Explore the Community Helpers PBS LearningMedia Collection with young children.
Support young children to learn how to be community helpers with PBS KIDS! These lessons have been co-designed by museum and educational partners and feature many of your favorite PBS KIDS friends. Introduce media clips, printables, games, extension activities, articles, and crafts into your classroom and share these resources with families to strengthen the school-to-home connection.
Use the lesson plans and activities in this collection to introduce the important roles community helpers play in helping others. Through the media clips and hands-on activities, students will learn about different helpers like dentists, paleontologists, meteorologists and more!
When young learners are introduced to important roles within their communities, they learn to work cooperatively and respect others as they develop skills like pride, responsibility, and empathy.
Jobs include: Banker, Bus Driver, Farmer, Dentist, Firefighter, Meteorologist, Paleontologist, Veterinarian, Scientist