a helpful choice?

Put toys back in the box. Leave toys all over the floor every time. Kick toys under the sofa.
Putting toys away helps keep the home tidy.

3) An adult asks, "Can you help carry these light bags?" What is a kind reply?

"No, I never help." Walk away and say nothing. "Yes, I can help."
Saying yes to a safe, small job shows care.

4) What could you do with dirty clothes?

Throw them in the hallway. Put them in the basket. Hide them under the bed.
Using the basket is a simple way to help.

5) Your family has a rule: "We help tidy after dinner." What can you do?

Carry light cups to the sink. Make more mess on purpose. Say it is never your turn.
Even small helping jobs follow the rule.

6) How might helping at home make you feel?

Like you do not belong. Like nothing you do matters. Proud to be part of the family.
Helping can make you feel proud and useful.

7) Your friend says, "At my home I sweep the floor." What is a kind answer?

"That is silly." "That is a good way to help." "You should stop helping."
We respect the ways other children help at home.

8) Which short sentence is about helping?

"I help tidy." "I make mess." "I never clean."
Helping sentences show what you do to care for your home.

9) Not every child can do the same jobs. What should we remember?

Only one kind of helping is right. Your way is always better. Families share jobs in different ways.
We do not judge families. We respect differences.

10) Why is it good to learn to help at home?

So you can do all the work alone. So you can share jobs and care for others. So you can tell everyone what to do.
Helping teaches sharing and care.

## Assessment (parent/teacher)

Student can name at least two simple helping jobs they can do at home. Student can explain why helping at home can be useful. Student uses short helping sentences such as "I help tidy." or "I wash cups." Student shows respect when hearing how other children help at home.

## Exit ticket (student)

😀 I can talk about how I help at home. 🙂 I know some helping jobs but want more practice. 😅 Talking about helping at home still feels a bit tricky.

#### Next time I will practise…

Saying short helping sentences Doing one small helping job at home Respecting how other families share jobs
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