Habitat training

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Animals Animal Protectors

Objectives

Early learning goals

  • Know the importance for good health of physical exercise, and a healthy diet, and talk about ways to keep healthy and safe.
  • Try new activities confidently, and say why some activities are liked more than others.
  • Be confident speaking in a familiar group, talk about their ideas
  • Choose the resources needed for chosen activities.
  • Know about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things.
  • Talk about the features of the immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another.
  • Make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.

Lesson Planning

Complete the last phase of the Animal Protector training and become fully qualified protectors. Learn about different habitats and where animals might live. Sort animals into habitats and make their own books.

Teaching Outcomes
To learn about different animal habitats and how they differ from their own.

Children will:

  • Understand that different animals have different habitats.
  • Compare their habitats to an animal habitat.
  • Talk about their learning and feel a sense of pride.

You Will Need

  • Small world animals
  • Tuff spot with resources, e.g. rocks, plastic cups, grass etc
  • Large paper and paint
  • Sticky labels
  • Post-it notes
  • Dolls house
  • Plastic water creatures

Weblinks

There are no weblinks needed for this session.