Ms. Rachel here from Ms. Rachel's Room. I'm a special education teacher from Michigan. I teach a moderately cognitively impaired classroom for a range of students aged 12-26. This year we received a guinea pig from Pet's in the Classroom. What a great program!
Here is sweet, sweet Gina!
She was named by my students. I believe the name came from Sesame Street. Gina has been a great addition to my classroom. We are learning so much about caring for someone (or something) else, responsibility and all sorts of great things!
(she was feeling photogenic)
One thing I have found to be an amazing part of having a pet in the classroom is how comfortable my students feel with it! I have students who have been through some extremely tough stuff and they really LOVE Gina. They love to hold her and just pet her, I feel as it helps calm them down and gives them a sort of therapy, I feel like I'm rambling, do you know what I mean when I say all that?
I hope you enjoyed meeting Gina! Come visit my blog, I'll be sharing soon about we take care of Gina!
She is adorable!
ReplyDelete2B Honey Bunch
So cute!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the bloggy world! I'm your newest follower! What a great class pet! Enjoy him!
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