West Palm Beach, March 18 -- As parents across the country scramble to find ways to educate and entertain their children in the face of COVID-19-related school closures, TeachKind-PETA's humane --education division-is encouraging parents to take advantage of its free online educational resources, activities, and lesson plans for students of all ages.

Its reading comprehension exercises for kids in grades K-12 and dozens of writing prompts for middle and high school students can help kids flex their English skills. PETA's fun posters can prompt a discussion about animal-friendly idioms-like "feed two birds with one scone"-and lessons about pronouns can help teach students in grades K-2 or 3-5 that animals are someone, not something. "Share ...