Object: a dish towel

Lesson: The Helper will come.

Good morning, boys and girls. I brought a special towel this morning because I want to talk about a special word. What kind of a towel is this? (Let them respond.) No, it's not a towel for drying your hands. It's a dish towel for drying dishes. How many of you dry dishes? (Wait for show of hands.) Some of you do and some of you don't. Drying dishes is one of those things around the house that we all do sometimes to be a good helper. That's our special word: helper. What is a helper? (Let them respond.) A helper is someone who doesn't do things all by themselves, but does a part of the work so everyone has some…