Post 1: Where did my idea come from..

A baby elephant slips and falls while he was playing with birds from aww

Everyone enjoys adorable animal videos! Most people will stop in their tracks to be in awe of some adorable animal, I mean I stop in the streets to look at someone’s dog or a random cat because it makes me happy. I saw this video of a baby elephant chasing birds, while chasing the birds and seemingly playing, the elephant falls down and gets up and runs to its mother to be comforted. It’s a pretty adorable video! You can recognize those behaviors in the elephant to that of a human child and begin to empathize with the baby elephant finding comfort in its mother after falling. And that is when I thought – could one begin to teach empathy and other social emotional behaviors through viewing animal videos? Or incorporate adorable animal videos into other teachable moments? 

Thus I want to find ways to incorporate cute animal videos into the classroom and create meaningful lessons for students. I will attempt to make lesson plans incorporating various cute animal videos that can be used in specific subjects or fun activities for students!