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Picture cards
Farm Animals
Farm Animal Picture Cards
Show your child large cards featuring eight farm animals and talk about the pictures together.
- Age 1
- 5 min
- Easy
- One child
- Picture cards
Learning areas
Skills practised
About this activity
Look, point and play together with farm animal cards while you name each animal.
Talking about the pictures helps your child connect words with what they see. At this age, looking, gesturing and making sounds are all ways to join in.
Learning objectives
- Look at or point to a picture shown by an adult.
- Join in with gestures, sounds or words.
- Explore pictures of different animals.
The printable
Print
What you need
- Printed picture cards
- Scissors for adult use
Safety notes
Supervise your child throughout the activity. An adult should cut out the cards before play. Use large cards and put them away if your child tries to tear them or put paper in their mouth.
How to do it
- Cut out the cards before you begin.
- Sit close to your child and show them one card.
- Point to the picture and name the animal: “It’s a cow!”
- Let your child look at and point to the card without asking them to repeat the name.
- Show one or two more animals, following your child’s interest.
- Put the cards away when your child loses interest.
Teaching suggestions
- Speak slowly and give your child time to look or respond.
- If choosing between pictures is difficult, show just one at a time.
- When your child points, repeat the animal’s name: “You saw the duck!”
- Connect the pictures to animals your child has seen in books or on outings.
Variations
Make it easier
Show one card and name the animal while your child looks.
Make it harder
Show two cards and invite your child to point to the animal you name.
Keep playing
Make an animal sound or movement and invite your child to join in.
Talk about it
- What do you see?
- Which animal would you like to look at now?
- What sound does this animal make?
- Where have you seen an animal like this?
What to look for
- Notice whether your child looks at or points to a picture.
- Notice whether your child responds with a gesture, sound or word.
- Observe which animals catch your child’s interest.
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