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Animal-Assisted Learning: An Educator’s Guide has opened exciting new conversations about the power of animals to support learning, wellbeing, and connection in educational settings. This website continues that conversation – expanding the ideas in the book and creating a space for sharing experiences, insights, and practical tools.

Developed and managed by the book’s authors, Dawn Newman and Jenny Phillips, this site brings together blog posts, articles, case studies, and downloadable resources designed to support teachers, early years educators, support staff and parents who want to bring thoughtful, ethical, and effective animal-assisted learning into their classrooms and to wider learning and care environments.

Here, you’ll find examples of good practice, reflections from the field, and research-informed approaches that celebrate the many ways animals can enrich education. Whether you’re just beginning to explore animal-assisted learning or looking to deepen your established practice, our goal is to help you build confidence, community, and creativity around your work.

At its heart, this site is about learning from each other, from our students, and from the animals who inspire us.

We’d love to hear your story.