![]() Zoo Bookshelf: There are so many amazing zoo picture books! I had the hardest time deciding which books to read during circle time. The glass gems are fun too! They loved making icebergs for the arctic animals using the white gems. The blue play dough represents water, and the green play dough represents grass or a forest. Students are also classifying and sorting the animals by their habitat. Students can be creative and sculpt habitats and homes for the animals. Zoo Playdough Tray: A zoo play dough tray is great for strengthening their fine motor muscles. I froze big bowls of water to make the icebergs! You can buy the shredded paper in the party section at the Dollar Tree.ĭesert Sensory Table: The desert is sand, rocks, desert animals, and insects.Īrctic Sensory Table: The arctic is water, ice, and arctic animals. I made a small watering hole using a blue foam board. Savannah Sensory Table: The savannah habitat is yellow shredded paper, brown shredded paper, green Easter grass, and savannah animals. Not pictured are trees students made using craft sticks and green construction paper and a river made with blue crepe paper.Īt the sensory table, students are using theme-related vocabulary, practicing self-regulation as they play with others (sharing, controlling their body, inside voice), using their imagination as they play with the animals, and developing language as they engage in conversations with their peers. I used dry peas, fake plant pieces, and rainforest animals. ![]() Creating the rainforest sensory table was easy. ![]() Rainforest Sensory Table: Each week, I change the sensory table to a different small-world habitat. Sometimes we do a fifth week all about the ocean if students are interested in it. Each week we focus on a different habitat: week one is the rainforest, week two is the savannah, week three is the desert, and week four is the arctic. The zoo theme usually lasts about four weeks in my classroom. This post contains affiliate links which means I earn a tiny commission when you use my links at no cost to you. Grab the FREEBIE by entering your email in the box at the bottom of this post. Be sure to grab the Desert Art Freebie and Zoo Pattern Blocks Freebie later in the post too! It makes the cutest bulletin board, and it’s a great scissor skills activity too! Animals fascinate children, and this theme builds upon the interest that already exists. It’s a fun and engaging theme for students and teachers alike. Zoo is one of my students’ favorite themes of the year.
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