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Animal Habitats Worksheets

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Forest, ocean, desert, arctic and pond: a habitats chart with a picture of each place, matching, sorting, cut and paste, a read-aloud page and what animals need.

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Habitats chart

Five habitats drawn as simple scenes, with the animals that live there.

Match, sort, cut and paste

Match animals to their homes, sort them with no cutting, or cut and glue them into each habitat.

What animals need

A story to read aloud and a page about food, water, air and shelter.

Draw an animal in its habitat

Children make their own model of an animal and its home.

Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these animal habitats worksheets

A habitat is the place where an animal lives and finds what it needs: food, water, air and a safe place to rest. A camel is at home in the hot desert, a polar bear on the arctic ice, and a frog by a pond.

These animal habitats worksheets show five habitats as simple, clear line-drawn scenes children can color. Children read the habitats chart, draw lines to match animals to their homes, sort animals by writing numbers, cut and paste animals into their habitats, listen to a short story and circle answers, and draw an animal in its own habitat.

One page focuses on what animals need to survive: circling food, water, air and shelter. Pages with one right answer have an answer key.

Standards

  • NGSS K-ESS3-1Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
  • NGSS K-LS1-1Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.MD.B.3Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.5Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.ASort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.1With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.2Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.2Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

How to use them

  1. Start with the habitats chart. Read each habitat aloud and talk about what each place is like.
  2. Use the matching, sorting and cut and paste pages to practice. Answer keys are on page 2.
  3. Ask why each animal fits its habitat: thick fur for the cold, a body that can go a long time without water in the desert.
  4. Use the what animals need page to connect habitats to food, water, air and shelter.
  5. Finish with the drawing page so children make their own model of an animal and its home.

Teaching tips

  • Some animals live in more than one habitat. Frogs and ducks spend time on land and in water.
  • Penguins live near the South Pole, not in the Arctic. Polar bears, seals and reindeer live in the Arctic.
  • Make a habitat in a shoebox with your child, with food, water and a place to hide.
  • Talk about your own habitat: what does a person need from the place they live?

Questions teachers and parents ask

What is an animal habitat?

A habitat is the natural home of an animal, the place where it finds food, water, air and shelter.

What are the main habitats taught in kindergarten?

Common ones are forest, ocean, desert, arctic (polar) and pond or wetland. Some classes add rainforest and grassland.

What do all animals need to survive?

Food, water, air and shelter, a safe place to rest and raise their young.

Do these worksheets have answer keys?

Yes. The matching, sorting, cut and paste, circling and read-aloud pages have an answer key on page 2.