Selection of short films with animals. Free and legal access.
Introduce original and poetic films. Tell a story, draw a character. Compare the same animal as a drawing and in real life. Imagine what happens next.
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Cinema in the service of children's education. Films, animals, laugh and reflect with children.
Young children are rarely indifferent to animals. Many little girls or little boys dream of having a pet.
A source of longing or comfort but also of fear or anxiety, animals feature heavily in mythology and fairy tales; they allow certain ideas to be expressed more easily than with human characters. In each story, animals have particular characteristics and roles; they are an excellent tool for developing young children's imagination.
Animals in children's imagination
Short films with animals can portray the natural world while also exploring many school topics such as friendship, jealousy or even the relationships we have with animals.
Do you know any animal documentaries, on streaming or DVD? Share with us your best wildlife documentary!
Do you know any good animated films about fauna, the living world? Share with us your best animated film with animals!
Based on the films, describe the scenes related to an animal's activity or habitat. Natural habitats and artificial habitats. Diurnal animal or nocturnal animal? The principles of the food chain. Who eats whom?
© Olivier Defaye. Children and imaginary animals.
Animal vocabulary: critter, wild beast, game, herd, den, lair, burrow, cave, aquarium, stable, henhouse, peck, graze, lap, forage, gnaw, bark, bellow.
Expressions related to animals: be sick as a dog, have goose bumps, walk at a snail's pace, jump from one subject to another.
Wild animal or domestic animal?
The differences between a wild animal and a domestic animal. The relationships we have with domestic animals.
Real animal or fantasy animal. Dragon, unicorn, Phoenix. Make a list of the animals that live in children's imagination. Children's bestiary.
