Police Station Activity
This police station activity turns kindergarten and 1st grade learners into detectives who match police tools to clues and crack a cookie code. Answer key included for easy checking.
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Description
Police officers help keep our neighborhoods safe, and young children love learning about the tools they use every day. This police station activity turns that lesson into a classroom mystery: children play detective, hunt for paper cookies around the room, and use what they know about police tools to find out who took the cookies.
Each of the six Clue Cookies shows a police tool, such as a badge, a whistle or a police car, and a secret code letter. Children match each picture to the clue that describes it on the Detective Clue Sheet, write the letter in the box, and read the letters in order to spell the name of the cookie taker. Then they circle the right animal in the line-up and draw it on their own Wanted Poster. It works well as a kindergarten community activity for a whole class, a small group or a learning center.
What’s Included
- Colorful cover page
- How to Use page with materials, prep steps and simple directions
- 6 Clue Cookie cards (one sheet, 7 straight cuts)
- Detective Clue Sheet with six picture clues, a letter code and a suspect line-up
- Wanted Poster drawing page
- Kindergarten practice worksheet: circle the things police use
- Answer keys for the cards, the clue sheet and the practice page
Why Kids Love It
- Moving around the room to search for cookies keeps children active and engaged.
- Matching tools to clues builds vocabulary about community helpers and their jobs.
- Cracking a letter code practices letter recognition and reading left to right.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Start by asking children what they know about police officers and how they help people in town. Read each clue aloud for younger learners, then let partners work together to solve the case. Finish the police station activity by sharing the Wanted Posters and talking about other community helpers and the tools they use.
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