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This time with pictures! I coerced - I mean talked - the other girl into taking a few pictures while I gave the presentation. I think she made a serious effort to try and take pictures when I was making wierd faces or when I was talking. LOL!

This weeks kids are not quite as... picture perfect as last week's kids were, but they're more creative. Got some interesting answers when I asked "So what do we have in common with snakes?" The one that made me laugh was one little girl who went "FEET!" She thought the stomach was one giant foot!

This week I also went with Periscope as my intro snake rather than Darwin, and I think it went better - smaller snakes are nearly so scary as big ones. Only one girl was too scared to touch them, but she looked at the heat pits and stuff without any problem.
I make wierd faces when I listen to little girls, it seems like.

The girls this week were a lot more interested than last week and asked more questions. It also helped that my presentation was more streamlined and less boring, I think, than last week.

Almost every girl thought Cindy was a boy, but none of them thought she was poisonous, which was cool. I'm still chuckling about the girl last week who was convinced pythons were poisonous!

Last part of me talking was to ask "So do you think a lil ole rat could hurt a big ole snake like Cindy?" And of course every kid said NO! And, of course, I said YES! And showed everyone the scars and talked about always being responsible and paying attention to your pets.

This week I had the little girls hold Coco, the baby, instead of Cindy, cause they weren't quite so mellow as last week's kids. One girl kept waving hello at Cindy and talking to her throughout the entire presentation. It was...different, to say the least.
But... lil moments like this one make me happy inside

So that was it! Thanks again everyone who helped me! The snakes, the girls, and I all thank you

~jenny
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"The python has, and I fib no fibs,
318 pairs of ribs.
In stating this I place reliance
On a seance with one who died for science
This figure is sworn to and attested,
He counted them while being digested."
~Ogden Nash

jenny.thegreenes.org

Jenny,

Congrats! Showing the young ones that Snakes arent bad or mean or slimy or to be feared but intead, to be repsected. Enlightened/informed and not from a newspaper or from a tv show but from a real experience from someone who really cares about the animals and how they are presented.

Sincerely, Kyle
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Kyle
www.royalvariations.com

"be safe, be happy and dont let anyone make you afraid" David Coverdale

Its a wonderful thing to teach the young ones about the beauty of reptiles!!!!! Great job!!

Hi Girl!! I think your getting it down . I love the pic.’s, they are good and the last one -is she not the sweetest thing , O yes the little girl to. LOL . Good luck with the next one . David of DS Reptile Rescue

and congrats on teaching others about snakes, very cool.
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Vince Pramuk

I think its great how you are teaching kids about the snakes since most of their parents probably have them thinking the snakes are bad and slimy. Its kinda funny I had a guy at work who is probably in his 50s and he thought snakes were slimy still, even at his age. I had to laugh

That's fantastical. Good job!