![]() ![]() These printables color some fine motor skills, vocabulary, letters, a bit of math, and visual discrimination. Preschool is such a fun time to explore arctic animals and familiarize kids with each type of animal. There are well over 60 pages in these packs so I thought I’d break down what is in each one. What’s included in the arctic animals worksheets: ![]() Looking for even more arctic animal printables? Here’s the Kindergarten through 2nd grade update! And don’t miss this fun idea for an arctic animal sensory bin. But I have also included a set without the penguin. This pack does include penguins so I’m going to actually call them arctic AND antarctic packs. And arctic animals is one of my favorite. I love engaging kids to learn with a fun topic. There is just something fascinating about animals!Īrctic Animals Printable Packs for Preschool and Kindergarten Actually, my kids never need an excuse to learn about animals. ![]() Learn more about these great professional development workshops and how you can learn with me at home here.Since most of us don’t live in the arctic (or antarctic…) regions, the animals that live there can be a lot of fun to learn about. This post is a must-read! But, if you want to know even more about how to teach STEM to preschoolers, make circle time work, and teach early literacy fun and effective, you have to check out my go-at-your-own-pace professional development workshops! Want more ways to teach STEM in your preschool classroom? Get all these cards ( 56 animal images total) right here for just $4.99! Sort by animals your students see around their homes and ones they’ve never seen before! I have another habitat activity with figurines that my younger students love. So, comparing forest animals to ocean animals would be the simplest. When you do in and out-group sorting like this in a preschool class, the task is easier when the difference is more obvious. Of course, you can also do them as a tray activity with a small group.Ĭhoosing just one group to add to the tray or with two. The mouse was very contentious because mice are pretty much in every habitat but most of the students who did this activity with me decided it should be in the forest because there is moss in the photo, and they see moss when they go into the forest! Pretty cool thinking, right? I found it very interesting how they came to these conclusions. What I loved about this is that these two habitats overlap, so we had wonderful discussions about how to decide where to place the animals. My favorite way to do that is to play at free choice and see what my students already know and what they are curious about. Then together, we will sort while sharing why we sort them, but it’s still way early in the school year and I’m just laying the foundation for these later lessons. which have huge ears to let off extra body heat and claws to dig in the sand. A lesson about how animals’ bodies are adapted to their environment, such as noticing which animals have blubber and fur to stay warm vs. Later this year I will be doing these as we compare and contrast arctic and desert animals. I use this activity at free choice but it can be used any time of day, including as a circle time activity with each student coming up to place their photo in the pocket chart. ![]() In my classroom, we are learning about forests right now and will be learning about farms soon, so yesterday, I popped the habitat sorting cards into our pocket chart. I created them for the habitats we focus on, but you can create your own with Canva.Īfter printing out – laminate and cut while watching your favorite kdrama.Īll cut out and ready! How to use Animal Habitat Sorting Cards with a pocket chart This set includes eight photos of each habitat: farm, forest, ocean, arctic, desert, pets, and Australia. Ready for a bit of prep and a BUNCH of activities? This is also an excellent opportunity to work on vocabulary in a meaningful context. Sometimes, how you or I would sort an animal isn’t how your student would, and it’s not necessarily wrong. What I love about sorting activities like these is the opportunity to work with my students and discuss why they are sorting the animals the way they are. On each card, attach a picture of different type of animal footprint (e.g., a horse’s, a goose’s, an elephant’s, a dog’s). To do this, make your own footprint cards. I created these animal habitat sorting cards for my pocket chart but also to use in small groups during free choice. You can also present kids with pictures of different kinds of feet and ask kids to match the pictures with the right tracks. What I love about this topic is that it starts simply, and we build on it by discussing attributes different animals have, how they have adapted to their environment, and work on our critical thinking skills. In my PreK class, we learn about animal habitats all year long, not consistently, but we return to them repeatedly throughout the school year. ![]()
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