Desk Pets - Animal Friends, 40-Pack

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Purchasing a class set of small plastic containers like the ones pictured below and attaching your students' names to each is a great way to keep your students' desk pets safe and contained. Even the students who weren’t so sold at the beginning of the year, got into it when they saw the rest of their peers constructing these elaborate habitats. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out.

Because this is just one part of my classroom management system, students who aren’t into desk pest are not required to participate. This is a great way to get students excited about desk pets and also learn more about their classmates.In my opinion, Desk Pets make an excellent positive reinforcement strategy and a fantastic alternative to treasure box rewards. But because I use desk pets as part of my classroom economy, those students who weren’t into desk pets could choose to spend their money on other things they enjoyed. What can be a very fun incentive can quickly become a distracting toy if the guidelines are not strictly upheld.

Even better is the fact that this little desk pet has become a part of their classroom learning experience. By giving the students this very clear boundary, it ensures that the habitat will not become disruptive or distracting while the students are learning. In my head, I was thinking that the erasers alone would not be enough to keep my students motivated,” she explains. Think about the criteria you would use for picking something special out of the classroom prize box. For this next year, I plan to use the small house shown below that I found at Dollar Tree in the toy section for my Day Care Center.

Something we noticed about the Squishies is they would get dirty after they had been handled for awhile. For instance: “My Desk Pet will remain in its home while I work” or “I will not touch others’ Desk Pets without permission,” etc. However, the pet will not be sitting on their desk until they are able to demonstrate a little bit more self-control.