Mail Connects Communities

Mail is an important way to stay connected with our family and friends -- our communities -- both near and far. Help your young learners explore, create, and send mail with this engaging activity from the National Postal Museum!

Categories

Age Group: Toddler, Preschool
ELOF Domain: Social and Emotional Development, Language and Literacy
Resource Format: E-Activity
Language: English
Smithsonian Museum: National Postal Museum
Topic: Communities and Neighborhoods
Write Soon Stamp from National Postal Museum

Part of the Following Programs

A pink jackalope puppet with curly hair and glasses waves as an elephant to her left raises its trunk over her head and two elephants to her right stand.

Me, You, and Elephants, Too!

Join the herd as we learn about identity and community with our Asian elephants!

Content :
Identity and Community
Smithsonian Partners :
National Postal Museum, National Museum of American History, National Portrail Gallery, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Standards :
Supports Head Start ELOF Goals P-SCI-1; P-SCI-2; P-SCI-3
Cartoon illustrations of a pink jackalope puppet and a brown-haired man holding a guitar are surrounded by real cut out photographs of a beaver, naked mole-rat, gorilla, and meerkat.

Community Helpers

In this field trip, kids will learn about community helpers, who they are, and how they help take care of a community.

Content Unit :
Community
Featured Creature :
Beaver, Naked mole-rat, Western lowland gorilla, Meerkat