Compassionate Classroom by Design
Fact: Your classroom can inspire kindness from corner to corner, and nixing mixed messages is the secret to success. We help you swap outdated practices for compassionate ones—without losing any learning value. From rethinking class “pets” to establishing humane routines that build responsibility and teamwork, we make it easy to create a learning space that sends consistent, compassionate messages. Small changes can make a big difference for your students and other animals.
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Rethinking the Classroom ‘Pet’: Meet Ratty!
Discover humane alternatives to classroom pets with Ratty, a stuffed classroom companion that helps students build empathy, kindness, and responsibility—without using live animals.
“Sheldon Hears a Squeak”: Encouraging Compassion for All (Reader’s Theater)
“Sheldon Hears a Squeak” helps children explore what it means to see things from the point of view of even the smallest animals, and this can lead to more compassion for all living beings.
Share the World: Visual Support Guide (Grades K-2)
This free visual support guide from TeachKind’s Share the World program helps K–2 students build empathy and comprehension using engaging animal images and social-emotional learning tools.
What Is Trauma-Informed Education?
These trauma-informed practices can help teachers provide their students with support as they navigate troubling events such as instances of animal abuse.