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We call them “Edventures” because we are combining education with adventure when you invite us to your next event! The best part of preparing for our arrival is choosing which package or animals will come to you and allow us to guide you on a journey around the world to meet incredible live animals! Our animal programs are not just Hands-on brief encounters, but fascinating and interactive adventures led by our experienced and talented Reptacular handlers! Engaging, educational, and exciting, our programs are suitable for any setting- from the classroom to your backyard for a birthday party to large corporate events. Our guides can adapt to any age group because we believe any stage of life can be enriched by our hands-on encounters with our animals! See what we have available for you!
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This package allows you to interact with goats, sheep, an alpaca or a miniature horse, rabbits, chickens, and maybe even a miniature cow! During this package, our handlers will provide a safe and fun environment while teaching about the critters you get to pet!
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All of our animals can be booked for an hour encounter or more for extended interaction, photo shoots, and filming. Here are a few of our most common animal rentals.
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We are dedicated to inspiring children to grow a love and appreciation for the natural world by sharing our passion for animals and nature, so we created our Animal Encounters class to fulfill this purpose. In this class, our experienced and dynamic instructors use hands-on methods to help engage students in learning about our creature of the day. We can adjust our classes to meet the needs of any child because education is our goal. All our students will have so much fun in our classes that they won’t even realize how much they are learning!
One of our favorite experiences as instructors is when a child’s hesitation about animals in the class turns into confidence and that student will bravely hold a snake or even a slimy frog for their parents to see! We love hearing what they have learned in class and feedback from parents about how students demonstrate their new adoration for nature at home. We aspire to make a difference in our corner of the world and hope that we can encourage our younger generation to do the same.
Every class features a different animal or a specific type of animal. We start by introducing the animal, then sharing knowledge about our creature of the day while catering to our students' age and educational level. Children are then shown how to appropriately interact with our animals under the guidance of our instructors. They will either get a chance to pet and/or handle our creature of the day. Finally, we have our highly anticipated art project about our featured animal or we get pumped up for a super fun animal-related game.
We provide education based on the age level of the students enrolled in that session’s program. Students will learn about the creature of the day’s natural habitat, their diet, as well as their care, and survival habits! Students will come away from class with a thorough understanding of terminology like omnivore, nocturnal, and know the characteristics of a mammal or a reptile. Animal Encounters class will help alleviate fear of nature by advancing understanding as well as teach children to value animals. We hope all students leave our classes with a respect for all living creatures, big and small.
Reptacular Animals currently has over 200 animals serving all of southern California. We have the largest variety of kid-friendly animals of any company by far! By having so many different animals we always have new animals to share with the kids so the class always stays fresh and exciting. Our animals include exotic reptiles, furry critters, spectacular parrots, and farm animals. Please check out our animal galleries to meet many of our Reptacular animals! All of our animals are a part of our Reptacular family and have been raised with love and expertise.
During our classes, students create amazing projects corresponding to the featured animal of the day as a memento to take home. Some examples include imitating patterns from a tortoise’s shell, figuring out how to paint the texture of a chinchilla’s fur, or creating a parrot that balances on your finger.
We also like to mix it up in order to address the different interests of our students. Sometimes instead of an art project, we play games based on the featured animal of the day. A super popular one is the Great Hamster Ball Race! Sometimes on Hamster Day, we put our adorable fluffy friends in their hamster balls, and off they go! It’s more like an insanely funny version of bumper cars with hamsters going in every direction trying to cross our taped-off finish line. Some hamsters stop to wash their face or even take a nap! Hamster day is always a favorite one with the students!
Animal Encounters meets for one hour every week. We suggest running a longer enrichment session because it gives the students a clearer understanding of the diversity of the animal world. However, we can work with whatever schedule your school’s current after-school enrichment program has.
Every session includes different animals since our class is so popular we always have many repeat students. Of course, a few favorites are always requested and brought back every so often but never in the same session. We find that the kids love this class, and we encourage the school to offer Animal Encounters all year long rather than skipping sessions.
We normally run the Animal Encounters class all around the greater Los Angeles area. If a school is farther than 10 miles away from our ranch in Sylmar, we might still run the class but have a higher minimum of enrollment to offset travel expenses for the instructor.
We need the campus to provide a space for the class to meet. A private classroom works best for us. We can hold the class in a multi-purpose room or outdoors if needed, but tables and chairs are always necessary. Also by not having a private classroom, animals always attract a lot of interested bystanders and can deter attention from the class for the enrolled students. And art projects can be challenging outdoors as well.
Our standard Animal Encounters classes are designed for elementary students from kindergarten to fifth grade. We gear the educational material and projects for the actual capability of students who sign up for each session. We also modify our program for preschoolers and older students, too!
For price info please contact our Education Coordinator at jayme@reptacularanimals.com.
We hire amazing teachers that love what they do! All instructors teach Animal Encounters classes as well as perform hands-on animal shows for birthday parties, schools, and events. Each dynamic instructor is great with kids and loves the animals! Animal Encounters has run classes at over 40 private, charter, and public schools in the greater Los Angeles area. We’ve also serviced hundreds of schools and preschools through our Edventures and camp classes.
Reptacular Animals carries a $2 million liability policy. Please feel free to ask for a copy. If your school wants to be added as an additional insured that is not a problem. Most verbiage and coverage is a fee of $35 for the year.
For additional information please email our Education Coordinator at jayme@reptacularanimals.com or call our office at 818-727-1594.
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You can now interact virtually with our animals from the comfort of your own home or classroom. During each virtual class, we provide an educational live presentation, where an instructor is available to answer your questions. This allows us to provide an experience to fit your needs no matter where you are located.
30 Minute Standard Class: $75
This class consists of 4-6 animals: reptiles, small mammals, bugs, amphibians or birds. We can cater to a more specific theme for each class however a mixture of animals is our most popular!
1 Hour Standard Class: $125
The hour class includes everything in the 30-minute class PLUS a “draw the animal” component OR more animals of your choice. The hour class is recommended for schools or the very inquisitive learner as that gives us the ability to answer more questions and provided more information per animal.
30 Minute Farm Animal Class: $125
This class consists of 4 animals: 2 Large farm animals (mini horse, alpaca, donkey, or cow), a goat, and a bunny.
1 Hour Farm Animal Class: $195
The hour class includes everything in the 30-minute class PLUS a “draw the animal” component OR more animals of your choice. The hour class is recommended for schools or the very inquisitive learner as that gives us the ability to answer more questions and provided more information per animal.
30 Minute Farm Animal Plus One Camel Class: $150
This class consists of 4 animals: a camel, a goat, a sheep, and a large farm animal (mini horse, alpaca, donkey, or cow).
1 Hour Farm Animal Plus One Camel Class: $225
The hour class includes everything in the 30-minute class PLUS a “draw the animal” component OR more animals of your choice. The hour class is recommended for schools or the very inquisitive learner as that gives us the ability to answer more questions and provided more information per animal.
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Travel Charges
Anything over 10 miles from our location will have a travel fee. Call or email our office to find out what that will be.
EZ-Up Tents
If your location has no shade, we provide EZ-Up tents at $25 each. Please keep in mind if we arrive to the location and there is no shade, we will not set up for the safety of the animals and full payment will be required.
Tarp and Hay
Added tarp and hay is $100 to protect your grounds. Keep in mind that some events might require this in order to assure animals are comfortable while they are visiting you.
Additional Insurance
Some locations require we add them to our insurance. Typical verbiage and coverage are an additional $35.
We are fully insured and permitted, but there are a few cities and locations that require additional permits than the ones we already have. Keep in mind that this is very rare. Any additional insurance or permits will need to be covered by the customer.
Please call the office to find out the details of what your location requires.
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