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    Social Studies Games Focused on Communities

    A community is a group of people living in the same place, under the same laws, sharing common beliefs, interests, rights and privileges.  Through community studies, children learn about getting along with others outside of their family structure from a very young age.  They learn about the things that bind them together as a group and make them feel like they belong and are valued.  As Catholics, we too are all part of a special community where we always belong and are valued, called the church.  This fact joins us together in faith and gives us a place to feel welcomed no matter when, where or how we live.  As children learn the basics of communities - what they believe, where they live, feeling safe in them, following rules and laws of them - they begin to learn about the world around them.  Most children start off learning about community workers since work is one of the marks of a community. 

    "Work bears a particular mark of man and of humanity, the mark of a person operating within a community of persons."  Pope John Paul II

    We have tried to create fun games to help our children relate to one another and the world around them in a positive and faith filled way.  We hope that our games can help your children too.

     

    When I Grow Up Community Game

    When I Grow Up Social Studies Game

    When I Grow Up Social Studies Game

    Age:  Elem+

    Focus:  Occupations and Community Workers

     

    Help children learn about different careers and workers in their community in this fun tactile game.  Played like concentration, pulling one coloured stick and one plain stick to find career matches.  Good for 1-10 players.  Adjust the number of sticks to match the group size or attention span of very young ones.  This game includes 50 different occupations including the often overlooked choices of mother, father, husband, wife, priest, and nun.  Use this game to begin talking about different careers as well as to point out the importance of jobs such as father and mother which many times children forget are real viable full-time occupations.  Homeschool moms are prime examples of this.  This is also an excellent time to talk about the sacraments of Holy Orders and Matrimony as well as the calling of others to single life.
     
       

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