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Kindergarten

Screenshot of PETA's "We are Animals" music video
Grades PreK-2

Animal-Friendly Songs for Your Musical Classroom

TeachKind and PETA Kids teamed up to adapt and create a collection of animal-friendly songs for your musical classroom.

Young girl with dog
Grades PreK-2

Helping a Local School Integrate Compassion for Animals (Worksheets Included)

TeachKind worked with a Virginia school to create humane materials for its curriculum. Integrating compassion for animals is easy!

Happy New Year Banner
Grades PreK-2

Set Kind Classroom Goals With TeachKind’s New Year Activities

What better time is there than the new year to recommit to the kind standards that you set for your class at the beginning of the school year?

Child reading a book in a library
Social-emotional learningGrades PreK-2

How to Address Problems in Some Popular Children’s Books

Make “teachable moments” out of stories with inhumane messages with TeachKind’s step-by-step guide.

Turkey craft - turkeys love greeting visitors and making friends!
Grades PreK-2

Thanksgiving Class Project: Give Turkeys a Hand!

Thanksgiving is no fun for turkeys, but you can help your students speak up in their behalf this year with this cute and simple craft project!

School supplies
Grades 9-12

What Every Kind Teacher Needs in the Classroom

How kind is your classroom? Check out the essentials that every teacher needs.

Mop cleaning the floor
Grades 9-12

Cruelty-Free Classroom Cleaning Products

Make sure that the products you use in your classroom aren’t tested on animals.

Students using virtual dissection software in the classroom
Spanish ResourcesGrades 3-5

Lecciones y recursos de español — TeachKind

Una colección de recursos de TeachKind en español.

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Plush Ratty
Grades PreK-2

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.

Cute white rat
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English Language ArtsGrades PreK-2

“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.

English Language ArtsGrades 6-8

Analyze Some of PETA’s Most Powerful Ads With Our President

While studying rhetoric and persuasive writing, students can learn from these eye-catching ad campaigns.

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