Animals in the Freshwater Ecosystem

A few weeks ago, I would take the boys in the park for nature walks.  And we would always stop by in this huge pond were we get to see different animals and insects like swans, flies and ducks.  It’s a good thing that we previously had our Insect Unit as Mavi was always on the lookout for insects and was identifying them.

So I was thinking then that since we have the Marine Animals, why not talk about the animals in ponds, lakes, streams etc.  And that’s what we exactly did yesterday.  I made picture cards similar to our Marine Animals Cards and talked about each of the animals in the pictures and identified in which freshwater ecosystem they belong.

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And this is how Mavi recreated the pond in our park.





For books that we used in our study here’s the list:

• Ponds Nature Trails
• Kingfisher Young Knowledge: Oceans and Seas
• Rivers and Streams Nature Trails
• Seashores Nature Trails
• What is an Ocean?

Hope you like it. Enjoy!