Doggone Crazy! Announces New Product for Teachers and Humane Educators – Be a Tree - Teacher Kit
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
joan@doggonesafe.com
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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