Evergreen School, Edson
Mrs. Kent’s grade 3 students enjoyed AnimalTales. They had lots of discussion and enjoyed the talking about their own pets. They ‘loved the poetry connections” and creating Venn diagrams by comparing different books. One of the books in the grade 3 unit deals with the difficult subject of pet loss, and the class found this […]
Byemoor Colony School, Byemoor
Miss Hassett’s students enjoyed AnimalTales! They “really enjoyed the pre-reading activities and found it got the students thinking and were very engaged.” Way to go!!
Botha School, Botha
Mrs. Boxma’s grade 2 students enjoyed reading the books in AnimalTales. They had some great discussions generated by themes in the book. Way to go grade 2!
Tomahawk School, Tomahawk
Grade 5 and 6 students at Tomahawk school created a beautiful Kindness Cloud that contained kind thoughts and random acts of kindness! Way to go!
Springbank Middle School, Calgary
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Madonna Catholic School, Sherwood Park
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La Perle Elementary School, Edmonton
Miss Constable’s grade 1 students enjoyed the AnimalTales program! They “selection of stories was a perfect fit” for the students and an “excellent way to get them thinking about empathy”. Students enjoyed the classroom discussions and class activities! Wonderful job grade one, keep up the kindness! La Perle Edmonton Canada
Bertha Kennedy School, St. Albert
Mrs. Andressen’s students enjoyed the AnimalTales program; consisting of stories that are ” excellent with great messages”. They especially enjoyed the pet adoption group activity where they discussed the benefits and challenges of owning different types of pets. Students verbalized their thinking about empathy towards animals and how these feelings transfer to other people. Students […]
Elm Street School, Medicine Hat
Miss Moore’s Kindergarten class enjoyed AnimalTales! Along with reading the books, they “adopted a class pet” which was a stuffed puppy and learned about how to care for the puppy by meeting its needs. (Food, water, shelter, exercise, playtime, etc.) Students also visited a local SPCA and to learn about homeless pets. Feeling empathy for […]