Year Level: Suitable for all ages

  Learning area: Science

  General capabilities: Critical and creative thinking; personal and social capability

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

This 13-page printable booklet outlines important dog care information, teaching children about responsible dog guardianship and the various responsibilities involved.

Your child will:

• learn about caring for a puppy
• understand the importance of walking, bathing and cleaning up after their dog
• learn some basic information about dog health, safety and first aid
• learn how to safely travel with a dog and search for a lost dog
• understand separation anxiety in dogs.

Curriculum codes (Years K–2)

• ACSSU002: Living things have basic needs, including food and water (identifying the needs of humans and animals, such as warmth, food and water, using students’ own experiences)
• ACSSU211: Living things live in different places where their needs are met
• ACSSU030: Living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves (recognising that living things have predictable characteristics at different stages of development)