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Animals activities for kids
Animal activities for kids: count, trace, color and move like creatures from around the world while learning what animals eat, where they live and how they grow.
21 activities
Activities
Animal Syllable Dice Game
Make an animal die, roll it and clap once for each syllable in the animal’s name.
Roll and play
Find and Count Farm Animals
Find the farm animals and objects, count each group, and write how many there are. Counts go up to 12.
I spy and count
First Letters of Animals
Children name six animals and write the missing first letter of each word.
Missing letters
Ocean Animal Memory Game
Cut out 8 pairs of ocean animals and play a matching game that builds memory and encourages conversation about marine life.
Memory game
Ocean Animals
Find six ocean animals in an 8×8 word search, with pictures to help children read the words.
Word search
Lion Mask Craft
Color a lion and curl paper strips around a pencil to make its mane. With an adult's help, turn it into a stick mask.
Craft template
Rhyming Animals and Objects
Match five animals to objects whose names rhyme, and play with the sounds of words.
Rhyming
Adding Fish to 5
Count two groups of fish, put them together, and write the total in five simple addition problems.
Picture math
Butterfly Life Cycle Sequencing
Cut and paste the pictures to discover the butterfly life cycle: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and butterfly.
Sequencing
Sort Animals by Habitat
Cut out and sort nine animals into sky, water, or land. Practice observing, talking, and classifying together.
Sort and classify
Match Summer Opposites
Match four pairs of opposites with animals and summer things: big and small, hot and cold, fast and slow, day and night.
Opposites
Farm Animal Odd One Out
In each row, children look at four animals and circle the one that doesn't usually live on a farm.
Odd one out
Draw a Pet
Children draw a pet they have or would like to have and talk about its name, food, and sleeping place.
Draw and write
Fish Maze
Help the little fish find its way to the coral, away from the jellyfish. This simple maze supports visual attention and movement control.
Maze
Trace and Count Numbers 1–3
Trace the numbers 1 to 3, count the ducklings, and color the number that matches each group.
Tracing worksheet
Match Farm Animals and Babies
Match each farm mom to her baby. With an adult's help, name the animals and notice how they look alike.
Matching
Chick and Flowers Coloring Page
A coloring page featuring a chick hatching among flowers. Children explore colors and make their own marks with crayons.
Coloring page
Farm Animal Story
Look for a duckling on the farm in a short story with repeated questions, big pictures, and animal sounds.
Story & talk
Move Like Animals
Show animal pictures and have fun copying their movements. Your child can walk, sway, crawl or move in their own way.
Movement & dance
Farm Animals
Show your child large cards featuring eight farm animals and talk about the pictures together.
Picture cards
High Contrast Ocean Animals
Show your baby six black-and-white ocean animals and talk about them using short phrases.
Baby look cards