People Zoo

In this poem, a child is actually put into a zoo where we would normally see all of our favorite animals.  While he is there he experiences all the same things that can happen to the animals that we go and visit all the time.  An activity that I thought you could do with your student that relates to this poem would be to take them to your local zoo.  Although this may be a simple activity to do with your students, you could have a discussion with them before hand on the proper way you should treat the animals in the zoo that they are going to see.  You could explain to them the importance of treating them the way they should be because they could be like the little child in the poem that was pointed at and spit at in the zoo and that they probably wouldn't enjoy that to much.  The local zoo around me in the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.  This zoo even has a preschool outreach program that will bring animals to you at your school just in case you can not go to them! Here is a link to find out more about this program.  Columbus Zoo Preschool Outreach Program