What Are Community Places Activities?
Community places activities help students learn to identify and understand common locations they may see and visit in everyday life. These lessons support students as they build practical knowledge about the world around them and strengthen important functional vocabulary. Community places covered in your curriculum include locations such as police stations, restaurants, hospitals, libraries, banks, airports, farms, and more.
Why Teaching Community Places Matters
Learning community places helps students better understand the world around them and prepares them for greater independence in everyday life.
These activities support students as they learn:
- To identify common places in their community
- To understand the purpose of different locations
- To build vocabulary and real-world knowledge
- To connect classroom learning to everyday experiences
This makes community places an important part of life skills and functional curriculum.
What’s Included in This Collection
This collection includes a wide variety of community places resources designed to support multiple learning styles, including:
- Games and interactive activities
- Differentiated worksheets and research pages
- Adapted books
- Visual task cards
- Posters with discussion questions
- Student organization materials for folders and binders
Designed for Diverse Learners
Many resources include differentiated levels and visual supports to help meet the needs of a wide range of learners.
These supports make the activities accessible for:
- Non-readers
- Beginning readers
- Students with autism
- Learners needing visual supports
How to Use in the Classroom
These community places activities are great for:
- Life skills instruction
- Community-based instruction units
- Small group lessons
- Independent work
- Centers and rotations
- Vocabulary and language practice
The variety of included materials makes it easy to teach concepts in multiple ways while keeping students engaged.
FAQ SECTION
Frequently Asked Questions
What community places are included?
Unit 1: athletic field, police station, school, fire station, airport, church, restaurant, vet, supermarket
Unit 2: aquarium, swimming pool, florist, waterfall, gym, hotel, auto repair shop, bus station, playground
Unit 3: movie theater, beach, laundromat, pet store, park, bank, city hall, golf course, hospital
Unit 4: museum, eye doctor, construction site, zoo, library, dam, train station, office building, farm
Who are these resources designed for?
These activities are designed for special education students, autism support classrooms,, and students working on life skills.
What skills do these activities support?
Students practice vocabulary, comprehension, community awareness, life skills, and functional learning.
How are these used in the classroom?
Teachers use them during life skills instruction, centers, small groups, independent work, and community-based learning units.
Are these differentiated?
Yes. Many resources include differentiated levels and visual supports to meet a variety of learner needs.
Why is learning community places important?
Understanding community places helps students develop real-world knowledge and prepares them for increased independence in daily life.
What exactly is all included in each unit?
Games: Bingo, I have, who has?, file folder match
Worksheets: 40+ worksheets and research pages are included for your students, differentiated at two levels to reach non/beginning writers and your more advanced students.
Adapted Book: two levels in one book
Visual Task Cards: 27 task cards with three visual options to answer each question
Student Folder Organization: covers, labels, and tabs to help you get organized!
Posters with Discussion Questions: These posters that come with questions and activities on the back.
Does each unit build on each other?
No, each unit teaches and reviews 9 community places at a time so that they can be taught in any order. Include materials from previous lessons to continue to review.
What are teachers saying about Breezy Special Ed's community places?
"Fantastic curriculum bundle on community places. I found the actives engaging for my special education students. I liked the varied differentiated activities that accompanied many different learning styles and abilities. Great product!" - Jennifer, middle school autism teacher.
"I love this curriculum!!! I highly recommend for anyone teaching life skills. I am a transition teacher and use this with students 18-21 with mod/severe disabilities, however it would be suitable for students of various abilities and ages. I love how comprehensive this bundle is, it covers so many topics and differentiates instruction. I am so excited to have a curriculum for my classroom this year, it has made planning so easy!" -Olivia, special education teacher
Looking for the Full Curriculum Bundle?
Save time planning and grab the Community Places Curriculum Bundle for a full set of community place units and activities.
The bundle includes multiple units covering a wide variety of community locations so you can build consistent life skills instruction throughout the year.
