Getting to know the different habitats in Wildlife Club
On Wednesday we had Wildlife Club at Matunda Bora and
afterwards at Shimoni Primary. Our topic this week was wild animals and their
habitats. We brought a large map of the world with us and started dividing it
into different habitats which we described to the children. Starting with tropical
forest and grassland in Africa we would also talk with them about mountains,
for example the Mount Everest in the Himalayas, deserts like the Sahara, the
Polar Regions, the sea, the Northern woods and Australia. After a while we
showed them little pictures of lots of different animals and they had to find
out in which habitat they belong. Of course they knew a lot about lions,
monkeys and elephants, but they also did a really good job in guessing about
animals they did not know. They loved the kangaroo, for instance. It was a good
demonstration about how children can use the little bit of information given to
them to understand something and find a solution.
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| Ziska teaches Matunda Bora Wildlife Club about the cycle of water |
At Matunda Bora the time was up right after we found
the habitat of the last animal and pinned it onto the map, but at Shimoni
Primary we had time for two little games. The first one is called Snake. We handed
out one card to each child. On each card there was a question about an animal and
an answer to another question. One child read out the question on its card and
the others had to find the person with the right answer who eventually had to
read out his question. The second game was who am I, where the children had to
imitate an animal and answer questions about it, so the others could guess
which animal it was.
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| Shimoni Primary students learn about different habitats in wildlife club. |
Wildlife Club was really funny. Especially at Shimoni
Primary it was really nice, because we were outside and had a lot of space. The
kids in Shimoni can be really curious about the world and are keen to learn.
They were having a lot of fun and so was I.
Ziska Paukert, GVI Combination Volunteer
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