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Science · Preschool

Animals and Their Needs

Children learn that animals need food, water, air and a safe home. They match animals to the foods they eat and the homes they live in, give each pet its own bowl of water, and practise kind, safe ways to be around animals, such as asking a grown-up before petting a dog.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 30 minutes
  • Animal needs check: 4 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, match pairs, share out one each and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Name what animals need to live: food, water, air and a safe home (shelter).
  • Match familiar animals to a food they eat and a home they live in.
  • Show kind and safe ways to care for and be near animals.

Lessons

  1. What do animals need? 4 steps2 practiceabout 10 min
  2. Food and homes 4 steps2 practiceabout 10 min
  3. Kind and safe with animals 3 steps1 practiceabout 10 min
  4. Animal needs check 4 questions at the end

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Games to practice with

  • Body ExplorerTap, match and label your way around the amazing human body.
  • Science QuizzesOlly's Science Quiz Show: plants, animals, the body, weather, space and more, for every grade.

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