Traits of Good Citizens
Session 4: Helping Others

Materials

• Books about helping others
• Crayons, markers, paint, scissors
• Construction paper

Instructional Activities

1. Display a variety of books about helping others. Read students two or three of the books that they select.
   
   
2. Ask students with which character in the books they identify and why.
   
   
3. Have students create a class list of ways they help at home and at school. Discuss how helping others makes them feel.
   
   
4. Divide students into small groups, and have them make finger puppets. Help students create simple skits that involve helping others, and have them present their skits to the class.