The Larimer Humane Society now offers free educational classes to
students, teachers and community groups, ages 5 and older. Our
year-round programs are available throughout Larimer County, Berthoud
and Windsor. We have both shelter tours, and customized outreach
programs. Please contact us with your ideas!
“People are often heard to say that they are concerned about the
kind of world we will leave to our grandchildren, and I am one of them.
But I am equally concerned about what kind of grandchildren we shall
leave to the world.” -John Hoyt
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Humane education is the process by which one learns to value, respect
and care about the people, animals and environment around them. All of
our lessons are based on these and other character concepts, such as
safety, citizenship and personal responsibility. Choose from a variety
of topics that could fit into your current curriculum and may also
match Colorado Model Content Standards for science, reading, civics and
more.
Our educational programs last about one hour and are free of charge to the public. Our programs are offered to children from the 1st grade and up. Our Humane Educator will come to your school (with live animals if appropriate). A teacher is required to be present during the presentation.
We do accept
monetary donations for this service, which will go toward the care we
provide to the homeless animals in our community. If your group would
like to collect supplies to help the Larimer Humane Society, please view our wish list .
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To Schedule a Reservation |
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For program details, requests or to schedule a shelter tour, please
call our Humane Educator at 970-226-3647 extension 327 or send us an email .
We are very excited about the establishment of a formal partnership
between LHS and the Poudre School District. Through this partnership,
we hope to expand the Society’s involvement in youth education, and to
establish a link between the students and their community. We also help scout troops work on badges.
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Classes Currently Being Offered |
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Please Note: Due to the overwhelming requests for programs from the LHS Humane Education Department, we will no longer be booking Pre-school or Kindergarten classes. If you have already scheduled a class/program for these grades, our Humane Educator will attend as planned. Our programs are offered to children from the 1st grade and up. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your support!
- Bats: Gentle Friends (1st-3rd)
- Unique and Interesting Bats (4th-8th)
- Bats: Classification, Diversity and Rehabilitation (High School and Adult)
- Animal Clothes: Fur, Feathers and Scales (1st-3rd)
- Environmental Awareness using "The Lorax" (1st-3rd)
- Farm Animal Friends (1st-3rd)
- Groundhog Day (1st-3rd)
- Basic Pet Care and Responsibility (1st-4th)
- Amazing Ants (1st-4th)
- Living With Wildlife (2nd-5th)
- Wild About Bears (2nd-4th)
- Web of Life with an Emphasis on Birds (2nd-4th)
- What is a Humane Society-with dress up props (2nd-6th)
- The Pet Overpopulation Dilemma (3rd-6th)
- 15 Minute School Assembly Program on Dog Bite Prevention (elementary schools)
- Prairie Dogs (4th-8th)
- Colorado Life Zones and Web of Life (4th-6th)
- Dog Fighting and Pit Bulls (high school)
- Service Learning Projects (all ages)
- Nature Walks and Bird Talk at the Environmental Learning Center (ages above 8)
- Shelter Tours (ages 8 and above)
- Girl Scouts: Pet Care Badge
- Girl Scout Brownies: Animal Try-It
- Larimer Humane Society: who are we and what do we do? (all ages)
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