Animal Homes

What your child learns

• The places animals live: farm, ocean, forest, the land of ice and snow, desert, ponds and lakes
• Names of familiar and faraway animals: cow, chicken, whale, octopus, monkey, tiger, penguin, polar bear, camel, hippo...
• A fun fact about each animal, like "The camel lives in the desert. It can go a long time without drinking water."
• Sorting by clues: looking at an animal to guess where it lives

How to play

1. Press "Play now". The animals are at the top and the habitat pictures are at the bottom.
2. Drag an animal to the right picture, or tap the animal and then tap the picture. A right answer plays a short fact about that animal.
3. A wrong spot sends the animal back with a hint about where it lives; after a second miss, the right picture glows.
4. It starts with just the farm and the ocean; the forest, ice and snow, desert, and ponds and lakes join as your child improves. On a computer, Tab and Enter work too.

For parents

• While reading a story or watching a show about animals, ask: "Where does this animal live? Is it hot or cold there?"
• At the zoo or on a farm, point out real animals and talk about where they live and what they eat.
• Explain why each animal fits its home: polar bears have thick fur, camels can go without water, whales swim in the sea.
• The game only uses animals that clearly live in one place. Ducks, brown bears and seals live in more than one place, so they are left out.