🔬 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
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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.
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Bird watch
You need: A window or a park bench, bread crumbs or grainPut out a little grain and watch quietly. Count the birds. Where do they go afterwards?
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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
Play
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