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At Work - Publications for introducing young people to the workplace
Ages 9 - 15
Ages 8 - 12
Ages 6 - 10
Ages 2 - 6

 

 

 

 

       
Ages 9 - 15
A Day At Work

20 Page Activity Journal
"A Day At Work" helps young people learn about the workplace and helps employees organize the day's program. It provides students with

  • a guide
  • activities
  • an educational tool
  • a focus for discussion groups
  • a security blanket
  • a souvenir.

(5 1/2" X 8 1/2") $2.50

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A Day At Work Poster
 

with Employer or Parent Guide on back helps companies organize and run a "Take Our Children(Daughters) to Work Day" or "Ground Hog Shadow Day" with full day and half day schedule suggestions, activities and workshop descriptions.

(17" X22" ) $4.95

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A Day At Work Planner

36 page Workplace Activity Book with 14 Month Calendar "A Day At Work Planner"provides visiting students with a useful souvenir of their work experience. It gives them a place to record:

  • observations
  • impressions
  • experiences
  • activities
  • interviews
  • a workplace evaluation

plus a 14 month calendar with suggestions and tips on how to continue their career education throughout the year at school and at home.

(5 1/2" X 8 1/2") $3.50

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Welcome To Work

28 page Activity/Game Book for Individual or Group Work "Welcome To Work"provides employers with fun /structured educational activities for groups of visiting students. It includes:

  • a bingo icebreaker
  • scavenger hunts
  • comparison, money, map and partnering games
  • paper folding and book making projects
  • a place to record and evaluate the day

(8 1/2'X 11") $3.95

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Focus On Work: A Workplace Photo Hunt

28 page Photo Activity Journal For Use with a Camera "Focus On Work"makes a student's visit totally unique, stimulating and educational. It helps them...

  • observe the workplace (by "focusing-in " on themes to photograph)
  • make decisions about which photos to take
  • think critically
  • capture (in photos) the workplace for home and classroom use
  • experience the work of a photojournalist.

(7"X 8 1/2") $3.25

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Ages 14 - 17
At Work

20 page Work Skills Activity/Record Book "At Work"helps students learn about the kinds of skills they'll need to have to work and succeed in a job. It introduces high school students to the SCAN skills (the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills).and provides them with a book to record:

  • observations
  • information about the workplace
  • evaluations of their personal, basic and transferable skills
  • interviews with employees
  • plans for the future

(5" x 11 ") $2.95

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Ages 8 - 12
Busy At The Office

28 page Creative Activity Book "Busy at the Office" helps children learn about the office environment and gives them creative work to do while employees do theirs. Children can:

  • draw in things that they see or would like to see
  • write in their thoughts and observations
  • design their own office

(8 1/2"x 11") $3.95

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Ages 6 - 10

My Day At Work

24 page Creative Activity Book "My Day At Work" will provide young children who visit the workplace with their own "workbook" to...

  • play work-reiated games
  • record observations, interviews and "the day"
  • design Posters,
    business cards and work clothes
  • write a poem
  • keep as a souvenir of their experience.

(7" x 8 1/2") $2.95

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Kids At Work

44 page Fun Activity Book "Kids At Work"provides dozens of fun and educational activities to keep young children stimulated and occupied when they have to be at the office. Suggestions include creative ideas that children can do with what's readily available at hand; such as:

  • paper creations
  • scavenger hunts
  • guessing and matching games
  • office and projects maps and measurements
  • mazes
  • dot-to-dots
  • create a story
  • work related riddles

(8 1/2"x 11") $4.95

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Ages 2 - 6
My Mommy At Work / My Daddy At Work (two separate publications)

28 page Story Book and Photo Album. These books will

  • help children better understand what mommies or daddies do at work
  • give children real pictures of parents at work
  • provide answers to children's questions
  • reassure children when momrnies or daddies are away at work
  • become a wonderful bedside story
  • encourage children to tell stories of their own

(7" x 8 1/2") $3.95 each

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All materials are written and published by authors and educators Janet Horowitz and Kathy Faggella.