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 ...

Through the Pets in the Classroom grant program, students have the opportunity to interacts with classroom pets, an experience that can help to shape their lives for years to come. Since its inception ...

Classroom Pets are Providing Social and Emotional Support The Pets in the Classrooom grant program has seen an increase in grant applications this school year as teachers turn to classroom pets to ...

Curiosity, compassion, companionship - pets give children the chance to learn about animals and develop healthy, lifelong relationship skills. According to Dr. Alan M. Beck, director of the Center for ...

Applications Now Accepted for Pre-Kindergarten Through 8th-Grade Teachers Classroom pets are great for kids because they can be easy to care for and demonstrate unique behaviors that can get everyone ...