# Lesson 176: Visiting local places

🟡 SOCIAL STUDIES (40 Lessons) • 🔵 B. My School and Community

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## Objective

I can name some local places I visit with an adult and show kind and safe actions there.

## Materials

- Paper for a small visiting picture
- Pencils, crayons, or markers
- Optional: small photos or sketches of a park, shop, clinic, and library

## Mini-lesson — Local places we visit

In a community there are many places people visit.

Some local places

- A park to play and walk.
- A shop or market to buy food or things we need.
- A clinic when we need care.
- A library to read and borrow books.
- A hall or centre where people meet.

We usually visit with an adult

- We stay near the adult who brought us.
- We listen for short words like "wait" or "come".
- We use kind and quiet voices when needed.

Kind and safe actions

- At the park: take turns and use the play area safely.
- At the shop: wait in a line and keep hands calm.
- At the clinic: sit and wait, use a quiet voice.
- At the library: use a soft voice and care for the books.

We do not decide which place is the "best". Each place helps us in a different way. We can show respect in all of them.

Picture strip: Four local places

## Guided Practice — My visit picture

You will draw a picture that shows a visit to one local place with an adult.

1. Choose one place: park, shop, clinic, or library.
2. Think: "Why do we visit this place?" (for example, to play, to buy food, to see a nurse, to read).
3. On your page, draw yourself and an adult at that place.
4. Add small labels using short words such as "visit", "wait", "line", "quiet", "thank".
5. Under the picture, write or trace one sentence: "We visit the _____ ." or "At the _____ I _____ ."
6. Read your sentence aloud to an adult. Point to your picture as you read. Talk about one kind or safe action in the scene.

Tracing Pad
Lines
Trace
Pen

## Practice — Where are we visiting?

Use this activity to talk about local places and kind actions when you visit with an adult.

1. An adult says a short visit idea, such as "We are going to get books." or "We are going to play on the swings."
2. Say which place it might be (for example, "library" or "park").
3. Then say one kind or safe action, such as "I use a quiet voice" or "I wait in line".
4. Try a few more visit ideas: going to a shop, clinic, or hall. For each idea, name the place and a kind action.
5. At the end, tell an adult which local place you like to visit and one good way you act there.

## Quick Check — Visiting local places

Answer each question about local places and kind, safe actions. These questions do not judge which place is better. They help you think about how to act when you visit.

1) Which of these can be a local place?

park pillow spoon
A park is a place in a community.

2) Why might people visit a library?

To race cars inside. To throw food. To read and borrow books.
A library is for reading and borrowing books.

3) You go to the park with an adult. What is a kind action?

Push others off the slide. Take turns on the swing. Throw sand at people.
Taking turns is a kind way to play.

4) At the shop, what is a respectful action?

Wait in line and keep hands calm. Run and touch all the things. Shout at other people in the line.
We wait in line and stay calm in shops.

5) Your adult says, "We are going to see a nurse." Where are you most likely going?

park shop clinic
A nurse usually works at a clinic.

6) At the clinic, what is a safe and kind choice?

Run in the halls. Sit and wait with a quiet voice. Shout and jump on the seats.
We sit and wait with calm bodies and voices.

7) Which sentence shows respect in the library?

"I throw the books." "I shout and run." "I turn pages gently and use a quiet voice."
We care for books and speak softly in a library.

8) Which short word can match a kind visit action?

thank kick grab
"Thank" is a kind word to use when you visit.

9) When you visit a local place, who should you stay near?

Any stranger you see. The adult you came with. Nobody at all.
We stay near the trusted adult who brought us.

10) Why is it good to learn how to act in local places?

To decide whose visit is best. To make others feel bad. To help everyone feel safe, calm, and respected.
Kind actions help people feel safe and respected in shared places.

## Assessment (parent/teacher)

Student can name at least two local places such as park, shop, clinic, or library. Student can say a simple reason for visiting at least one local place. Student uses short words like visit, wait, quiet, share, and thank. Student can name at least one kind or safe action for a local place. Student shows respect when talking about how people act in shared places.

## Exit ticket (student)

😀 I can talk about visiting local places and how to act there. 🙂 I know some ideas but want more practice. 😅 Visiting places and rules still feel a bit tricky.

#### Next time I will practise…

Using kind words like hello and thank you Waiting in line calmly Staying near my adult in busy places
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