Children of all ages and their parents had a special treat this past April 30 at Palo Alto’s Mitchell Park Library when Clorofil, our sanctuary and education partner, and Project HumaneKind teamed up to offer a reading of “My Name Is Skye.” Skye is a dog rescued by Isabelle Cnudde, founder of the Los Altos…
Category Archives: Classroom and After-School Programs
Our programs are adaptable to your classroom and community needs. Some programs are available by remote teaching. We offer programs and materials in English and Spanish.
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At the request of our education partner Youth Community Service (YCS), we recently sponsored a special visit to Barron Park Elementary School in Palo Alto—local science educator John Hale with several of his rescued reptiles. The all-girl audience was thrilled to welcome John and gang, and they were an enthusiastic and well-informed audience. One of…
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Pet Painters at Jasper Ridge Farm—Part Two of the Latest from Pet Painters Students from Ms. Kogan’s fifth-grade art classes at Hillview Middle School in Menlo Park continued their journey through a new version of Pet Painters with a visit to Jasper Ridge Farm, a sanctuary for rescued farm animals in Portola Valley. The students…
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Here are the students’ statements about what they learned and the actions they can take to help farm animals:
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Kids of all ages, and their parents, are having fun meeting adoptable cats and kittens at Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority, our program partner, in Santa Clara. Visitors to date have included school groups and Scouts. Reading aloud to these adoptables is a fun activity that creates a calm atmosphere for all, prompting the kitties…
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So Cute! Students at East Palo Alto Charter School participated in our Pet Painters program to create portraits of their favorite adoptive animals from the shelter at Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority. Summerlynn Burlew, K–8 art instructor, says that the students just loved the fun. “My students identified with the animals, and even the youngest…