A is for Animals
- Sing “Silly Old MacDonald Had a Farm” … same tune, same song, just a little sillier. My kids think this is hilarious.
- Sing a verse of Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- Sing it again, but this time, add a silly “farm” animal, like an elephant or an alligator or a hamster.
- Read “Fifteen Animals!” by Sandra Boynton … I love Sandra Boynton books. This one is pretty funny. It counts through all 15 animals and tells their names … all but one is named “Bob”.
- Read “I Know a Rhino” by Charles Fuge … another one of our favorites.
- Put animal stickers on A page
- Draw a large A on a piece of paper. My 5-year-old (she starts kindergarten next week) wrote her own letter A.
- Stick animal stickers all over the A. Talk about the animal names as you work together. I got these stickers at Michaels (it’s is a Hello Kitty booklet, but has a great variety of animals!) More animal stickers available here.
- Digging for Animals
- Fill a large bin with rice (or beans or sand). I like the rice because it’s easy to sweep or vacuum up.
- The kids will spill some, but if you don’t want rice ALL over the place, set a few ground rules.
- Bury several plastic animals in the rice. I have a couple different sets of TOOB animals (wild, ocean, farm). You could use anything you have around the house. Or even print, laminate and cut out pictures of animals.
- Let the kids dig in the rice.
- When they find an animal, act out that animal and make their noise!
- Repeat until all the animals are found!
- ABC Animal Puzzle … my kids love this puzzle. It is 10 feet long and the pieces are thick and sturdy.
- Help the kids put the puzzle together.
- Point out the animals and their names. Make the animal noises.
- When it’s complete, play a game with the puzzle. Ask your kids to “Jump to the Kangaroo!” “Crawl to the Alligator” “Hop on one foot to the Zebra”
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit App … this wasn’t exactly in the plans, but when I needed to put the baby down for a nap, I turned this on for my girls on our Kindle. It ended up fitting into our Animal Day just right.
- It is the original tale and illustrations.
- The kids can turn the pages.
- A narrator reads the story.
- The kids can tap on the pictures to animate them. I love that you can squish the blackberries
- I got it on sale for $0.99.
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