Tips for Language Teachers that Explore World Wildlife Day

Engaging students in these compelling classroom activities will facilitate their English-language learning while exposing them to the marvels of fauna.

World Wildlife Day provides an exceptional occasion to educate oneself about a diverse array of creatures around the globe and investigate endangered species. The BBC Earth Ladybird Readers are an excellent method to introduce second-language learners to these themes via the reading medium. The following enjoyable activities may serve as ways to motivate your students.

Create a habitat for animals

Establish a habitat in your classroom for the animal or group of creatures that you wish to study. This may be accomplished using stuffed animals, receptacles, or outdoor vegetation to simulate a tropical environment. This tactile and kinesthetic activity will assist in bringing the habitat to life for the students. 

For more minor students, visual aids can be equally effective as tangible objects. Instead of physical objects, an alternative approach would be distributing printed images depicting animals and their habitats, with the learners tasked with matching each animal and habitat. These images could serve as discussion points.

Acts to preserve endangered species

Identify a stuffed animal that can be utilised for the exercise, and subsequently instruct the class to provide care and attention to the animal. Request that the students consider the animal's nutritional requirements and the optimal environment in which it can flourish.

The third is animal imprints

This straightforward activity has the potential to captivate and amuse learners. After having students print or draw footprints representing a variety of animals, have them describe the footprints using adjectives. Instruct the students to associate each footprint with a specific animal. They may subsequently examine comparisons among imprints from microscopic rodents to enormous elephants.

Cards of endangered species facts

Request that the students illustrate an endangered species with pertinent information on each card or poster. Necessary details may include the dimensions of each creature, its specific habitat, and the diet it consumes. To advance the discourse on species extinction, one might additionally contemplate the quantity of remaining natural animals, their degree of endangerment, and potential remedial measures.

View videos of the BBC Earth Ladybird Reader

Various videos accompany each book and are available on the Ladybird Readers website. Why not view these alongside your young students and utilise them as discussion points to analyse the information? Diverse forms of media frequently captivate apprehensive readers, and these are an excellent instrument for advancing the World Wildlife Day motif.