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Animal Habitats
Learn about animals and where they live
Materials
- art supplies
- child-safe scissors
- drawing paper
- glue
- paper (large sheet)
Directions
Invite your children to learn more about animals (maybe even about aardvarks like Arthur!).
- Prep: On a very large sheet of paper, draw a map showing trails that wind through forests, fields, deserts, ponds, and oceans.
- Discuss: Display the map on a tabletop or floor. Ask your children to name some animals and insects that live in the different environments.
- Illustrate: Distribute drawing materials so each child can draw an animal.
- Populate: As you cut out the animals, engage your children in a conversation that will help them share and build knowledge. Ask: Where do rabbits live? What do squirrels like to do? If you see a baby mouse on the ground, should you pick it up? Have your children glue their animals to the appropriate habitats on the map. Label each cut-out with the name or first initial of the animal.
Take It Further
Plan a trip to a nature site or city park. Have a picnic, sit quietly, listen, and look for animals. Your children can count the ones they see.
Based on an activity in Play and Learn with Arthur, Volume 1
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