🔬 Science & our world · Ages 3–4 · about 2 weeks

Animals and Their Homes

Goal: Match animals to where they live and say what some animals eat.

For parents: Children love sorting animals. Each sort is a small science lesson: animals live where they can find food, water and shelter.

Do together

  1. Animal homes sort

    You need: Animal toys or pictures, three mats (blue for water, green for land, a nest drawn for birds)

    Your child puts each animal on its home. A fish on the water, a cow on the land, a bird in the nest.

  2. Bird watch

    You need: A window or a park bench, bread crumbs or grain

    Put out a little grain and watch quietly. Count the birds. Where do they go afterwards?

  3. Who eats what?

    You need: Pictures of animals and foods (grass, bone, fish, seeds)

    Match each animal to its food. A cow eats grass, a cat likes fish, a hen pecks seeds.

Talk about it

  • Where does a fish live? A bird? A lion?
  • What do cows eat?
  • Why does a bird build a nest?

Words to use

  • nest
  • farm
  • jungle
  • sea
  • home
  • eat

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