Connecting
Children to Animals
NSTAPosition Statement on Responsible Use of Live Animals and Dissection in the
Science Classroom
Certified
Wildlife Habitat:
•Apps—Merlin Bird ID
•Facebook Groups—IN Nature, Birding in
Indiana, ICAN Learn Outdoors, Indiana Wildlife Photography, Insect
Identification, Hoosier Herpetological Society
Article:
Scaly, Slimy Fun in Prekindergarten
Eastburn,
Mark; Ackerman,
Andrea; Jones,
Bevan. Science and
Children; Washington Vol. 55, Iss. 2, (Oct
2017): 48-55.
Quote:
•Cultivating relationships with animals, both real and imagined, is
one of the best ways to foster empathy during early childhood. Children want to
run like deer, to slither along the ground like snakes, to be clever as a fox
and quick like a bunny. There's no need for endangered species here
– there are more than enough common, everyday species to fill the lives of
children. And the environmentally correct notion of not anthropomorphizing
animals can be thrown out the window.
David Sobel
Resource: Kauffman Field to Nature of the Midwest (aff
link)
Identiflier (aff link)
