Enjoy an interactive and educational show that will provide a lifetime’s worth of memories of a variety of
animals from around the world. Featuring geckos, skinks, dragons, snakes, tortoises, amphibians, insects, arachnids, invertebrates, marsupials and more. Our entertaining and enthusiastic staff will introduce your students to the exciting world of these exotic creatures and give them the opportunity to meet each one up close. Shows are structured to appeal to all ages and we have packages for all group sizes.
Daycare and Pre-School Programs:
We have provided educational and entertaining programs for hundreds of aycare centres and pre-school groups. Your children will never forget their first encounter with a bearded dragon, ball python or crested gecko!
Elementary School Programs:
As with all other educational programs we provide, programs for elementary schools
are directly linked to the Manitoba curriculum. Our presentations introduce and reinforce the concepts that students are learning in class and they will learn how to apply their already existing knowledge to the outside world.
Secondary School Programs:
The educational programs provided for your students are tightly linked to the science
curriculum. The dynamic and captivating reptiles and amphibians we bring into your classroom will increase the richness of your students’ educational experience.
Post Secondary Programs:
Programs for post secondary level classes include workshops for students in teachers
college to veterinary medicine and animal care. All programs feature live animals and are provided by qualified educational instructors.
Home Schooling Programs:
Our experienced and knowledgeable educational instructors are experienced addressing audiences of all kinds. Programs for Home Schoolers are rooted in biological science and customized to the needs of
your group.
Our programs help both children and adults to familiarize themselves with these fascinating animals which as we all know, helps to minimize the usual fear of reptiles that many people grow up with.
When children are growing – they absorb information from every source around them – their parents, environment, TV, friends, and hopefully…some from their teachers! Surprisingly – by the time they are only 5 years of age – about 55% of the ‘Beliefs’ they will hold for the rest of their lives are planted in their subconscious minds.
This means that if they form an incorrect conclusion during their formidable years and their subconscious mind embedded this erroneous belief – they will likely be stuck with a wrong conclusion as the basis of future judgments when their mind accesses this piece of information for guidance. Simply put, if a child’s parents (or anyone close to them) does not like snakes and exposes the child to this fear before they are 12, they will probably have a fear of snakes.
For this reason, it is especially important to expose young children to these animals before they develop this fear as this is not about a fear of snakes, it is about enabling children in their early years to grow their subconscious beliefs based on facts – not fiction.
We have two presentation options available to accommodate both small & large groups:
Classroom:
Our Classroom presentations are best for groups no larger than 30 students, typical group sizes are 15-
25 students . The number of students participating in the presentation affects the number of critters they’ll meet as well as the length of time they’ll have to interact with each critter. With this presentation
the students will have the chance to ask questions, touch and even hold some of the animals as we do the presentation.
- During the presentations hosts will introduce students to the critters one at a time providing
information about the species before allowing them their opportunity to interact with it. - Shows for younger children focus on basic species information such as where they are from, what
they eat, body parts and other fun facts. - Shows for older children will provide more detail on proper care, husbandry, anatomy, as well as
conservation. - Students will have the opportunity to touch almost all of the critters that we bring and even hold
some as well.
Assembly:
Our Assembly presentations are best for groups of 50 or more students and can handle over 100
students during a presentation. We introduce students to a number of different species and cover a
variety of topics.
Unfortunately due to the number of students participating in these presentations they will not have the opportunity to ask questions, touch or hold animals during the show. We do offer a Meet & Greet option as an addition to your Assembly presentation to allow students a chance to get up close and personal with some of the animals from the show, touch a lizard or snake and ask those burning questions.