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I have children coming to my home preschool throughout the summer.  It is so helpful to have fun and enriching activities for them to do when they are here.  All three of these activities promote different types of skills and are perfect for all different ages!

Animal Habitat Activities

1. DIY Animal Habitat Board Game

Supplies: Construction paper, Reusable Stickers or small animal toys, Pencils, Scissors

The girls were so excited to make their own board game! I gave them a piece of construction paper and let them draw their own board game first.  Then we worked on one together.

I asked them where animals live and we added different colored paper for each place they named; in the water, in the jungle, in the field, and in the dessert.  We made our own people for place markers and drew a path through the different habitats.

The girls took turns placing our Reusable Sticker Animals on the path in their correct habitat.  We used a spinner with 1-4 from another board game and started to play!  It was fun to have everyone act like the animal that they landed on.  The first person to the end was the winner!

2.  Animal Habitat Scenes

These reusable stickers were great for free and imaginative play.  I had children from 3-7 yrs happily designing their habitat scenes for almost an hour!  There were 5 scenes in the set and more than 150 stickers!  For under $4, this makes a great busy bag activity that the children will use again and again.

3. DIY Animal Puzzles

You could use any flat toy animals, but we used our reusable stickers again to make our own puzzles!  All we did was trace the outline of the stickers on a piece of paper.  You could have your children draw a habitat scene before they traced the animals too.

I had to help the younger children trace, but they really loved trading puzzles and putting them together.  I talked about which animals on their paper lived in the same habitat.  The children loved it and wanted to make more puzzles!

Even Colton got to do his animal puzzle! The noises the puzzle makes are perfect for him because he can’t say the animals names quite yet and it motivates him to put it back together.

We had such a great time learning about animal habitats!  How do you teach your children about animals?

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I’ve used a lot of craft subscription kits before, but I prefer something a little more educational. This new science learning subscription kit is perfect for my family and a great addition to our homeschool lessons!

New Science Learning Kit

My children love science, computers games, stickers, and toys. We got all of that in our Junior Explorers Arctic Mission. Our goal was to help two polar bear cubs find their mother. How fun is that!

Not only did we learn about the animals and habitat of the arctic, we also did some writing and creative play.

The kids didn’t know about their explorer kit until it arrived in the mail. That made it even more exciting! I told them they got a secret mission and they couldn’t wait to get started.

Our kit came with lots of things in it, but my children’s favorite was the little animal figurines that they used to replay their mission during their free time.

It also came with post cards, stickers, animal fact cards, temporary tattoos, an activity book, button, and wristband. Everything they needed to pretend they were explorers offline. That really helped them remember the facts that they were learning in the online part.

Science Learning Online

Then we did the fun part all together. We logged onto the Junior Explorers site and started our mission. I wanted all of my children to hear about the Arctic, so I helped walk them through it and read all the information. My 1st grader could have done some of this herself, but may have needed some help with the larger words.

Each screen was educational and engaging with games and beautiful graphics. Real photos of the Arctic were added when the program wanted to emphasize important facts for children to remember. I really appreciated that because I think real photos are the best way to learn about the real world.

Throughout the game, children collect mission points and at the end there is a surprise waiting for them! I really love how every aspect of the game is related to science and the award at the end is no different.

Children get to use their points to help support animal conservation through a non-profit organization!

We played the online part of this science kit with our tablet and the regular computer. Both seemed to work well, but the games were a little bit harder on the tablet.

If you’re looking for an easy science learning program, this subscription kit would be the perfect solution! With the online and offline features, it really helps engage children on all levels and gives you a break from having to plan lessons. The online game is broken up into different sections so it is easy to stop and pick back up where you left off.

I love Junior Explorers because it makes science really exciting for my children. The idea of going on an adventure has them eating up all the information the can get about the animals and habitat in their kit.

For a limited time, you can get 50% off your first month of Junior Explorers! Continue exploring new ecosystems each month for just $19 a month or purchase several months for a discount.

Use code HS50 for 50% off a Junior Explorers Science Kit!

Follow Junior explorers for fun free science facts and activities for your kids: Pinterest – Facebook – Twitter – YouTube – Instagram

Do your children like to go on virtual adventures? What would they like about this new science kit?

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