Our Panda Bear Habitat

This week we are learning about

Panda Bears!

Miss S. has been obsessed with them for a while now.

So we decided to learn more about them!

We learned about their habitat

And decided to create our own.

We started with a shoe box.

Before we started I cut and hot glued some oasis in the bottom.

We studied where panda's like to live

and that they like to eat bamboo.

We went outside and gathered leaves and branches off of our tree.

And started putting them into the oasis.

She LOVED playing with the oasis.

She cut it with a butter knife and squished it into her own basket.

It was a little messy so it would have been better if her workspace would have been outside.

Next we had to make our own panda.

We used sugar cubes and markers.

I read her some books first and pointed out

the specific coloring of a panda.

I actually drew one so she could see the process.

Then she made her own.

I knew sugar cubes would come in handy!

Here's our habitat:

It  was easy, fun, and a good learning extension.


For our panda unit we also learned about the life cycle of a panda.

Here are the books we are reading this week:

Watch Me Grow: Panda

Don't you love the DK books?

This one follows the life of a panda born in the China panda refuge.

It is a great non fiction with tons of pictures.

Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?

By Eric Carle

This book is more about endangered species,

But it is good to learn how many well know animals are endangered.

Little Panda

By Joanne Ryder

This book is about how Hua Mei was

welcomed to the San Diego Zoo.

A Panda's World

By Caroline Arnold

This was a little too old for Miss S.,

But it tells a story and weaves in tons of facts.

It would be better for a child 5-10.

Panda in the Park

An Usborn Book

I had to get a board book for Baby H. to learn as well!

This one is super cute!

Leave a link in the comments if you have also done a panda theme!