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Research shows that exposure to pets in the classrooms can help students with social and emotional disabilities in many ways. Pets can help aid in school attendance, pets encourage nurturing, can build self esteem, promote empathy, teach responsibility and can enrich the overall classroom experience.
When we first discussed the idea of a classroom pet, I had 13 persuasive letters on my desk the next day without even assigning a writing task! The topic of a pet stimulated learning in my students that I haven't seen yet this year. My students with emotional disabilities have been happy, excited to be at school, and ask daily about when our new pet will get here.
We have already done research on classroom pets, how to care for pets and have voted on the best pet to get. Our students choose an aquatic turtle and have already picked out the name Tory! We have already received another grant to purchase the live animal. We are now in need of supplies to help create our turtle habitat. The students were involved in this whole process from the very start and helped me pick out the supplies we need. It has already been such an engaging project and we don't even have the turtle yet! I am so excited to see the way this classroom addition will benefit our special education classroom and enrich the lives of my students for years to come!!
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Research shows that exposure to pets in the classrooms can help students with social and emotional disabilities in many ways. Pets can help aid in school attendance, pets encourage nurturing, can build self esteem, promote empathy, teach responsibility and can enrich the overall classroom experience.
When we first discussed the idea of a classroom pet, I had 13 persuasive letters on my desk the next day without even assigning a writing task! The topic of a pet stimulated learning in my students that I haven't seen yet this year. My students with emotional disabilities have been happy, excited to be at school, and ask daily about when our new pet will get here.
We have already done research on classroom pets, how to care for pets and have voted on the best pet to get. Our students choose an aquatic turtle and have already picked out the name Tory! We have already received another grant to purchase the live animal. We are now in need of supplies to help create our turtle habitat. The students were involved in this whole process from the very start and helped me pick out the supplies we need. It has already been such an engaging project and we don't even have the turtle yet! I am so excited to see the way this classroom addition will benefit our special education classroom and enrich the lives of my students for years to come!!