Desert habitat activities

Preschoolers are fascinated by a desert preschool theme. Use these 8 desert theme preschool activities to build your preschool thematic unit.

Preschoolers can learn a lot from deserts. It teaches them about different animals, like spiders, snakes, and camels; and plants, such as cactus and elephant trees. Topics on deserts also help the little ones understand the weather and how water is important to all living things. Teaching preschoolers about deserts can be fun and exciting ... Read more

In studying plant and animal habitats, students recognize adaptions necessary for living in the desert, hibernation, and the many layers of the rainforest.

I knew cactus could store a lot of water, but I had no idea how much! Did you know that a fully-grown saguaro cactus can soak up and store up to 200 gallons of water during a good downpour? A…

Desert animals habitat teaching ideas and worksheets.

These free desert preschool lesson plans are perfect for teaching a desert theme and include math, science, literacy, art, and more!

A desert is defined as an area where it is incredibly difficult for life to survive because of the lack of precipitation and hostile climate. Whether your students and kids live in a desert climate and you are learning about your surroundings, or you are from a different area teaching about the variety of climates in the world, you need a bank of ideas and activities as your go-to for when your core curriculum and knowledge gets boring or thin.

Facts about the Desert. Hot deserts, dry deserts, subtropical deserts… There are so many different types of deserts, all with different temperature extremes and a variety of plants and animals, but we can all agree they are some of the hottest places on Earth! Let’s learn some interesting facts about the desert today.

Build your own desert with this fun play dough activity for kids! We love adding interesting things to play dough – it makes it a whole new activity every time. This is perfect for a unit on desert animals. I mixed up some homemade play dough and added real play sand. You can find the […]

Creative ideas - shoe box, dioramas and more - for animal habitat projects! Ideas include ocean, desert, rain forest, arctic, forest and pond habitats - great for preschool, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades!