We love to have family members be actively involved in the learning that happens in our classroom. We encourage participation in a take-home reading program and we speak to families in person before and after school. We always say that families are welcome anytime in our room, but this offer is rarely taken up.
During the past month and a half our students have been deeply interested in pets and pet care. We invited the Brantford SPCA in to share their knowledge about pets and how to care for them. We even got to meet Chompers!
Based on our positive SPCA experience, we tried a visit with my own dog Jack and he stayed for a whole morning, which was so much fun! Students were so engaged in interacting with Jack that very few of them actually played with the usual open centres and activities in our room.
The next step was to invite families to share their pets with us and we had a great response! We had dogs, cats, and even a snake come into our room and students became very good at thinking of and asking questions (instead of making simple comments). We were also able to practice being a good respectful audience, which is challenging when you are 4, 5, or 6 years old.
Thank you to all of the families who visited our class with their pets…we loved it!
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