Animals and their Habitats

Children in the Early Years have been  learning all about animals and their habitats.  They played many sorting games, picking animals and placing them where they belong.  They practised speaking, using the sentence frames, "This is a/an (animal).  It lives in the (habitat)." 

Some of the animals the children had to identify.

The children gave information about the animals and their surroundings.  Here is what they said:

Varuna:  Armadillo -- "He hides in his self."

David:  "I know animal, not monkey, it swings in the vines.  In Czech it is lenochod (sloth)."

Mete:  Scorpion -- "It stings with the tail'"

Yasmine: Vines -- "They are for monkeys so they can swing."

The children shared what they know about the different habitats the animals live in.

Marina:  "In the jungle you find trees."

Isidro:  "The jungle have [has] sticky air."

Julia:  "In the jungle it's hot, it rains.  It's really green."

Maxime:  "In the savannah the grass is high so the animals can hide."

Kanaru:  "In [the] savannah, grass is everywhere, but not in [the] desert,"

David:  "In the polar lands, snow makes ice and the ice makes the water cold."

Masha:  "The polar lands is cold because the snow is there."

Yasmine:  "In the desert, it's dry, sun comes out, and it doesn't rain."

Arsène:  "In the night,  when the sun is not here it becomes cold (in the desert)."

Max:  "In the desert, they have spiky trees (cactus)."

Jiho:  "The ocean has a lot of water."

Roulin:  "The ocean is deep water."

Marcel:  "The ocean in my country is very hot."

When asked in which habitat they preferred to live, here are some of their very interesting responses: 

Julia:  "I want to live in jungle because I want to play with the animals.  My favourite is tiger, but I don't like frogs because it's slimy!  Yuck!"

Soline:  "I want to live in the water because I love to swim.  I want to be a dolphin!"

João:  " I'll be a shark in the ocean because no one can get me."

Rafaela:  "I want to live in the jungle because I like to swing [on the vines] like a monkey."

Greta:  "I want to live in the polar lands because there is huskies.  I want to be a husky!"

Fabian:  "I want to live in the ocean because I could see a lot of fish.  I want to be the biggest octopus."

Lucie:  "I want to live in the ocean.  I want to swim under the sea because I want to be a mermaid!"

Jason:  "I like in the desert because it [it's] really hot.  I really like to go to a warm place."

It seems like the ocean is a popular choice of habitat.  However,  many may agree with Jason that a warm place is what we all need.   How about you, where would you like to live?