Bringing Live Animals to Your Group!

Our live animal programs are great for homeschool co-ops, assemblies, youth groups, preschools, and your classroom! For specific programs, choose from our selection of program topics below or contact us for a program personalized to fit your lesson plans.

 

Critter Visit

For groups of 35 or less. 15 of fewer will get an opportunity to handle some of the animal ambassadors if safety instructions can be followed.

We will bring 6-7 live animals straight to your group for a 45 minute presentation (with an optional 15 mins Q&A) and tailor the program to fit your lesson needs! 

See our program topics below or let us know what learning objective you are working towards.
The critter visit program includes opportunities to touch most of the animals.

$150 for the first program; $100 additional same day, same programs

Day or Half Day Rates

Have a large group and want it to be a little more personal than a large assembly? You can split the groups into smaller time increments to make sure everyone gets attention from me & the animals.

Half-day (3 hours) program: $375  
Full-day (6 hours) program:  $575

Virtual Critter Visits

Can’t have us in person? We can still visit your class with the animal ambassadors via Zoom! You can request most of our in-person programs for your class. For groups of up to 50.

$3 per student with a minimum of 15

 

Programs to choose from

  • Curriculum Specific: We can do programs on the food chain, adaptations, classification, ecosystems, life cycles, conservation, endangered species, caring for exotics, or native vs. invasive species. If you don’t see your topic listed, just ask. I’ve been doing this for a while and probably have a lesson plan for what you are looking for!

  • Creepy Critters: Looking for an educational and fun Halloween experience? Did you know that the fear of snakes and spiders is one of the top fears for humans? Join Tanee with Nature on the Geaux and several of our live animal ambassadors as we face our fears in a fun, informative, and non-threatening way. Encounter snakes, spiders, scorpions, frogs, and more!

  • Amazing Axolotls - Are your learners wild about axolotls? Here is their chance to meet a couple of axolotl animal ambassadors that are in my collection! We will discuss all the fun facts about them and their wild counterparts, the perils they face, how to be a keeper to an axolotl if they want to have one as a pet one day, and why scientists are so interested in them. We will also make an axolotl necklace with a cute charm for your learners to take home! Axolotls are not touchable.

  • Animals Around the World: This program brings animals from all over the world for a fun, educational, and interactive presentation! This gives an overview of our animal ambassadors we have brought and an intro to their natural environment. 

  • Animal Mythbusters: Can hedgehogs shoot their spines? Will cockroaches survive a nuclear bomb? Learn the truth about some well-known animal myths. Students will learn about how to discern information and be introduced to the scientific method. After this, you’ll be seeing wildlife in a whole new way!

  • For Goodness Snakes: Some people fear snakes, but we often fear what we do not understand. Snakes look and move very differently from many other animals, but anything that is different can be amazing too. Learn how snakes act as important predators and help people in many ways we may not realize. What should you do if you see a snake? Come find out and meet some very sssssspecial ambassadors.

  • Wetland Detectives: Learn the importance of the wetlands to wildlife and all about what the wetlands provide for us. Students will be exploring biofacts, meeting a few native reptiles, and make a necklace that represents what wetlands are! (recommended for 4th - 12th grade) *not available for assemblies

  • Dig Into the Past - Learners will view fossils that represents fossils from all over the world & meet a few animals with prehistoric traits. They will learn about the geological time scale, the different methods of fossilization, the major fossil types, how the environment and other elements help fossils to form, and “dig” in my fossil sandbox for one fossil to keep. (recommended for Grades 3-12) *not available for assemblies

  • Hop, Slither, Crawl: Young learners will look at the different ways animals move…some can walk on four legs, six legs, eight legs or no legs at all. After meeting the animal ambassadors, we’ll try our best to move like animals too! (Pre-K)

  • Animal Storytime: Listen to a story and meet the animal featured in the story plus a few of their friends! We have a selection of books the teacher picks from before the visit. This is a great way to gently introduce young learners to animals. (Pre-K)

  • Daycare General Visit: Have me out for 60 minutes and divide my time between your age groups.

Helpful things for Visits:

  • A secured, easy access loading area (ie. no learners in the area).

  • A 6ft long table.

  • If presentation is to be outside, please provide shade and inform us ahead of time. If it is under 65 degrees or over 95 degrees, we would need to be inside.

  • A 10ft buffer zone between animals and learners.

Travel Fees:

No Travel Fee: St. Tammany, Orleans, Upper Jefferson, Tangipahoa, St. Bernard; and MS counties: Harrison, Pearl River, Hancock.

$30 travel fee for the following parishes/counties: Upper Plaquemines, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Livingston, Washington, Stone, Lamar, & Jackson County

$45 travel fee for: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Lafourche, East Feliciana parishes

Travel fees are paid in addition to program fees and are to offset additional vehicle costs. If you are in an area not listed please email me for a quote.

Questions or ready to book? Contact Tanee at natureonthegeaux@gmail.com