Community Helpers
This person teaches children reading, writing, and arithmetic.
What is a teacher?
This person wears uses oxygen, a special suit, and special equipment to keep them safe while putting out fires.
What is a firefighter?
This person writes and publishes stories for people to read.
What is an author?
This person drives a vehicle that has the steering wheel on the wrong side! You have to be careful, because they stop at almost every house.
What is a mailman?
A soft skill is something that is soft and fluffy that will help you succeed in the world of work. True or False?
Of course not, Sillies! Soft skills are skills like being polite and using your manners, showing up on time every day, and working well with others. You need them to succeed no matter what job you choose.
This person puts out fires when they happen.
What is a fire fighter?
This person wears a white coat and carries a stethoscope.
What is a doctor?
This person draws the pictures in a book to go with the story.
What is an illustrator?
You have to pull over to the side to let this vehicle pass you by if their sirens are going, because they need to get to the hospital fast!
What is an ambulance/ambulance driver?
True or False?
If I'm really good at my job and do it well, it doesn't matter if I have good soft skills.
False. Soft skills are just as important as the skills and training needed to do your job well. (For example, it doesn't matter if you're a good sales person or not if you are rude to your customers!)
This person delivers mail to every home in the city.
What is a mail carrier?
This person has to wear a safety vest and a hard hat. They may also wear a tool belt.
In this job, you answer calls from customers and help them with what they need.
What is a customer service representative?
This person uses a very large vehicle with a huge scoop to dig holes in the ground when they're building buildings.
What is a construction worker, or bull dozer operator, or heavy equipment operator?
True or False?
Soft skills are important in all areas of my life, not just when I'm at work.
True! We need to use our soft skills to be likeable and get along with others.
This person works to keep animals and people inside national parks safe.
Park Ranger
This is the person you pay when you are ready to leave with the stuff you buy at a store.
What is a cashier?
This person cares for several children at a time in their home while the parents work or take care of errands.
What is a babysitter or a child care worker?
This person drives their own car to go pick up passengers and take them where they need to go.
What is an Uber or Lyft driver? A taxi driver does the same thing but does not drive their own car.
True or False?
Soft skills are something I can get better at with practice.
True. As a matter of fact, you can start working on them today no matter how old you are!
This person designs buildings for others to build.
What is an architect?
This person wears a uniform with a badge on it. He carries a gun on his belt.
What is a police officer?
This person listens to video or audio and types exactly what everyone is saying. (Ms. Amber does this!)
What is a transcriptionist?
This person uses their own vehicle to do people's shopping for them and drop it off at their home.
What is a Door Dash worker? Will also accept Uber Eats Driver, or a personal assistant.
True or False?
Soft skills are something we start learning even before kindergarten.
What is true?
True. Working well with others, being polite, and being respectful to others are things we start learning how to do when we are very young.