Hot!

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Animals Animal Habitats

Objectives

Early learning goals

  • 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.
  • Express self effectively, showing awareness of listeners’ needs.
  • Use past, present and future forms accurately when talking about events that have happened or are to happen in the future.
  • Develop narratives and explanations by connecting ideas or events.
  • Sing songs, make music and dance, and experiment with ways of changing them.
  • Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.

Lesson Planning

Learn all about hot animals and the different habitats they live in. Think about how they are adapted to their environment and how they stay safe. Draw and paint animals that live in hot climates to add to the collage habitat display. Sort and describe animals that live in hot habitats, go on a safari adventure and spot animals, dance to African music and make lions.

Children will:

  • Be able to name animals that live in a hot habitat.
  • Begin to say why animals are suited to live there.
  • Sort different animals as to where they live.

Provided Resources

  • Hot habitats and hot habitat animals
  • Animals from non-hot habitats

You Will Need

  • Small world animals
  • Scarves
  • Safari props
  • Paints
  • Collage materials
  • Paper plate
  • Coloured wool