![]() ![]() It is at this point that you can help the children make the connection to animals - that animals have different names depending on whether they are male or female, and that adults and babies (or offspring) often have different names as well. The answer would be “child.” You can take this opportunity to point out that the same name is used for young females. The answer, of course, is “women.” Now ask them if they can think of the name for a young male. Grown-up males are called “men.” Ask them if they can guess the name for grown-up females. Explain that there are two types of people - males and females. This is best illustrated by using what the preschoolers are most familiar with - themselves. Beginning the Lessonīefore you begin the preschool worksheet, mother and baby animals lessons or read alouds, you must first introduce the idea that animals have different names depending on whether they are male or female, and adult or offspring. Mother and baby animals are the focus, and the best introduction is to spend time reading about them. If you try this, let me know what other ways you adapt it so we can try them too!! DOWNLOAD ANIMAL MOVEMENT CARDS HEREĬheck out some of our other favorite animal activities below.Preschool children have a natural fascination with animals - especially baby animals! Help your little ones learn the names of different animals and their offspring with these lesson ideas and coordinating preschool worksheet. If it had been a bowling game he would've loved it even better. I think he loved this version the best because he is very interested in baseball right now. We worked on beginning letters/end letters/letter names when I would say, "Throw your bean bag at an animal that ends with the letter n." or "Throw the bean bag at an animal that starts with the /c/ sound." I would ask a question and then he would throw the bean bag at the correct baby animal target. Our last version of the game included taping the cards up at eye level and giving my son a bean bag. For example, "Find the animal who's mommy is a horse." Once they find the correct card, act out the action stated on the card. Name the mother animal and then have the child try and find the baby animal card. You can also talk about different actions that cubs might do and then practice acting them out. Or to make it easier you just can say, "Go find the pink cub." and then do the action together. ![]() When they get to the correct card, ask which animal they see on that particular color card. Since each card is a different color, tell them to go to a specific color card. ![]() For younger kids, incorporate color recognition. Tell them to find a specific animal and when they get there, read the sentence below the picture while acting it out! For older kids, work on reading the action sentences. Name the animal, alphabet letter, or action and have your child bounce the ball over to and then throw it at the correct card. (grazing in the grass like a calf- he thought it was funny to lick the carpet! ick!) Show your child an action, have them try and run to the correct animal card, say the animal name, and repeat the action. Have child run to find correct animal, stand on the card, and do the correct action (repeat for all animals) Say the alphabet letter that the animal's name starts with/ends with. Say the action that the animal does and have child try and run and stand on the correct card, say the animal name, and then do the action (repeat for all animals) Say the name of an animal, tell child to run to the card, touch it, read the action, and do it! (repeat for all animals) Have them copy you and then move to the next card. When you get to a card, point to the picture, say the name of the baby animal and the animal's mommy, read the action statement, and then demonstrate how your child can do the action stated. Start by walking around (or running) to each card with your child. Print off cards ( download the cards here) on pastel/spring colored cardstock.Ģ. Set of 10 baby animal movement cards- DOWNLOAD THEM HEREġ. Our simple baby animal movement game is a fun way to teach kids about animals, learn some new vocabulary, and get kids moving! We were ready for a new Spring themed version, so we tried it out this morning and loved it! One of our most popular activities (ours and yours) last summer was this Ocean Animal Movements post. ![]()
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