Class pets are an elementary school classic. If you don't have a slightly traumatic story about your class pet from when you were younger, you didn't get the full elementary school experience, and ...

A topic that comes up often in the field of humane education is the idea of a classroom pet. For some, having a small pet in a classroom can teach responsibility and compassion. For others, the risk ...

A burst of happiness is sure to follow when kids are given an assignment to learn about animals. Today our students are talking about classroom pets. We have a classroom pet named Slippers. She’s a ...

Researchers at the American Humane Association found that having pets in classrooms provides numerous benefits to children. Caring for a classroom pet encourages responsibility and leadership, helps ...