How it works
A pet needs care every single day: food, water, a clean home, exercise, love, and a vet when ill.
A pet cannot fill its own bowl or clean its own home.
A grown-up makes the big choices, and a child helps with the small jobs.
Worked examples
Food and water
- Nibbles eats hay, fresh greens and a little carrot.
- Kit's grown-up shows him how much to give.
- Every morning Kit fills her bottle with fresh water.
A clean home and exercise
- Kit sweeps out the old hay and puts in fresh hay.
- Nibbles hops and runs about the garden.
- Kit sits close by and strokes her ears gently.
When a pet is ill
- Nibbles is very quiet and is not eating her hay.
- Kit tells his grown-up straight away.
- A grown-up takes her to the vet, a doctor just for animals, and soon she is hopping again.
A taste of the worksheets
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
- True or false? A vet is a doctor just for animals.
- Which job is a grown-up's job? 💊 Choosing a pet's medicine / 💧 Filling the water bottle / 🤗 Stroking her ears
- Someone says: "A pet can be alone all day." Which fix is true? 🤗 A pet needs company. / 🍟 A pet needs a bag of crisps. / 🚫 A pet needs nothing.
- True or false? Kit decides which pet the family gets.
- A pet needs care every single ___.
Words to know
- vet
- A doctor just for animals.
- hutch
- A cozy home for a rabbit.
- hay
- What Nibbles eats and sleeps on.
- care
- Looking after someone every day.
Watch out for
- Chocolate and salty crisps are not for pets. Hay and fresh greens are better.
- A pet does not need to be alone all day. It needs company.
- Choosing a pet's medicine is a grown-up's job. The vet helps.
- If a pet seems ill, tell a grown-up straight away.
Try it
How often does a pet need care?
every single day. Food, water, a clean home, exercise and love.
What is a vet?
a doctor just for animals. A grown-up takes a pet to the vet.
Name something Nibbles needs every day.
fresh water, hay and greens, exercise or love. These are the pet's daily needs.
Who decides which pet the family gets?
a grown-up. Kit helps with the small jobs.
For grown-ups
With a grown-up, make a pet care chart for a real or pretend pet. Draw the jobs: food, water, a clean home, play and love.
Make a pet care chart with your child for a real or pretend pet. Draw the jobs: food, water, a clean home, play and love. Keep medicine and vet decisions for yourself.