Animals


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etting to know animals in their home environments, be that on a farm, in a pond or


deep in the woods, provides wonderful opportunities for children’s learning, social and emotional development. Tere is a wealth of evidence that


shows us how children, especially younger children, learn best from practical and hands-on experience. Getting up close and personal to the humblest of creatures can teach a child so much that viewing the most majestic beasts on the screen cannot. For children, an animal-rich


environment is a multi-sensory riot of learning. Tey learn through the feel of the earth and air, through watching the animals interact with each other as they go about their daily lives, through the special sounds they make - and even through those ‘delightful’ farmyard smells that the adults would perhaps prefer to avoid.


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