The big ideaA pet needs care every day. A grown-up decides the big things.
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.
Whose job?
Example 1: 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.
Example 2: 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.
🧹fresh hay🐰hop, hop, hop🤗gentle strokes
A happy rabbit.
Example 3: 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.
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
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?
What is a vet?
Name something Nibbles needs every day.
Who decides which pet the family gets?
Answers: 1. every single day · 2. a doctor just for animals · 3. fresh water, hay and greens, exercise or love · 4. a grown-up
Try at homeWith 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.
For grown-upsMake 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.
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