Note for teachers using this lesson plan
Before this lesson, prepare picture cards showing children helping in different scenarios at home and school. Also, have simple props ready for role-playing helping activities, such as a small toy broom, a duster, or toy dishes. The central idea is for pupils to understand that helping others makes everyone happy and to demonstrate simple, practical ways they can help in their daily lives. Observe pupils actively participating in role-play and verbally identifying simple acts of kindness.
Class: Pre-School Level 2
Term: Third Term
Week: 6
Age: 3 years
Duration: 30 minutes
Subject: Social Habits
Curriculum Theme: Not separately stated in the scheme.
Previous Lesson: Learning to share toys and materials.
Topic: HELPING OTHERS: VALUES AND WAYS TO HELP
Subject Matter: Helping Others: Values and Ways to Help.
Specific Objectives
By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
Cognitive Domain
- State simple reasons why helping others is good.
- Identify different ways they can help at home and school.
Affective Domain
- Show willingness to help their parents, elders, siblings, and friends.
- Appreciate the feeling of happiness that comes from helping others.
Psychomotor Domain
- Demonstrate simple actions of helping through role-play.
- Participate in a song about helping.
Social Domain
- Practise sharing and taking turns during helping activities.
- Encourage friends to help each other.
Reference Materials
- NAPPS National Unified Teaching Scheme for Pre-School Level 2.
- Relevant Early Childhood Care and Education resources.
- Picture books on kindness and helping.
Instructional Materials
- Charts showing children helping (e.g., tidying toys, helping elderly, sharing).
- Posters with pictures of different helping actions.
- Small toy broom, duster, toy dishes, or other simple props for role-play.
- Picture cards depicting various helping scenarios.
- Audio device for playing a song (optional).
Rationale for the Lesson
This lesson is important for 3-year-olds because it introduces them to the concept of empathy and community. Learning to help others at this age builds a foundation for kindness, responsibility, and positive social interactions, making them more considerate members of their family and school environment.Prerequisite/Previous Knowledge
Pupils can identify family members and friends. They also have some understanding of simple rules and routines at home and school.Lesson Content/Board Summary
HELPING OTHERS: VALUES AND WAYS TO HELP
What is Helping?
Helping means doing something good for someone else. It means making things easier or better for others.
Why Do We Help Others? (Values of Helping)
- It makes people happy.
- It makes tasks easier to do.
- It shows we are kind and caring.
- It makes us good friends.
- It makes our home and school a better place.
Ways to Help Others
At Home:
- Help Mummy or Daddy tidy up toys.
- Help carry light things (e.g., a small book).
- Help set the table for food.
- Help put dirty clothes in the basket.
- Help water the plants.
At School:
- Share toys with friends.
- Help a friend pick up something they dropped.
- Help the teacher tidy up the classroom.
- Help new friends feel welcome.
Helping Hands Song
Tune: “Are You Sleeping, Brother John?”
Lyrics:
Helping hands, helping hands,
We can help, we can help.
Help our friends and family,
Help our friends and family,
Make them happy, make them happy!
Actions: Clap hands, point to friends, hug self, smile.
Watch and Learn About Helping
Key Words
- Help – To do something good for someone.
- Kind – Being nice and caring to others.
- Share – To let others use or have something with you.
- Happy – Feeling joy and pleasure.
💡 Teacher Guide for Using This Board Summary
How to teach the content: Use the charts and posters to show pictures of children helping. Ask pupils to describe what they see. Explain “helping” in simple terms, using examples familiar to them. Discuss the “why” by asking questions like, “How do you feel when someone helps you?” or “How does Mummy feel when you help her?”
What to show or demonstrate: Point to each picture on the charts and posters, naming the helping action. Physically demonstrate simple helping actions like picking up a dropped item, tidying a toy, or offering a hand. Use the toy props for a brief demonstration of helping at home or school.
How to use the rhyme/song: Introduce the “Helping Hands Song” by singing it clearly and slowly. Encourage pupils to repeat after you, line by line. Demonstrate the actions and have pupils imitate them. Sing the song several times to help them learn and remember the message of helping.
How to use the video: Introduce the video as a fun way to see more about helping. Play the video, encouraging pupils to watch the actions and listen to the words. After watching, ask simple questions like, “What did you see the children doing in the video?” or “How did helping make them feel?” Encourage pupils to try some of the actions they saw.
What to watch for: Observe if pupils can identify helping actions in pictures and if they show enthusiasm for helping during discussions and role-play. Listen for their simple explanations of why helping is good.
Teaching Methods/Instructional Techniques
- Play-based Learning
- Demonstration
- Guided Practice
- Songs and Rhymes
- Picture Talk
- Question and Answer
- Role-play
- Imitation
Instructional Procedures
Step 1: Introduction
Time: 3 minutes
Teaching Skill: Engaging/Recalling
Teacher’s Activity: The teacher greets the pupils warmly and leads them in a short “Good Morning” song. The teacher then asks pupils what they remember about sharing from the previous lesson, linking it to being kind to others.
Pupils’ Activity: Pupils respond to greetings, sing along, and share simple ideas about sharing.
Learning Point: Pupils are engaged and recall previous learning about kindness.
Step 2: Introducing Helping
Time: 5 minutes
Teaching Skill: Observation/Discussion
Teacher’s Activity: The teacher shows pupils charts and posters with pictures of children helping others (e.g., helping an elderly person, tidying toys, sharing snacks). The teacher asks, “What are these children doing?” and introduces the word “help.”
Pupils’ Activity: Pupils observe the pictures, point to actions, and try to describe what they see. They repeat the word “help.”
Learning Point: Pupils identify actions of helping and learn the word “help.”
Step 3: Discussing the Values of Helping
Time: 4 minutes
Teaching Skill: Explaining/Questioning
Teacher’s Activity: The teacher asks, “Why do we help? How does it make people feel when you help them?” The teacher explains that helping makes people happy, makes things easier, and shows we are kind.
Pupils’ Activity: Pupils share their feelings about being helped and listen to the teacher’s explanation. They repeat words like “happy” and “kind.”
Learning Point: Pupils understand that helping makes people happy and is a kind thing to do.
Step 4: Demonstrating Ways to Help
Time: 5 minutes
Teaching Skill: Demonstration/Modelling
Teacher’s Activity: The teacher demonstrates simple ways to help using props (e.g., picking up a dropped pencil, pretending to sweep with a toy broom, helping a “friend” carry a light book). The teacher explains, “This is how we can help at home/school.”
Pupils’ Activity: Pupils watch the teacher’s demonstrations carefully and identify the helping actions.
Learning Point: Pupils observe practical examples of helping actions.
Step 5: Guided Practice and Role-Play
Time: 5 minutes
Teaching Skill: Guided Practice/Role-play
Teacher’s Activity: The teacher invites pupils to come forward and try to demonstrate simple helping actions, like tidying toys or helping a “friend.” The teacher provides gentle guidance and encouragement.
Pupils’ Activity: Pupils take turns to role-play simple helping actions, imitating the teacher’s demonstration or suggesting their own.
Learning Point: Pupils actively practise demonstrating ways to help others.
Step 6: Reinforcement with Song and Video
Time: 4 minutes
Teaching Skill: Reinforcement/Singing
Teacher’s Activity: The teacher leads pupils in singing the “Helping Hands Song” with actions. The teacher then plays the short video about helping others and asks pupils to watch for different ways to help.
Pupils’ Activity: Pupils sing the song with actions and watch the video, pointing out helping actions they see.
Learning Point: Pupils reinforce their understanding of helping through song and visual examples.
Step 7: Evaluation/Review
Time: 4–5 minutes
Teaching Skill: Questioning/Assessment
Teacher’s Activity: The teacher checks pupils’ understanding through short questions and practical tasks.
- Show me a picture where someone is helping.
- What makes people happy when you help them?
- Demonstrate one way you can help at home.
- Who should we help? (Parents, friends, elders)
Pupils’ Activity: Pupils respond orally and demonstrate the required skill where appropriate.
Learning Point: Pupils demonstrate understanding of the lesson.
Step 8: Conclusion
Time: 2 minutes
Teaching Skill: Summarising/Encouraging
Teacher’s Activity: The teacher praises pupils for their participation and reminds them to always be helpful and kind to everyone at home and school. The teacher ends the lesson with a positive affirmation like, “You are all wonderful helpers!”
Pupils’ Activity: Pupils listen, repeat the affirmation, and show enthusiasm for being helpful.
Learning Point: Pupils are encouraged to apply what they have learned in their daily lives.
Lesson Keywords
- Help – To do something good for someone.
- Kind – Being nice and caring to others.
- Share – To let others use or have something with you.
- Happy – Feeling joy and pleasure.
Differentiation
- Support: For pupils who need extra support, provide larger picture cards, use hand-over-hand guidance during role-play, and offer more one-on-one verbal prompts. Focus on identifying just one or two simple helping actions.
- Extension: For pupils who grasp the concept quickly, encourage them to suggest other ways they can help that were not discussed, or ask them to explain in simple words why helping is important. They can also lead a small group in a helping role-play.
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