Inspire Kindness : Preschool Lesson Plan on Helping Hands
“Helping Hands – Learning About Responsibilities” is a fun and engaging preschool lesson plan on helping hands that teaches young learners the importance of being helpful and responsible. By using engaging activities like storytelling, art, and role-playing, children learn how their little acts, like putting away toys or helping a friend, can have a big difference at home and in school.
Age Group: 3 – 5 years
Duration: 1 class period (approximately 30–45 minutes)
Theme/Topic: Helping Hands – Learning About Responsibilities
Learning Objectives:
After this lesson, children will be able to:
- Identify the concept of responsibility and helping.
- Find simpler tasks that they can do at home and in school.
- Model useful behaviours through role-play exercises.
Materials Needed:
- Helping hands cut-outs or colouring sheets
- Crayons/Markers
- For example, you can read a helping storybook, like The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Chores, to introduce the concept
- “Helping Job Chart” poster or board
- Stickers or stamps for rewards
- Toy broom/duster/other play-cleaning tools
Introduction (5–7 minutes):
Start by raising your hands and ask the children: 🖐 “What can our hands do to help others?”
- Picking up toys
- Helping a friend
- Hugging
- Watering plants
Inform the children that today’s lesson is called “Helping Hands – Learning About Responsibilities”, where we will discover ways we can assist at school and at home.
Main Activities:
- Story Time – “Who Helps?” (10 minutes)
Read a short story about children helping at home or in school. Stop to ask questions like:
- “What is this character doing to help?”
- “How can you help at home in this way?”
- Helping Hands Art (10–15 minutes)
Give each child a handprint cut-out or trace their hand onto paper.
Ask them to colour and draw something that they can do to help.
Example: “I help by putting away my toys.”
Ask each child to show what their helping hand looks like.
- Role-Play Helpers (10 minutes)
Set up mini “helper stations” around the classroom:
- Folding napkins
- Sweeping with a toy broom
- Sorting toys by colour or size
Have children role-play at the stations in turns. Encourage each child’s efforts.
Circle Time Discussion (5 minutes):
Talk about what it means to be responsible. Ask:
- “How did it feel to help?”
- “What’s one way you’ll help your family today?”
Introduce a Helping Job Chart and assign mini tasks for the week (like line leader, book helper, light switcher).
Assessment:
✔ Review their artwork and listen to their explanations
✔ Watch their engagement in role-play
✔ Note how they assist in group discussion
Extension Activity (Optional):
Send home a “Helping Hands Challenge” worksheet for parents to complete with their child.
Tasks can be:
- Putting toys away
- Caring for a pet
- Helping with the table setting