Materials
buckets and other storage containers
Instructions
Part One (Teacher Preparation)
1. Find and cut
out pictures
of animals
and their
homes (for
example, a
duck and a
pond, a bird
and a nest, a
dog and a
doghouse,
and a horse
and a stable).
2. Laminate the
pictures for
durability.
3. Make felt
cutouts of
both the animals and their homes.
Part Two (Children's Activity)
1. Place the pictures of the animals on a display board or low table next to
the flannel board. Place the felt animal cutouts on one side of the
flannel board and the animal homes on the table next to it.
2. Invite the children to place the animal homes next to the matching
animals, using the pictures to help them.