October 9, 2009
Engaging Tweens (Ages 10-12)
Children in be"tween" young childhood and the teen years are undergoing many changes emotionally and developmentally. Check out our teacher lessons and tips for working with this special age range, and see how tweens are taking action for animals!
Lesson Plans & Activities
- Poetic Justice: Understanding the Life of a Tethered Dog (Language Arts)
- Animal Tales Theatre (Fine Arts: Theater; Language Arts)
- Protect Turtles (Science)
- Who's Responsible (Language Arts)
- Good Answers for Pet Problems (Social Studies)
- Pets Are for Life (Math)
- First Aid Gives Pets a Second Chance (Science/Health)
- The Tale of the Feral: Care and Multiplication of Feral Cats (Math; Science)
- Learning to Communicate with Dogs: The Importance of Training (Language Arts)
- Puppy Mill Lesson (Language Arts; Social Studies)
Tips for Parents & Educators
- Breaking the Cycle of Abuse
- Is a Classroom Pet for You?
- Developing a Humane Education Focused Learning Team
- Stories as Teaching Tools
- Dog Bite Prevention
Features & Profiles of Tweens in Action
- Luke Zitting is passionate about protecting prairie dogs. He's working to get his state, Utah, to declare February 2 "Prairie Dog Day."
- Mimi Ausland, our 2009 KIND Kid of the Year, started freekibble.com to collect food for homeless pets in shelters.
- In addition to donating money, toys, and food to local shelter pets, Allie Thiesse did a school report about animal cruelty and asked her legislators to enact stricter animal cruelty laws.
- Sierra Ryder loves dogs, so she donated the proceeds from her lemonade stand to help stop puppy mills.