A TEACHER COMMENT ON VISITS BY RON.........

I had the honor and privilege to work with Mr.Ron Hirschi. To say it was amazing just doesn't seem to be enough. The experience was truly life changing and humbling. To be afforded the opportunity to be in a pond, interacting with the environment while watching your students learn was positively awesome! I am not an outdoor enthusiast, so this was, at first, a very daunting job. We were asked, as classroom teachers, to put on the waders and go into the pond to help collect the critters and plant life. I tend to shy away from "getting my hands dirty" so I must say that I was rather nervous with the whole idea. All that changed from the very moment I waded into that murky water. I was well aware of the fact that falling would not have been very prudent, so I was careful with my steps! Each time I entered the water for another "catch" I was more and more sure of myself, and, even my footing!

To say that I had fun would just not be enough. I will carry this experience with me forever, both as a teacher and as a human being living on this amazing planet! This experience truly reminds us of how small we really are in comparison to all the amazing life that exists in our environment and how big a role we really must play in conservation. I encourage everyone to be part of this wonderful experience!

Thank you, Mr. Hirschi!!

Lori Schnegg
5th grade teacher
St. Brigid of Kildare School
Dublin, Ohio

CONTACT RON

Get in touch by email at whalemail@waypoint.com Phone: 360-379-1729 Mail: PO Box 899 Hadlock, WA 98339 Visit amazon.com for a good listing of available books, but check my publishers for the best rates for school sales. Island Heritage/ Welcome to the Islands, Sylvan Dell, and Boyds Mills all are easy to work with and make it easy to do a fund raiser with books like Swimming with Humuhumu, Ocean Seasons, or Lions Tigers and Bears!!!

Monday, April 11, 2011

BOOKS YOU CAN USE TO HELP KIDS WRITE AND LEARN ABOUT ECOLOGY AND MORE

I get to work with a lot of kids. Thousands of them...........These days, many have never gone outside in ways that put them face to face with the incredible diversity nature has to offer. Or maybe it is just that so many kids these days don't live in rural places or they only visit sealife parks or zoos and other artifical environemnts? I don't know..........But they can enter a world where Two Kids I created for a series of books help them see and experience worlds of nature in Hawaii and Alaska, our newest states and our most precious natural learning places.

SWIMMING WITH HUMUHUMU is all about two kids from the mainland who visit Kauai with their parents. On every page, Maddie and Cole experience new life forms in a very natural and real life way. Actually, the two kids are my pretend Grandkids and their parents are Scott and Nichol...........

Maddie and Cole write postcards of their experiences to my wife, Brenda......except in the book, they are simply writing to Gramma.........as they learn some Hawaiian, they write to their Tutu, Gramma in Hawaiian.

Little Books within this book help the reader learn more about Monk Seals, Whales, and Sea Shells. Hawaiian words and a bit of culture sneak in too. Illustrated by my friend and the wonderful Hawaiian artist, Tammy Yee, I bet you will love this book if you are new to the islands. I still pick it off my shelf from time to time and use its pages to bring me back to snorkel trips and moments when I first saw an octopus while swimming down at a favorite beach or when, as a family, we first saw humpbacks leaping free of the turquoise ocean..........
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