Six hours of fun and learning where students will learn about the exciting field of veterinary medicine caring for canine/dog health. Our Little Veterinarians will learn about veterinarian team roles necessary to have in a veterinarian clinic, understand the use of x-rays for dog examination, dog digestion, dog eye health, dog body language! Students will get to take home and adopt their own Little Medical School Premium plush dog and more!
The Little Veterinarian School curriculum was designed by a team of board-certified physicians and is led by a trained and background-checked instructor passionate about sharing medical knowledge with aspiring young learners. Watch your child beam with pride when he or she earns a diploma on graduation day! A must for young animal lovers!
COURSE CLASSES
Class 1: Let’s Go to the Vet’s Office!
Students will be learning the important team players in Veterinarian office, understand how these people work with veterinarians to help the patients and owners. Students will also learn to describe some things that pet owners can do to help make the visit go as smoothly as possible for their pet.
Class 2: Radiology
Students will learn what radiographs are, understand the different shades of light and dark mean on a radiograph, and describe how a veterinary team would take a radiograph.
Class 3: Dog Digestion!
We will name, explain and label the organs of digestion, understand how food moves normally through the dog digestive tract, and describe what happens when a foreign body gets stuck in the digestive tract.
Class 4: Introduction to Dog Body Language
Students will know some common dog body postures and what they could be saying about how the pet is feeling, learn about the signs of that a dog needs more space, signals that a dog is relaxed and situations that might make a dog not want to be touched or approached.
Class 5: Eye Spy
We will discuss name and label the different parts of a dog’s eye, recognize the types of abrasions that can be found in the eye, understand the process that vets use to treat these abrasions, and compare what colors dogs see to what colors people see.
Class 6: Medical Fun and Graduation!
Students will understand the types of jobs available to Veterinarians, design their own Veterinarian clinic and graduate from Little Veterinarian School – Dog 2 program.
What LMS Provides:
Every student receives items and worksheets to use during class and to take home at the end of the program:
White Coat (disposable), Sticker ID Badge, Premium LVS Stuffed Toy Dog, LVS Adoption Certificate, Dog Anatomy Worksheet, Laminated Dog X-ray, Dog Body Language Worksheet, Eye worksheet, Vet Office Planning Worksheet, LVS Diploma