Smithsonian Community Helpers

Community helpers are people who do important jobs to keep communities safe, healthy, and running smoothly. Here at the National Zoo and the Smithsonian, there are many different kinds of community helpers who keep all the animals and the museums safe and sound. In this video, discover a few of those community helpers and get a glimpse of the work they do often behind the scenes.

Categories

Age Group: Preschool, Toddler
ELOF Domain: Approaches to Learning, Scientific Reasoning, Social and Emotional Development
Resource Format: Video
Language: English
Smithsonian Museum: National Museum of American History, National Museum of Natural History, National Zoo, Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, Smithsonian Gardens
Topic: Animals, Communities and Neighborhoods, Social Emotional Development
Two people, one holding a guitar, stand next to a pink jackalope puppet. They stand in front of a backdrop of bamboo and other greenery.

Part of the Following Programs

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