PREMISE

In the pre-primary school the annual theme is “Life on Earth” and it is referred to a homogeneous class of five years old children.  We decided to carry out  a path  CLIL&EAS  in English on the life of animals in different environments on Earth. Our project consists of three lessons in the beginning week and then two lessons per week in 1 month and a half. Each lesson takes about 60 minutes.  Lessons will begin with the reading of a postcard from a specific habitat, sent by an explorer, Russell. The explorer also sends three identity cards of animals who live in the habitat represented on the postcard. Children will be involved through learning by doing in lab activities to discover habitats’ and animals’ characteristics. They will therefore understand that animals cannot live all together in the same environment.

AIMS

1.To make acquaintance of animals and of the places they live in;

2.To make acquaintance of different characteristics and

peculiarities of habitats and animals;

3.To encourage children to the knowledge of the environments and animals through practical activities.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

1.To make acquaintance of particular new animals,

different from the ones they already know;

2.To make acquaintance of particular habitats

that are unknown to the pupils;

3.To recognize and distinguish different kinds of habitats and animals.