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Homes and Habitats
This is a meeting about where we live, with a service project about making things more comfortable for those who don't have a house to live in. The Care Kits cost about $10 per kit to assemble. If that's not in your budget, prior to the meeting you could ask for donations, either of items or money to purchase them. This is approximately a two hour meeting. If you have less time, you could separate the animal habitat discussion and game from the homes and homelessness part of the meeting.
- Opening Ceremony
- Discussion about Habitats
- What is a habitat?
- What animals live in different habitats?
- What influences where animals live?
- Animal Habitats Game (found on the Otter Games page)
- Draw an Animal Habitat
- You can have the kids draw while you read.
- Snack & Story Time
- Book Suggestion: If You Take Away the Otter
- Discussion about how adding or taking away a species can affect a habitat
- Human Habitats
- Where do you live?
- Do we all live in similar places or are they different from each other?
- How are our homes similar to animal habitats?
- Draw a picture of your home
- Homelessness Discussion
- Have you ever seen someone who didn't have a home?
- Sometimes people end up in a situation where they don't have a home to live in.
- What can we do to help people experiencing houselessness?
- Closing Ceremony
Related Activites:
Items Needed:
- Paper and colored pencils for drawing
- Book for story time
- Items to assemble care kits
Badge Requirements Covered:
Tan Handicraft Paw
- Draw a picture of a scene or event
- Draw a picture of your home
- Make or collect things to donate