Doggone Crazy! Announces New Product for Teachers and Humane Educators – Be a Tree - Teacher Kit
Doggone Crazy! today announced the availability of the Teacher Kit that supports the dog bite prevention education program for elementary school children, called Be a Tree. Children learn to Be a Tree to make a dog go away and many other lessons about safety around dogs. The Be a Tree Teacher Kit contains the materials needed to deliver this action-packed and interactive program.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Doggone Crazy! Announces New Product for
Teachers and Humane Educators – “Be a Tree” Teacher Kit
Campbellville, ON
(PRWEB) May 28, 2004 – Doggone Crazy!, maker of the family board game Doggone
Crazy! today announced the availability of the Be a Tree™ Teacher Kit for dog
bite prevention education. This kit supports the innovative education program
for elementary school children offered by the non-profit organization Doggone
Safe™. The kit contains all the materials required to allow teachers and humane
educators to present the interactive Be a Tree program. A substantial price
reduction is offered for orders received by June 15, 2004.
The Be a Tree
program is comprised of a 15-20 minute interactive learning session followed by
a further 20 minutes of activities that have kids out of their seats and
shouting while they practice what they have learned about safety around dogs.
Retired elementary school teacher Sherri Utter says of the Be a Tree program,
“My experience as a classroom teacher of 35 years taught me that children learn
by doing, practicing and playing. The program "Be a Tree" is a great teaching
tool. Lots of role playing and repetition until the children have a patterned
response to an aggressive dog. Fast paced and fun.” No live dogs are used in the
program.
The kit contains large format full color heavy-weight posters of
dogs showing different body postures and sending various messages. There are
also posters showing the tools that children can put in their toolbox (in their
heads) to help keep them safe. A colorful spinner is also provided to keep the
action moving and control the outcome of the second half of the program. Kids
act out scenarios while the audience shouts encouragement, they pretend to be
dogs and they play Simon Says. The program is cleverly designed to minimize the
“don’t do this and don’t do that” types of messages. A video showing a
demonstration of the presentation of the program to a group of third grade
students illustrates how the program should flow and demonstrates how well the
students are engaged.
According to Canine Behavior Specialist and Early
Childhood Educator, Jennifer Shryock of Family Paws, the Be a Tree program is
fun and interactive and involves kids every step of the way as they learn the
tools to make safe choices around familiar and unfamiliar dogs. “I am impressed
when I return to the classes several weeks later and the kids still remember all
of the tools and can tell me some things that dogs do that indicate they may be
stressed. This program empowers kids to make better choices through awareness
and education. The Be a Tree teacher's kit comes with beautiful clear
poster-sized photos that are helpful for teaching children and adults alike. The
easy-to-follow script is conveniently printed on the back of each poster to help
the presenter stay on track and be at ease during their presentation.”
Doggone Crazy! is offering $20CAD off the regular $75CAD price of the
kit for orders received by June 15, 2004. The kit can be shipped anywhere in the
world.
For additional information contact: Joan Orr at e-mail protected
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Doggone Crazy! is a trademark of Doggone Crazy!
Be a
Tree and Doggone Safe are trademarks of Doggone Safe
About Doggone
Crazy!:
Doggone Crazy! is a company dedicated to dog bite prevention
education and the creator of the family board game Doggone Crazy! This unique
and action-packed game empowers kids with the knowledge they need to make safe
choices around dogs.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Joan Orr
Doggone
Crazy!
2295 Mohawk Trail
Campbellville ON
Canada L0P
1B0
905-854-3232 (phone)
905-854-3271 (fax)
http://www.doggonecrazy.ca
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