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Animal Related Guidance (Social Skills Using Pets or Puppets)
Teaching Social Skills Using Pets or Puppets
**Includes Over 100 Lessons, Activities and Reproducible Worksheets!
This resource will bring an animal-loving slant into your guidance lessons and provide you with a collection of more than 100 lessons, reproducible worksheets, games and discussion questions that are ready to use. For some of these lessons, you might find it helpful to bring in a described pet from home. If you cannot find a live "animal ambassador" you might use puppets, or stuffed animals.
Animal-assisted guidance and therapy has been shown to increase empathy for others, acting as a catalyst for the expression of emotions, enhancing self-esteem, improving self-control, expanding social competence, decreasing feelings of stress and diminishing feelings of social isolation.
Unforgettable animal-themed lessons are provided to help children learn about topics such as:
Ages: 7-11 (Grades 2-5)
Paperback; 8.5" x 11"; 270 Pages
Authors: Patty Stang-Erickson, Ed.S. and Val Rae Boe, M.Ed.
**Includes Over 100 Lessons, Activities and Reproducible Worksheets!
This resource will bring an animal-loving slant into your guidance lessons and provide you with a collection of more than 100 lessons, reproducible worksheets, games and discussion questions that are ready to use. For some of these lessons, you might find it helpful to bring in a described pet from home. If you cannot find a live "animal ambassador" you might use puppets, or stuffed animals.
Animal-assisted guidance and therapy has been shown to increase empathy for others, acting as a catalyst for the expression of emotions, enhancing self-esteem, improving self-control, expanding social competence, decreasing feelings of stress and diminishing feelings of social isolation.
Unforgettable animal-themed lessons are provided to help children learn about topics such as:
- Attitude
- Self-confidence
- Personal character
- Responsibility
- Empathy
- Problem solving
- Bullying
- Disabilities
- Relaxation
- Resiliency
- Goal setting
- Organization
- Family changes
- Loss
- Career development
- Respect
- Divorce
- Classroom survival skills
- Cooperation/Assertiveness skills
Ages: 7-11 (Grades 2-5)
Paperback; 8.5" x 11"; 270 Pages
Authors: Patty Stang-Erickson, Ed.S. and Val Rae Boe, M.Ed.
