Snake presentation at School

Wanted to share a few pics of a snake presentation I did at my son's school about a month ago. It went from bringing a few for my son's classroom to a full kindergarten presentation. I divided it into two 45 minute sessions dividing them into two groups...had about 125 in each.

I had to cut it after that do to work restrictions, but by the time the day was done the principal wanted a full school day of this and had about 10 requests to bring them to other k-6 classrooms. I wanted to share because I think it is important to share our hobby and passion with young ones. To this point the response to having snakes has been very positive among my patients and community. They are so intriqued and amazed how docile these animals are and it is a beginning to changing perception which I think is crucial for the long term life of our passion.

A month prior to going out there we sent home a informative release in both english and spanish to all the families that gave them an opportunity to inform if they did not want their child to touch the bp's or be present....the result we had about 30 parents show up out of interest and not one form returned stating no. I posted this after reading the comments from the snake and depression article. I think it is time for us to share our interest and passion actively where we can. Attempt to start changing peoples misinformed perceptions into reality of what snakes and reptiles are actually like.

My son's teacher holding a bp....

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My son showing Anakin:

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One section of 6 classrooms:

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Getting a chance to touch a bp.........

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Thats great! I sometimes take my snakes with me to studio to educate my classmates :) Many of my friends have already fallen in love and some are even thinking about starting a small collection of their own!

I would love to do some work with my snakes and children. Unfortunately, I am in school and I don't have much time and I also don't know any school kids :P

That is really great though. Awesome!

well done i think it is awsome to get out younger generations to feel the same way we do about herps..

ty, I cant remember if I posted this before, but was reading about snakes used for helping individuals with depression, per rec from this forum and was reading the posts about it. I really think its time we move out and actively educate those around us. If i did post about this earlier I apologize lol.

Troy/Kysenia

That's awesome Troy! I think I was in 2nd grade when I brought a few wild caught snakes of mine to class and did a small scale demo. Looks like you guys planned it out NICE! Two thumbs up!

And wow, you even had kids there from Spain! LOL Just joking! I know, bad joke, especially when children are involved. I just don't know what is happening to this country. Are we getting flakey? Shouldn't we have an official language?

Yeah, the community I live in is 50%/50%.......the caucasian population is actually the minority, the community if I recall is the second or third most diverse community in the US or something like that. The Spanish letter was for the parents who dont speak English. In school English is the language used, but we do have a school that is language based in town as well that is 50/50 english and spanish and they are looking into starting a third.

I hope I get to do something this cool for my daughter and her school when she starts kindergarten.

Very cool. I bet they loved it. :gj:

That's just awesome, Troy! It's fun to see how stoked the kids get, and the lack of fear. Those were big groups!

that great man spread the information and all, I think the only way to make it more interesting would be if we could get hands on some medai stuff like what they show on tv when they talk about some snakes , like cgi of the jaws, movement and such. I also would like if possible a copy of the info packet you had sent home I wanto do a demo at the local school and such a packet would be a great help and possible make it a bit easier to get the ideal pass some of the teachers.
I remember having them one time at the church when the had an event and the kids loved it . I did talk to the preacher at the time before hand and all it was fun and i know a couple of the kids were really dragging their parents along to look lol.

It looks like everyone had fun :gj:

Excellent, :D


I love to see the next generation have positive experiences early on.

It looks like everyone had a great time and the chance to do a full day sounds like a great oppertunity. :gj: :banana: :banana: :banana:

It might be worth your while to contact the companies who have made documentaries featuring the type of content would like to use and asking them if it would be possible for them to allow you to use it in your show - I would make sure to stress it is non-profit educational use only in the letter.

The worst they can say is no after all.


dr del

Nice work! Looks like you're a great ambassador for BP's and snakes in general. I liked that some parents showed up as well. Good to see them taking an interest in their kids education. At least you know they are reading what gets sent home :)

I think too many adults pass on irrational phobias to their kids without realizing it (this does happen - scientific fact) so what you're doing breaks that chain and lets the kids see that there is really nothing to fear once you understand and take the time to learn about them.

Again, thanks for your good work. I'm sure the snakes appreciate you! I know we in the community do.

That's awsome you did that!!! Good job :gj: :gj: :gj:

With having the snakes actually there, brought about 10.....some normals and different morphs. I had a 15 slide show on powerpoint talking about where they come from, where they live, what they eat, and then some pictures of morphs. Each group got to name one of the pythons I brought that I had yet to name.

The following day the teachers showed them a presentation on powerpoint that we sent to them the day before with pictures of them and the snakes along with 5 or so questions reviewing what they learned.

Where are they from?
What do they eat?
If you see a snake in the wild you should?
etc etc etc...

All and all the kids did really well and the teachers were amazed at the attention they had with it taking about 45 minutes and all lol.

That's awesome Troy! Looks like everyone enjoyed it!

Good work man. These are the kind of things that inspire younger generations to join this hobby.