Working in the Community

Working in the Community!

Our first community member is a:

Police Officer 

Police officers are: 

• A man or woman who protects the public 
• He or she wears a uniform to show that they are different the regular public 
• They drive around in painted cars so people know who they are when they are driving 

Our next friend that we are going to learning about is the:

Sanitation Collector 

The sanitation collector:

• Picks up trash from your house and mine
• Comes around at least 2 times every week 
• Collects trash in the back of a truck
• Takes trash to landfills 

Do you ever wonder how your mail gets in your house? Our next community member is the: 

Postal Service

The postal service:  

• Receives and sorts mail 
• Delivers mail personally to homes 
• Makes sure that packages are carried safely 
• Wear uniforms 

Our next friend is a

Construction Worker 

He can: 

• Work outside or inside 
• Uses big, heavy tools build things
• Can repair work around buildings and tear buildings 

Firefighters 

help us put out fires in our homes! 

They also: 

• help cats who are stuck in trees 
• wear big yellow uniforms with hats to protect them from fire 
• go in burning buildings to save people who are stuck in burning buildings 
  
  

Our next community helper is 

Doctors 

They help our community by: 

• helping those who are sick 
• making sure that we do not spread germs 
• helping people who break bones in an accident
• giving people medicine who need it

Traffic Control 

is the last community helper we will talk about. Traffic control persons: 

• help young children to cross the street 
• make sure that cars know what directions they should drive 
• stop traffic so that pedestrians have a time to walk