Grade 2 Environmental Activities Animals – Categorizing Animals Notes
Animals
Subtopic: Categorizing Animals — Environmental Activities (Age 7, Kenya)
What does "categorize" mean?
To sort or group animals by things they have in common. We group animals to learn and protect them.
Simple ways to group animals
1) Where they live (Habitat)
- Land: elephant 🐘, lion 🦁, giraffe 🦒, zebra 🦓, cow 🐄, goat 🐐, dog 🐶, cat 🐱
- Water: fish 🐟, frog 🐸, hippo 🦛, crocodile 🐊
- Air: birds like chicken 🐔, kingfisher (near rivers) 🐦
- Garden & fields: bees 🐝, butterflies 🦋
- Water: fish 🐟, frog 🐸, hippo 🦛, crocodile 🐊
- Air: birds like chicken 🐔, kingfisher (near rivers) 🐦
- Garden & fields: bees 🐝, butterflies 🦋
2) What they eat (Diet)
- Herbivores (eat plants): elephant 🐘, giraffe 🦒, cow 🐄, goat 🐐
- Carnivores (eat meat): lion 🦁, crocodile 🐊
- Omnivores (eat plants and animals): chicken 🐔, dog 🐶
- Carnivores (eat meat): lion 🦁, crocodile 🐊
- Omnivores (eat plants and animals): chicken 🐔, dog 🐶
3) Domestic or Wild
- Domestic (live with people / on farms): cow 🐄, goat 🐐, chicken 🐔, dog 🐶, cat 🐱
- Wild (live in nature / forests / parks): lion 🦁, elephant 🐘, giraffe 🦒, zebra 🦓, hippo 🦛
- Wild (live in nature / forests / parks): lion 🦁, elephant 🐘, giraffe 🦒, zebra 🦓, hippo 🦛
4) Body and features
- Has feathers: birds (chicken) 🐔
- Has fur: lion 🦁, dog 🐶, cat 🐱
- Has scales: fish 🐟, crocodile 🐊
- Has shell: tortoise 🐢
- Has fur: lion 🦁, dog 🐶, cat 🐱
- Has scales: fish 🐟, crocodile 🐊
- Has shell: tortoise 🐢
Activity 1 — Sorting Game (Class or Home)
Cut or point to the cards below. Put each animal into a group: Land, Water, or Air.
🐘
Elephant
🦁
Lion
🐟
Fish
🐔
Chicken
🦋
Butterfly
🐐
Goat
Activity 2 — Nature Walk (School or Home)
Take a short walk around the school, farm or garden. Look for animals or signs of animals (tracks, feathers, nests).
- Write or draw 3 animals you saw.
- Say where each animal lives (home/farm, field, river, sky).
- Tell one way to protect that animal (e.g., keep water clean, plant trees, do not drop plastic).
Quick Matching
Match by drawing a line on paper or saying the answer:
- Elephant — Eats plants (Herbivore)
- Fish — Lives in water
- Chicken — Can be on a farm and has feathers
- Lion — Wild animal that lives on land
Remember: Caring for animals
- Keep our rivers and farms clean — animals need clean water.
- Do not hurt wild animals. Watch them from a safe distance on safari or at the park.
- Plant trees and flowers to help birds, bees and butterflies.
- Do not hurt wild animals. Watch them from a safe distance on safari or at the park.
- Plant trees and flowers to help birds, bees and butterflies.
Teacher/Parent tips: Use real-life examples from your village, school farm or nearby river. Ask children what animals they know from Kenya (e.g., elephant, giraffe, cow) and let them sort pictures or draw animals.