Animal Habitats
This activity lends
itself to many variations and can be made simple or complex to suit the needs
of your kids.
Objectives
Children participating will be able to classify animals
according to habits
learn about natural environment of animals
and they can learn anatomical features of animals and methods of locomotion
Children ages 3-4 can make comparisons and draw a conclusion Cog. IIIA
Materials
Three sheets of
tagboard with a drawn picture of water, air, land, and clouds; pictures of
animals that live mostly on land, in water, or in the air.
Procedures
1. Have children sit around table. Show them pictures of
habitats and have them identified. To demonstrate, show a picture of an animal.
Discuss how that animal moves: by moving its wings in the air, fins in water,
or legs on land. Tell kids that the way an animal moves tells where it lives.
Ask children if this animal lives mostly on land, in air, or in water. Stand
pictures of habitats on a table within reach of children. Place each animal's picture
by his home.
2. Let each child choose a picture of an animal, name that animal, and place
it in its proper habitat. Ask the child how she knows that animal lives mostly in ________. For younger children, ask if the animal has wings, fins, or legs. Continue for several
turns per child.
Variations:
1. 1. See SCIENCE:
Animals and Their Homes
2. 2. Use only birds
Classify by shoreline birds, wading birds, swimming birds, forest birds, etc.
Observe feet, body, beak, and how each of these helps in the birds’ habitats.
3. 3. Make a collage of
animals and habitats using pictures from magazines.
4. 4. Categorize
animals by pets, farm animals, wild (zoo) animals, etc. Questions or Comments about this Lesson Plan? Please write us here. (Be sure to mention name of the Lesson Plan in your email Subject line.)
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