Teacher lets students bring stuffed animals to class. Then she's surprised by what happens when kids go to recess (exclusive)

The 28-year-old teacher tells PEOPLE her students "absolutely loved" bringing in their stuffed animals too class ...
Chico Enterprise-Record

Animal husbandry classes give Pivot students experience

CHICO — Pivot Charter School North Valley animal husbandry students learn all about the care, cultivation and breeding of crops and animals in a new class which was offered in the spring 2022 semester ...
Los Angeles Times

Class Becomes a Natural Learning Environment

John Zavalney’s junior high classroom at the Foshay Learning Center in Los Angeles is a zoo. But it’s not the students who make the atmosphere wild--it’s the animals. Zavalney’s exotic collection ...
Education Week

Forget About Hamsters. Make Bugs Your Classroom Pet

Bugs often get a bad rap, but teacher Phil Dreste says insects, isopods, and spiders—the creepy-crawlies of horror movies—are actually a powerful teaching tool that can confer some of the same ...
The Reporter

Local animal communicator to give class at Ambler SAAC

Liesl Woelfel has always been good at reading others. And while she says she’s good at reading people, it doesn’t stop there. Woelfel is a professional animal communicator, speaking with all types of ...