Compassionate Classroom

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” 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.

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.

These trauma-informed practices can help teachers provide their students with support as they navigate troubling events such as instances of animal abuse.

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Changing the world for animals and children is both rewarding and exhausting, so here are some easy ways to show yourself some love.

Spark discussion and boost compassion: films for teachers and students to view at home or in the classroom Watching animal-friendly …

Use Dr. King’s inspirational quotations about social justice to introduce students to civil rights and animal rights and ways they can take action.