Class pets

Classroom pets are a great way to teach compassion, responsibility, and science. Check out the best class pet recommendations from teachers.

See the best and worst class pets plus find out how to get teacher grants to pay for a free pet for your classroom!

The best classroom pets for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. A pet is a big responsibility, but your kids will learn important life lessons when caring for a pet such as empathy, responsibility and so much more!

Having pets inside the classroom can be quite beneficial for students. Let's explore some advantages and some of the best types of classroom pets and class pet ideas.

Have you been wondering how to use desk pets in your kindergarten classroom? In this post, I share how I have been using desk pets as part of our kindergarten classroom management system. Check out this fun ideas for kindergarten!

Getting started with desk pets? This blog post has free desk pet printables to help you out! Desk pets, if you're new to them, will be your absolute favorite classroom management tool in no time!

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Have you thought about having a class pet, but don’t want to add one more thing to take care of in your classroom? Well, I have the perfect solution---a take-home stuffed animal! Kids love it and there is no cage or tank to clean out! Having a traveling class pet was by far the most popular class pet I ever had. Kids couldn’t wait for their week to take home the pet and have it be part of their life for a few days. Of course, I had to include a journal for the kids to write in through the…

Download free back-to-school desk pet habitat printables for your classroom or homeschool. Plus, shop deluxe desk pet homes and learn fun ways to use desk pets as a classroom management tool.

"We finally got our class pet! We got a two tailed crown betta fish. The kids named him Chewbacca (Chewy for short). Chewy loves his new class and is very friendly! He swims up to the front of the tank when the kids come to say hi to him. He loves feeding time and never breaks the class rules! The kids love him! They draw him pictures and read books to him. I wish I would have gotten him sooner!" Miss Cook

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Sassy in 2nd on Instagram: "The Desk Pet Shop is back in business!🐾 After working on following our expectations, routines, and class promise for the first month of school, my kinders were finally ready for the grand opening of our desk pet shop 🎉 and they most definitely earned it.. even though it may or may not have thrown us off for the rest of the day 😅 We were wagging our tails with excitement over meeting all of the pets, rescuing one, naming them, and giving them their own habitat…

Meet Gerald the Giraffe - our class (stuffed) pet!! Isn't he the cutest? Back in January, I got an "itch" to have a class pet for...

Our class pet mouse named Cheese. So fun and easy to take care of! Students can take him for walks around the school when they need breaks. One student gets to take him home each weekend and writes in his journal to record their adventures together. He packs well and joins students on family vacations.

Here is a fun writing activity that I've implemented in my class this year! We have a class "pet" named, Ozzie. He hangs in our class during the week, and each Friday I choose a student to take him home for the weekend! I simply wrote a list on the board, and I will be going down the list each Friday. I send home the turtle with his tank and a notebook explaining to the parents/guardians where this turtle came from, and what he's all about! There are also pages included for students to write…