Where do the stray dogs come from? What should we pay attention to if we want to play with dogs? Chichin Child Development Community Service Center in Kaohsiung City recently invited the No-Tail Banana Animal School to bring their dog, Peanut, to meet with the Slow-Flying Angels and the community to learn more about stray animals and how to give stray dog a new home through a series of learning sessions, as well as how to improve the children's attention span.
Slow-Flying Angels made their “fist” for the dogs to sniff.
Eden Foundation's “Stray Love Continues”community integration program at the Chichih Social Education Center, the leading creature “Peanut”, a medium-sized beige mix-breed with a gentle character and a tame seven-year-old dog. Peanut was brought to the shelter when he was just over a year old and has been used as a model of the assistance dog. At the beginning of the class, he lay obediently by the instructor's side to observe the children participating in today's activities, and the instructor would from time to time ask the brave children to come up to the stage and interact with the dog.
Inviting children to share the experience of their artwork creation.
The children learn to make a fist and for the dog to sniff, then touch it after observing it, and not to kick, scream, stare at it, or suddenly stand up to it. These seemingly simple actions can help children with developmental delays and short attention spans improve their ability to concentrate on learning by using dogs to guide their learning.
Little Solar and his parents create the paper toy with dog graphics together.
Little Solar, a 3-year-old slow-flying angel with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), is difficult to control him by his parents because of their disabilities, which make it challenge for them to move around. Little Solar was polite and serious when he met Peanut. He didn't jump on Peanut but held out his “fist” for the dog to sniff, which helped Peanut to accept him easily.
A group photo of children with their creation after the activity.
Ms. Shu-Tsui Cheng, Director, Chichih Children Development Community Service Center of Eden, said that because Chichih district is relatively remote from Kaohsiung City and has a small population, the community has few local resources to use, so the program goes out of the classroom and into the community, utilizing community integration activities to interact with children aged 0 to 6, to understand the developmental orientation of children in various areas, and to provide parents with the needs of parenting. If you would like to know more about early childhood development in Chichih district, please contact us at +886-7-571-0885.
