Making the Link: Helping Children Link School Habits with the World of Work

by Lisa King (2005, YouthLight, 29.95)
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This book provides lessons and activities you can use to help children make connections between important school-success skills and the world of work. The activities in each chapter focus on skills needed to improve school success. Then, children learn how these same skills will help them in their future careers. Grades 2-5. [8.5” x 11”...236 pages]

My Career Adventure: Careers Are Everywhere

by Bob and Erik Orndorff (2005, JIST Works, 6.95)
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In this workbook, Dez the Dawg helps students learn about careers as he talks with 12 different workers. He then explores how to be a good worker; first by asking about 10 times when the students made the right choices. Then, the students give adults advice that will help them make the right choices. The last part of the book focuses on skills learned in school. The students are to decide how those skills will help when they someday have a job of their own. Grades K-5. [8.5” x 11”...58 pages]

The Character & Career Connection

by Amy Murray (2005, NCYI, 20.95)
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Today’s employers are looking for students who not only have high grades in school, but who also possess good character. This book helps students explore careers and shows how different traits are needed more in certain careers than others. Includes mini posters, parent tips, and reproducible activity sheets. Grades K-5. [11” x 8.5”...78 pages]

People at Work: A Student's A-Z Guide to 350 Jobs, Second Edition

Edited (2005, JIST Works, 27.95)
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Dez the Dawg is bored. Dez needs a career to make his life fun. But choosing a job isn't very easy. There are so many different jobs. This book raises career awareness in the upper elementary grades. Each worker describes their job. You'll love the engaging information on job families. Grades 3-6. [11” x 8.5”...432 pages]

Career Critters: An Innovative Career-Exploration Program for Use with Students in Grades 1-2

by Arden Martenz & Ken Smith (2004, MarCo, 27.95)
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A 15-lesson career program for early elementary students. Each student receives a reproducible booklet that includes a story and activity pages. The stories relate to different career clusters. As the stories are being read, the students portray the characters while participating in interactive questioning. Activity pages complete the reproducible booklets giving students an opportunity to personalize their thoughts about each career cluster. Includes stick puppet patterns. Grades 1-2. [8.5” x 11”...200 pages]

Children’s Dictionary of Occupations

by Barbara Parramore, et al. (2004, Meridian, 18.50)
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These activities and great illustrations will ignite your students’ interest in the world of work. Describing over 300 job titles based on the Occupational Outlook Handbook, this book provides an entertaining career exploration approach for younger students. Some color. For use with grades 3-6. [8.5” x 11”...126 pages]

1-2-3 Careers for Me

by Judith Sahlin (1993, MarCo, 8.95)
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This clever program combines numbers with an introduction to careers using rhymes and fun activities. Includes reproducible activity sheets, flash cards and an award. Grades PreK-1. [8.5” x 11”...24 pages]

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