Let TeachKind Help You—With Our Virtual Lessons and Activities

In the past couple of months, teachers and other education professionals have had to adopt alternative methods of teaching for the safety and well-being of them and their students. In an effort to support educators during this transitional time, we at TeachKind have adapted our methods of promoting compassion for animals to suit the needs of a virtual classroom. We’ve created a series of videos to provide educators and parents with empathy-promoting lessons, including compassionate stories read aloud by TeachKind staffers who have prior classroom experience, a presentation from Ellie the elephant, and a demonstration involving the future of frog dissection. We anticipate creating more virtual lessons in the coming months.

TEACHKIND’S READ-ALOUDS AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Share the videos below with your students and use the corresponding lessons afterward.

Buddy Unchained

Use this lesson to teach students that animals like Buddy are not things.

Hey, Little Ant

Use this lesson to promote kindness to all animals, big or small.

How to Heal a Broken Wing

Use this lesson to inspire students to speak up for animals in need.

Our Farm

Use this lesson to help students understand that sheep are individuals and why it’s cruel to buy and wear wool.

THE FUTURE OF HUMANE EDUCATION

Meet Ellie, an animatronic elephant who teaches students the importance of having empathy for everyone and standing up to bullies:

Use this lesson for students in grades K–2 to discuss the importance of choosing inclusive language when talking about animals. Use this lesson for students in grades 3–5 to discuss the importance of considering not just animals’ basic needs but also their unique desires.

Check out SynFrog and see how this synthetic frog can help real animals and students alike:

Use our Fast Facts and Comparative Anatomy worksheets to ensure that students get the most out of this one-of-a-kind virtual lesson.

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