Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl Present at Your School

Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl are America's beloved icons!  Created as a result of public service campaigns, these icons are recognized for their national public service announcements in the national media,   

Smokey Bear was created in the 1940's and its name, slogan and character looks are protected by the Smokey Bear Congressional Act of 1954.  Smokey is the wildfire prevention icon and it is managed by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, the National Association of State Foresters and the Advertising Council.  Today you find Smokey's public service announcements on television, radio and newspapers nationwide.  In addition, Smokey has his own website, http://www.smokeybear.com, and it is also present in Twitter and Facebook.   Smokey Bear is also in many schools across the country.  Young children can enjoy The Smokey Bear Story  a bilingual illustrated book aimed for children from pre-K through second grade.  The books tells the story of the living Smokey found after a wildfire in the Capitan Mountains of New Mexico.  In addition, the book has Smokey's 5 Rules for Fire Prevention and encourages children and adults to observe them.  Do you know Smokey's rules for fire prevention?  The Smokey Bear book has been a success with young children and even adults. The story is told in English and Spanish, so it can also be used as a language tool.

Woodsy Owl is  America's icon for the conservation of the environment as stated in the Woodsy Owl Act of 1974.  His public service announcements were very popular in the 70's and 80's.  Woodsy's slogan Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute was a call for action against littering and other environmental issues of the times.  Unfortunately, we have not seen the Woodsy as much on national media like we have seeing Smokey, and that was mostly due to lack if funding to develop a national media campaign.  However, young children all over the nation can enjoy Woodsy's messages and teachings again. 

The United States Forest Service has developed educational tools to instill conservation messages in small children and have partnered with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Head Start to promote Woodsy conservation messages of Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute and Lend a Hand, Care for the Land. 

One of these tools is The Woodsy's ABC book .  This is a collection of powerful illustrations will help your children to understand key concepts of nature and the environment.  The Woodsy's ABC book was developed by Forest Service and it is available at the National Symbols Cache for a minimal fee.  You can access the National Symbols Cache at http://www.symbols.gov/ to see this one and other Woodsy products you can use with your children.  A Teacher's Supplement to the Woodsy's ABC book and a CD with Woodsy Owl songs will be available for free distribution to those who contact me through this blog.  These items will be available in November 2011!  Now you can follow Woodsy Owl on Twitter and Facebook.