Creating a Kinder World for All
With former classroom teachers on staff, we help inspire compassion for animals by providing free resources. TeachKind makes it easy to “feed two birds with one scone”—simultaneously fostering empathy while developing students’ academic skills.
What’s New
A Taste of the Past: Teaching Ancient History Through Food & Compassion
Explore free, standards-aligned reading comprehension resources that introduce students to the food, philosophies, and cultural traditions of Ancient China and Ancient Greece—while building literacy skills, critical thinking, and compassion for animals.
Make Figurative Language Meaningful and Engaging with Animal-Friendly Writing
Have fun with figurative language! These resources help students identify, interpret, and create similes, metaphors, idioms, hyperbole, alliteration, and onomatopoeia while understanding that animals have feelings, too.
Literacy Engagement Toolkits for Elementary and Secondary Teachers
Explore flexible, ready-to-use K-12 resources that build reading, writing, critical thinking, and communication skills through engaging, animal-centered lessons.
How We Support Teachers and Schools
Ready to supercharge your school—for free? TeachKind is here to support you with free books, vegan food, author visits, animatronic assemblies, science tools, and more—all designed to ignite empathy and enhance learning. Don’t miss out—connect with TeachKind and turn kindness into your classroom’s superpower!
Staff Picks
It’s Raining Cats and Dogs
This lesson plan is designed to help teachers present animal rights issues to their students. If you’re an educator, please …
TeachKind Rescue Stories: Mayflower the Turkey
Rescue stories reveal the stark reality faced by many animals, but they’re ideal for learners of all ages and abilities because the happy endings motivate students to take action.
Meet the Kind Piglet
A Compassionate Solution to Pig Dissection Benefits Perfect for: Teach Kind Science with the Kind Piglet Animal-free dissection—like the Kind Piglet—improves learning by eliminating …
Littering: Teach Students About Its Dangers to Animals
Teach students about the damaging effects that littering can have on our environment and those who inhabit it.
Our Signature Programs
Discover TeachKind’s unique and impactful signature programs–all free!
- 📖 K-12 Literacy Toolkits to increase engagement and motivation
- 🐸 Humane Dissection solutions for teaching life science
- 🤚🏽 Meet-the-Author Program to expose students to different perspectives
- 🐘 Carly the Cow and Ellie the Elephant assemblies to enhance empathy
Our extensive range of resources doesn’t stop there. Explore all our one-of-a-kind programs and find the perfect fit for your classroom today!
Must-Read Books
It’s always a good time to crack open a book, and we’ve picked the best ones for kids who care about animals—so you can appeal to their interests and introduce new subject matter at the same time. Check out our list of animal-friendly books, and share it with your students and their parents.
Improve Reading Comprehension
In a first-of-its-kind study, TeachKind’s animal rescue stories were shown to boost reading comprehension and help students score higher on Common Core State Standards-aligned assessments.