The Mini Page — 2006 Activities
Therapy Pets
Issue 9
Feb. 25-March 5
This week´s standards:Students understand how physical, social and emotional environments influence personal health. (Health: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention) Students understand the interactions of animals and their environments. (Science: Life Science) Activities:1. Draw a picture of your favorite pet helping someone. Write a story about your picture. 2. Find newspaper words or pictures of three different animals that might make good therapy pets. Write a sentence explaining each of your selections. 3. Ask friends and family members to tell you about a time that an animal made them feel better in some way. Write down their stories and put them in a book. Share the stories with others. 4. Why is it so important for therapy dogs to (a) be calm in crowds, (b) not react to loud noises, (c) be comfortable with strangers, and (d) obey their trainers? 5. Collect several news stories that show the ways people care about animals. You may find stories about wild animals, pets or animal rescue groups. Then write a paragraph explaining why you think people care so much about animals. Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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