Functional Life Skills - Caring for a Pet

Teaching life skills to children with special educational needs helps them build confidence, independence, and empathy—skills that are essential for everyday life. Learning about caring for pets is an important part of that journey, as it helps children develop responsibility, kindness, and an understanding of how to look after another living being.

This comprehensive resource includes everything you need to plan and teach an engaging life skills unit on caring for pets. With clear visuals, interactive activities, and built-in data tracking, it’s perfect for whole-class lessons, small group instruction, or independent workstations.

Students will learn to identify different types of pets, understand their basic needs, and explore practical skills for keeping animals healthy, happy, and safe.

What's Included:

• Ideas for planning

• Teaching slides

• Vocabulary cards

• Data tracking sheets

• Social story

• Bingo game

• Labelling activities

• Picture to picture matching

• Word to picture matching

• Differentiated scenario question and answer

• Sorting activities

• Writing activities

• Instruction sheets with real life photos