This was our second themed activity week. For our first them we did Dinosuars- see here, this time we did Zoo week
First we did some worksheets and printable from 3dinosuars and sparklebox
My little girl Caitlin is 2 and a half and she loved gluing the animals in the right places, here favourite was the tiger
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I got the kids to search the house for stuff zoo animals I had hid, Then we played 'what noise does this animal make' The kids choose a toy and had to make the sound it makes.
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And here the 3 of them are pretending to be slippery snakes
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and here they are pretending to be lions
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We also printed out some animals masks here
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We also learned that Zoo begins with the letter Z
Here's my post on it but the idea is originally from Taming the Goblin
Here are the books we read
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That's Not My Tiger... (Usborne Touchy-Feely Books)
Monkey Bites - my kids LOVED these!!!
Our Snake Collages
Our paper Plate Crocodiles
Our Paper plate Lions
Other things we did:
Roar! game
Print out some animal cards (I used these) and take turns turning them over, when a lion card is turned over shout 'Roar!' the last one to say it is out, carry on till there is only one winner
Play with Stickers
Find some animal stickers and make zoo scene on paper
Make an Animal book
cut a few sheets of paper in to 6x4 and hole pouch one side and tie with ribbon to make a small book, Get your kids to draw zoo animals on each page
Make a map of a zoo
Do an Animal Word-search
Sing Animal Songs
I made a file of the songs we sung click here to download it
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It looks like a really fun week. I love the paper plate animals.
ReplyDeleteYou are so creative. Your babies are very blessed to have a fun, clever mommy:)
ReplyDeleteI love how you used my Zoo pack! I love the Arts and Crafts that you did with it!
ReplyDeleteVery Cute idea! Those monkey bites look interesting. I'd love to have you link up something like this to my linky party! http://domesticrandomness.blogspot.com/2012/08/new-to-inlinkz-first-linky-party.html
ReplyDeleteWhat fun arts and crafts! I printed the monkey bites recipe and will give it try this next week. Thank you for pulling up a chair and sharing at my Saturday Sit Down Link Up.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Thanks for linking up! I especially love the paper plate lions :)
ReplyDeleteZoo themes are so much fun! I love your crocodiles and monkey bites--too awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis morning our theme was elephants, I blogged about it a little. I'd love if you'd come link up at my Teaching Time post!
http://philwife.blogspot.com/2012/08/teaching-time-for-toddlers-elephants.html
Thanks for sharing!
DeleteWhat a great 'memories' kids crafts. Looks so fun! ~ Rose
ReplyDeleteLooks like you guys had fun! Love the zoo theme :) Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!
ReplyDeleteAll great fun ideas!! I made a lion plate before with the kids... but they were suns haha :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!
What a fun week! You did so many fun things! I am going to check out your book recommendations- I think almost all of them are new to me! I am featuring your post as the most clicked on this week: http://www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/2012/08/tgif-linky-party-42.html - Thanks for linking up to TGIF & I look forward to seeing you again this week,
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Awesome week! Such great zoo themed ideas. I pinned this to my Kid Science board. Thanks for sharing at the Sunday Showcase.
ReplyDeletehow fun! Thanks for linking to the first every craft link at Tasteful Tuesdays! Hope you come back again this week and show off your stuff! Party Opens tonight at 8:30. http://www.nap-timecreations.com
ReplyDeleteLooks fun! Lots of neat ideas for little ones.
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas!
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