Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 8
Places Near Me
Buildings, nature and what they are for
What your child practises
Naming places in the community (library, park, school, hospital), what they are used for, and whether they are natural or built.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: D22.2, D23.1 · natural and built places in the community and what they are for; how local places are alike and different
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Where can you slide and swing?
- 🛒grocery store
- 🏥hospital
- 🛝park
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🛝 park
Hint: A park has a playground for play.
Question 2
Where do people go when they are sick or hurt?
- 🏥hospital
- 🥖bakery
- 🌳park
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🏥 hospital
Hint: Doctors and nurses help at the hospital.
Question 3
Where do families buy food?
- 🛒grocery store
- 🌳park
- 📚library
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🛒 grocery store
Hint: Grocery stores sell food.
Question 4
Who delivers letters and packages?
📬- a dentist
- a baker
- a mail carrier
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a mail carrier
Hint: Mail carriers bring mail to our homes.
Question 5
Nature or built? Tap a place, then its basket.
Sort into: 🌿 Nature · 🏗️ Built
- 🏪store
- 🏫school
- 🏞️lake
- 📚library
- 🌾meadow
- ⛰️hill
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🌿 Nature: lake, meadow, hill · 🏗️ Built: store, school, library
Hint: Natural places were not made by people. Built places were.
Question 6
Where can you borrow books?
- 📚library
- 🚒fire hall
- 🥖bakery
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📚 library
Hint: You can borrow books at the library.