By Natalia Fernández
Once we have finished the previous teaching unit entitled "ANIMALS", we will make a small contribution in which we will introduce respect for animals to the children in our class, making them see that animals, like us, have families, have feelings… We are all equal and, therefore, we will do a series of activities with them to gradually introduce the topic in a simple way and continue working on it throughout their education, involving them more and more in the subject.
En el siguiente document puedes acceder a la unidad didáctica completa. No obstante, a continuación aparecen algunas de las actividades:
1. “WE ALL HAVE FAMILY”
The activity involves completing a worksheet with drawings of different animals. Participants must match each baby animal to its parent using arrows. The worksheet has three columns: one for mothers, one for babies, and one for parents.
- Mothers: woman, hen, cow and dog
- Offspring: chick, calf, baby, and dog
- Parents: rooster, man, bull, and dog
2. “WHERE DO I LIVE HAPPILY?
La actividad consiste en una ficha en la que se muestran dibujos de animales y a cadalado del animal se ven dos lugares en los que podemos encontrar viviendo al animal; uno de los sitios hace que el animal disfrute de una vida digna y feliz y el otro lugar crea una vida triste. Los alumnos tendrán que rodear con un círculo de color azul el lugar donde los animales viven felices y tachar con color rojo donde son tristes.
- Fishbowl – fish – sea
- Circus – bear – forest
- Home – baby – street
- Jungle – lion – circus
- Cage – bird – sky
3.“SAME FEELINGS”
The activity consists of a worksheet in which you have to match images of humans with other animals that share the same signs on their face or body that indicate they are expressing a feeling: joy, sadness…
- Happiness
- Sadness
- Fear
- Pain
- Dream
4. "MESANCTUARY"
Students will have to draw two sanctuaries on a sheet of paper; on one side of the sheet they will draw what would be their sanctuary and on the other side of the sheet what they consider would be the best sanctuary for their favorite animal.