This theme highlights specific groups of animals according to their habitat: house pets, wild animals, ocean, insects and farm animals.

Family life and eating habits are taught within each specific animal unit. As the five animal units are completed, an overlap is found when discussing animal subgroups such as reptiles, birds, mammals and their likes.

Children, can better understand the many types of creatures living in the world and can better determine which animals should live among humans and which should not.