Zoo Week: Easy Animal Crafts and Activities Kids Love
By the Chestermere Playschool
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Let’s talk about Zoo Animals! There are so many ways to learn about animals; this is always a popular theme in our classroom. Here are a few of our favourite ideas!
Crafts
Take a look at this lion craft we did.
First, draw or print a lion’s face.
Next, have the kids use a fork to paint the hair or mane around the outside of the face. We encourage the kids to turn their paper to paint the full circle rather than switching hands with the fork. This helps build bilateral coordination.
Pretend play
It’s animal bath time! Fill the sink or a basin with warm, soapy water and add plastic animal toys. Give the kids sponges and even a toothbrush to scrub the animals. If you wanted to extend this activity, have them paint the animals first.
Movement time
YouTube has an unlimited supply of movement songs. Check out some of our favourites in the list below.
Animals in Action - Jack Hartman
Move like the Animals do and Freeze - Jack Hartman
There was a Crocodile - Learning Station Music
Go to the Zoo - Katie Kraft's tots
Dancing like an animal - Coach Josh
Animal freeze dance - Kiboomers
Animal freeze dance 2 - Kiboomers
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