I was so excited to go to school on Monday. I had arranged for author Beth Finke to visit our first and second graders. Beth is the author of Hanni and Beth: Safe and Sound. It is a wonderful book told from the perspective of a seeing-eye dog, Hanni. Beth is ...
Pets/Humane Education
Critters in the Classroom
I started another blog, Critters in the Classroom! It is about classroom pets and was designed by the super talented, Kristen, AKA Ladybug. Pop over to download your free Critters in the Classroom guide and follow us for updates. Or click on the cover to download the guide for free ...
Daisy, My New Guinea Pig From Petsmart!
As many of you know, my beloved classroom pet, Molly, died after 9 long years with me. She was an amazing guinea pig and I wrote a tribute to her on my blog (click here to read). Somehow, J'Lyn at Petsmart read my blog post and contacted me with an incredible offer! She sent me a ...
Remembering Molly, Beloved Classroom Pet
Molly, my classroom pet, died on Saturday. She was 9 1/2 and lived an extremely long and happy life for a guinea pig. Guinea pigs live to be between 5 and 8 years old. So, I would say she would be about 105 if she were a person! I knew this day was coming soon and had been ...
Happy Cinco de Mayo
I just had to share this picture of Molly! ...
Happy 9th Birthday Molly!
In honor of Molly's 9th birthday, we had a fruit and veggie party. As you can see from the photos, she really enjoyed herself! She kept the hat I made her on for most of the party...as long as she has food she doesn't care what I put on her.*I am not sure exactly how old she is, I ...
Post Your Pets Linky Party!
My pets are my babies! If I were not a teacher, I would have been a vet. I fundraise for local animal rescue groups and I do a whole Go Orange for Animals Day in April with my class to support Humane Education. This adorable Link Party was started by Ladybug's Teacher Files, click ...
Class Pet: Molly the Wonder-pet/Guinea Pig Extraordinaire!
Molly has been my classroom pet for almost eight years! Someone left her in a box in front of Petco and then I adopted/rescued her (Petco cannot resell dumped animals). Molly was probably about one when I adopted her so that makes her almost nine years old! She is a ...
