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Community helper sorting mats

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Looking for a fun learning center that will help your students think about community workers? Try these free sorting mats!

This free community helpers sorting activity is so much fun! It would be great to use with a community helpers theme in preschool or kindergarten.

This free community helpers sorting activity is so much fun! It would be great to use with a community helpers theme in preschool or kindergarten.

Your download comes with four sorting mats and six pictures for each mat.

How to assemble

1. Print the mats and cards.

2. Laminate.  (This is our favorite home laminator!)

3. Cut apart the cards.

4. If desired, attach clear Velcro dots to the mats and cards.  Attach the cards to each mat for storage.

5. To play, take out two or more mats.  Remove the cards and mix them up. Have your child name the pictures and determine where the pictures belong.

This free community helpers sorting activity is so much fun! It would be great to use with a community helpers theme in preschool or kindergarten.

My Three has learned a lot about community helpers in the last month, as we’ve spent many hours reading over a hundred books about community helpers!  All that reading has really helped him expand his vocabulary.

These mats provided an opportunity to use that knowledge.

This free community helpers sorting activity is so much fun! It would be great to use with a community helpers theme in preschool or kindergarten.

He could identify most, but not all, of the pictures by himself.

Doing these sorting mats together is such a great activity for him!  He has to identify the pictures, think about how the objects are used, and determine which community helpers would use them.

There was lots of critical thinking going on!

This free community helpers sorting activity is so much fun! It would be great to use with a community helpers theme in preschool or kindergarten.

Your download comes with four mats: firefighter, police officer, baker, and mail carrier. The other pictures you see are from our Community Helpers theme (soon to be updated and re-released).

I chose mats that were easy to contrast: farmer and nurse, for example.

This free community helpers sorting activity is so much fun! It would be great to use with a community helpers theme in preschool or kindergarten.

Hairdresser and grocer was another easy contrast.

This free community helpers sorting activity is so much fun! It would be great to use with a community helpers theme in preschool or kindergarten.

We finished with artist and garbage collector.

These sorting mats are wonderful for at-home learning or for a center activity in a preschool classroom.  Download the sample set below.  

Get your free community helpers sorting mats!

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34 Comments

  1. elaine

    November 6, 2019 at 9:12 pm

    Thank you so much, my kindergarten class, truly enjoyed the activity.

    Reply to this comment
  2. Pepper

    September 27, 2018 at 12:53 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing, these are great!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      October 15, 2018 at 7:24 am

      You’re welcome!

      Reply to this comment
  3. Darla Minor

    January 7, 2018 at 11:38 pm

    So are the mats free I don’t see a link for them

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      January 13, 2018 at 8:28 pm

      Yes – click on the green box that says “to get your free printable click here.”

      Reply to this comment
      • Lauren

        August 18, 2020 at 2:52 pm

        The link is no longer working. I’m finding many of your links aren’t working right now, about 1/4 of the ones I’ve clicked have worked.

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        • Anna G

          August 18, 2020 at 4:16 pm

          I just checked it and it worked perfectly. Please disable your ad blocker if the green box isn’t clickable. If the delivery email doesn’t work, please reply to it, and my assistant will check. Thanks!

          Reply to this comment
  4. erin

    May 1, 2017 at 2:00 pm

    Hello,

    These mats look wonderful. Do you sell the mats separate from the whole bundle? I’m on a tight budget. Thanks.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      May 1, 2017 at 3:28 pm

      No – just part of the set.

      Reply to this comment
  5. Darlene Neely

    January 28, 2017 at 10:12 am

    Thank you so much for sharing. These are perfect!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      January 29, 2017 at 8:31 am

      You’re very welcome, Darlene!

      Reply to this comment
  6. Maricor

    January 28, 2017 at 7:51 am

    Thank you so much.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      January 28, 2017 at 8:18 am

      You’re very welcome, Maricor!

      Reply to this comment
  7. Doreen

    September 17, 2016 at 10:16 pm

    Wow! What a great activity Thank you

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      September 18, 2016 at 6:48 am

      You’re welcome, Doreen! My son really loves these. They’re such a great vocabulary builder!

      Reply to this comment
  8. Cindi

    May 29, 2016 at 7:57 am

    This was perfect! Thank you so much!!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      June 7, 2016 at 5:28 pm

      You’re very welcome, Cindi!

      Reply to this comment
  9. Erlyne

    March 14, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    Love these mats!!! So great for vocabulary development. :o)

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      March 15, 2016 at 5:37 pm

      Thank you, Erlyne!

      Reply to this comment
  10. Amber

    January 10, 2016 at 1:40 pm

    I love everything you create!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      January 10, 2016 at 8:27 pm

      Thank you so much, Amber!

      Reply to this comment
  11. jane

    November 12, 2015 at 3:04 am

    Thanks for sharing
    really helpful

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      November 13, 2015 at 7:25 pm

      I hope you get a chance to use them, Jane!

      Reply to this comment
  12. Carla Martins

    November 12, 2015 at 2:04 am

    Thank you for this great activity.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      November 13, 2015 at 7:25 pm

      You’re very welcome, Carla!

      Reply to this comment
  13. Rebecca Smith

    November 11, 2015 at 5:55 pm

    These are so cool! Thanks for sharing.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      November 13, 2015 at 7:25 pm

      You’re welcome, Rebecca!

      Reply to this comment
      • Christine jeong

        November 15, 2019 at 12:00 pm

        These are so wonderful !!!
        Thank you for sharing !!!!

        Reply to this comment

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