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Palo Alto Humane Society Announces Mow Wow Animals
Lessons can be taught in a single class period, over several days, or in five-to-10-minute increments.
Press release from Palo Alto Humane Society:
June 26, 2020
Palo Alto (June 2020) Palo Alto Humane Society announces their newest educational program, Mow Wow Animals, a California Standards Compliant program created in English and Spanish for K-5 students. The bilingual lessons are infused with short animated videos, multicultural stories, and multiple hands-on enrichment activities about the animal world around them. Plus, a Telly Award-winning film for children, Dog’s Day.
Mow Wow Animals encourages children to become caring citizens and Ambassadors of Compassion in their own communities with a focus on teaching respect and responsibility for animals.
Carole Hyde, Executive Director of Palo Alto Humane Society, says, “It’s perfect for these days, as it is an online resource for parents and teachers. It’s bilingual too, with some world culture features. This exciting, interactive curriculum offers young people the opportunity to learn about animals in a way that engages their empathy, imagination, and sense of excitement. The children will learn the care and responsibility we have as citizens to animals, each other and our communities.”
Mow Wow Animals Will:
· Provide our youth with an ethical framework to create a more caring society.
· Align with K–5 content standards in language arts, science, and social studies.
· Support the California Code of Education’s Character Education requirement.
· Encourage hands-on learning in digital research, peer learning, and community interaction.
· Supply teachers with an easy-to-use, adaptable humane education curriculum.
The Mow Wow Animals humane education curriculum is divided into two grade levels, K-2 and 3-5. Each level contains three distinct units. The unit lesson can be used as an independent teaching tool or used to enhance existing curriculum. Lessons can be taught in a single class period, over several days, or in five-to-10-minute increments.
Program Includes:
· Lessons with class reading and short animation including Animals in the Natural World, Who Lives in the Backyard?, and Animals We Call Pets
· Interactive class discussion prompts and enrichment activities, glossary, and online and print resources
Short film It’s a Dog’s Day (K–2, 10 minutes) and audio book Trees Are Never Lonely
· Alignment with California teaching standards
About Palo Alto Humane Society:
The Palo Alto Humane Society is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit, charitable, volunteer-supported organization. PAHS is one of the few humane societies nationwide with no animal shelter. Instead of managing animals inside a shelter, we work to keep animals out of the shelter through humane programs in intervention, advocacy, and education. For a century, our mission has been to alleviate the suffering of animals, increase public sensitivity to animal issues, and elevate the status of animals in our society.
Palo Alto Humane Society is celebrating its 112th anniversary of serving the mid-Peninsula on behalf of animals.
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This press release was produced by Palo Alto Humane Society. The views expressed here are the author's own.
