--- title: "Animal Homes" description: "Know that animals make or find different shelters. Many birds build nests for eggs and young, some rabbits dig burrows, honeybees share hives, and hermit crabs use empty shells. Some spiders spin webs" canonical: https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/animal-homes-mt_oLHXfLujmh source: https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/animal-homes-mt_oLHXfLujmh.md retrieved: 2026-11-12 --- > **Agent view.** This is the Markdown twin of the page, for tools and assistants. > When to use this site, and the call that answers each job: https://lightmysky.com/agent-instructions.md > API description (OpenAPI 3.1): https://lightmysky.com/openapi.json · Authentication: https://lightmysky.com/auth.md > Pricing: https://lightmysky.com/pricing.md · Catalog: https://lightmysky.com/llms.txt · Full catalog: https://lightmysky.com/llms-full.txt > Every machine-readable file on this domain: https://lightmysky.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json > Ask for Markdown with `Accept: text/markdown`, a `.md` address, or `?mode=agent`. # Animal Homes Know that animals make or find different shelters. Many birds build nests for eggs and young, some rabbits dig burrows, honeybees share hives, and hermit crabs use empty shells. Some spiders spin webs to catch food. Shelters can help protect animals and their young. Subject: Science · Area: Animals of the World · Ages 5 to 7 Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/animal-homes-mt_oLHXfLujmh ## Ready when they can - Names at least four animal shelters, such as a nest, burrow, hive and shell - Explains that shelters can help protect animals or their young from weather and animals that might eat them - Matches the lesson's animals to shelters and identifies a catching web's food-trapping job ## Lesson: Where animals live You have met animals living in forests, oceans and other places. A forest is a wider place to live. A nest or burrow is a smaller shelter within a place. Animals make or find different shelters. Many birds build nests for eggs and young. The bird in this lesson uses twigs and grass. Other birds can use different materials, and not every nest is in a tree. Some rabbits dig burrows: tunnels and spaces underground. A burrowing rabbit can hide inside. *(drawing: These word cards match two animals to their shelters.)* Honeybees live together in a hive. Other kinds of bees can live differently; not all bees share hives. A hermit crab first finds an empty shell. Then it moves in and carries the shell along. It does not make that shell. The shell helps protect its soft body. Some spiders spin catching webs from silk. Other spiders hunt without a catching web. A catching web traps food; it is not a roof that keeps rain off. Nests, burrows, hives and shells are shelters. Shelters can help against bad weather or animals that might eat the sheltered animal. They do not stop every danger. *(drawing: A nest can protect eggs and young. A burrow offers hiding space. A catching web traps food.)* Small animals need protection too. A nest can help protect eggs and baby birds. To count kinds of shelters, count each different name once. A burrow and a shell are two kinds, even if there are several of each. To check a group, check every name in it. A shell carried by a hermit crab does not grow with the crab. A growing crab may need a larger empty shell. Heavy rain can flood a burrow. This shows that shelters do not stop every danger. One example that breaks an 'every' claim is enough to show that claim is false. **Recap.** Animals make or find shelters such as nests, burrows, hives and shells. Shelters can help protect animals or their young. Some spiders use webs to catch food. *Lesson, questions and flashcards written for this dataset.* ## Practice 24 questions on this page, each with its working shown. ## Needs first - [Animals Everywhere](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/animals-everywhere-mt_v3Vz_Pgjjv) ## Opens up - [Habitats & Basic Needs](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/habitats-and-basic-needs-mt_cM8YS6NXqi) - [Rainforest Animals](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/rainforest-animals-mt_DCelLx_H1A) - [The World of Minibeasts](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/the-world-of-minibeasts-mt_R7LEuZjTmx) - [Nocturnal Animals](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/nocturnal-animals-mt_V_wIdRZLsG)