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Raising a Village

By Anna Henderson, posted on Sep 10, 2024

Having a class pet in the art room is amazing! It immediately calmed students’ nerves, and many of them had never held a hamster before. Gus-Gus became the perfect muse for art, and having a class pet helped with classroom management. Our laughter and fun with him fostered relationships and built a village—literally. Our first year with Gus-Gus, we built a cardboard Christmas village complete with gingerbread houses. The following year, we created a village of haunted houses.

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