Community Map

As seen in “The Community Garden” Season 1, Episode 9

Supplies

  • Glue

  • Markers

  • Scissors

  • Paper

  • Recycled materials (book covers, magazines, newspapers, etc…)

  • Favorite pictures of family, friends, places, etc…

Steps

  1. Think about what makes up your community

  2. Draw an outline of your “community map”

  3. Glue your favorite pictures to your map

  4. Go through the recycled materials and cut words or images that make you think of the people or places in your community

  5. Glue these materials to your map. You can:

    1. Organize it by place

    2. Organize it by people

    3. Put words next to pictures that remind you of what’s in that picture

Questions to Ask Your Child

  • Do you know what a community is?

  • Who is in your community?

  • What places are in your community?

  • Why is community important to you?

Watch this arts and crafts activity in “The Community Garden”:

Catch the full episode on LL+L’s YouTube channel!