Rotate the animal wheel and learn about Antarctic animals!

The plywood wheel brings a unique learning experience about Antarctica and Antarctic animals. It is a practical prop for teachers and parents to use with children.

It offers a simple introduction to teach about the animal world of one of our continents, Antarctica. Children learn to distinguish and memorise the following continent’s wildlife:

Crabeater Seal, Blue Whale, Emperor Penguin, Wandering Albatross, Killer Whale and Rockhopper Penguin.

Developing skills with the wheel of Antarctic animals

– Children perceive a focused selection of 6 key animals from 1 continent. No overwhelming feelings at the introduction stage.
– The rotating design, with only 1 open window, inherently encourages guessing what animal comes next. This rotational motion of images after a while imprints information in the brain stronger. Subsequently, it embeds acquired knowledge of the continent animals deeply in the memory.
– Practice to learn the sequence of animals on the wheel by heart forwards and backwards.
– Practice spelling and writing games of the animals’ names from the wheel.

Expand ideas to diversify the learning activity with the animal wheel

Antarctica is home for diverse and unique wildlife and ecosystems. Antarctica’s waters and lands are home to 235 animal species. As a matter of fact, it is the only continent on Earth which has no terrestrial mammals. The most common birds in Antarctica are penguins, with 18 different species.

The interactive learning prop is suitable for use as part of a science topic or geography lesson about Antarctic animals.

– Between 3 and 5 years of age, children still enjoy matching games. We highly recommend wildlife figurines from Schleich®.
– Discuss other animals that are missing on the wheel. For example, Petrels, Elephant Seals, King Penguins, etc.
– Ideally we recommend combining at least 2-3 wheels of other continents. This way children get to compare, contrast and associate accordingly:

Here you find links to each continent with its animals – North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa
Or discover all 7 continents in one wheel set “Animals in Different Continents”

– Why not combine the animal wheel/s with the Banana Panda’s “What in the World Animals around the Globe”? Where children may discover missing animals on the wheels…

When we cluster information by continent and then unite 7 clusters on one global map, we reinforce the gained knowledge conceptually in a holistic way.

A beautiful and memorable way to introduce animals and their continents on the Earth!

Age: 3-10 years
Includes: 1 plywood wheel with animals found in Antarctica
Material: certified, eco-friendly and sustainable plywood with safe inks
Language: names of animals in basic English
Dimensions: 15 x 15 cm