These Community Helpers Sorting Mats w/ Real Photos include 10 unique sorting mats that focus on identifying community helpers and objects associated with them. 

At an independent workstation, center or language group, students complete the following sorting mats by identifying the community helper and the things associated with him or her.  For example the police officer mat includes handcuffs, a police car, a flashlight, a police hat, a police vest, etc.  

Community Helpers Included in this set are:

Doctor

Police Officer

Dentist

Farmer

Firefighter

Mail Carrier

Teacher

Chef

Veterinarian

Worker (Construction Worker)

To increase or decrease difficulty for students, increase or decrease the number of mats (or emotions) that you give them to sort at once.

If your students enjoy working on sorting with real photos, they may also enjoy the Sorting Mats With Real Photos Set or  "Sorting Our World" File Folder Games Bundle found below:

For more hands-on identifying community helpers activities, please see the link below: