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Who lives where?

Animals and their homes

Ages 5-730 minutes8 tasksNature & World

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What we are learning

Match animals to their homes and say why each home suits them.

You will need: Pencil, Coloured pencils, Clipboard for outside

Warm-up

Where do you feel safest at home? Animals need safe places too — can you name three?

Home word bank

nestburrowhivewebdenshellsetthole in a tree

1Match the home

Join each animal to its home.

  • rabbit
  • bee
  • bird
  • fox
  • spider
  • badger
  • a web
  • a nest
  • a burrow
  • a hive
  • a den
  • a sett

2Home words

Write the name of each home.

  1. 1. Made of twigs, up in a tree:
  2. 2. Dug under the ground:
  3. 3. Buzzing and full of wax:
  4. 4. Sticky and shiny in a corner:
  5. 5. Carried on its owner's back:

3What does a home need?

Tick everything a good animal home gives.

  • Shelter from rain and wind
  • Somewhere to hide from danger
  • Space to raise babies
  • A television
  • Somewhere near food

4Why that home?

Choose one animal and explain why its home is right for it.

5Under or above ground?

Write each animal in the right column: rabbit, bird, badger, bee, spider, fox.

mostly undergroundmostly above ground
animal 1
animal 2
animal 3

6Practise again

Name the animal that lives in each home.

  1. 1. hive →
  2. 2. burrow →
  3. 3. web →
  4. 4. sett →
  5. 5. nest →
  • I used the home word bank to check my spelling.
  • I can say why each home is safe.

7Design a home

Draw a safe home for a hedgehog and label three parts.

My hedgehog home

My design

8Take it home

Look in your garden, park or street for one real animal home. Draw it and write where you found it.

The home I found

My drawing

Where I found it

⭐ Challenge

Go outside and look for one real animal home. Draw what you saw and write two things that make it a good home.

How did I do?

  • I can name animal homes.
  • I can match an animal to its home.
  • I can say why a home is safe.
  • I can design a home for an animal.