Dear Zoo 8-inch Monkey

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Painted Animal Hand Print– paint hands in the main colour of your zoo animal (you can use our photos as a guide, save the pin for later!) and press and print onto paper plates (for the snake, paint the body shape onto the plate first and then just apply paint to finger tips to make the snake’s pattern once dry)

We’ve gathered a lovely bunch of ‘Dear Zoo’ activities for nursery children above to help support your teaching of the brilliant storybook, ‘Dear Zoo’ by Rod Campbell. From picture cards, PowerPoints, games, posters and more, you're sure to find the perfect resource for you and your class. Incorporating these lovely activities after reading the storybook is a great way to engage children further with the story and help bring it to life! Explain that we are going to visit Australia Zoo in a few weeks and would like some informationto help us plan our visit.When I "read" it, I had a box marked "From the Zoo" (as if the kids could read it) and I would just say the same line over and over again: If you have a copy of Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell you can read it and play with this craft at the same time. There are loads of fabulous Dear Zoo activities for kids in this post from You Clever Monkey including a lift the flap drawing prompt and animal weighing activity Of course, all this talk of zoos and the animals they help protect, provides the perfect opportunity to include some non-fiction books too along with others for reference in your classroom. We'll often include books with an invitation to provide some visual support for learners.

Zoos offer a large range of jobs to different specialists. Zookeepers are highly trained and skilled in what they do, and offer exceptional personalised care to animals. They will have to follow strict procedures when handling individual species. As a class, discuss the story, then list and recordanimals in the story and identify theadjective used to describe each animal. Eg. This story is a fun introduction to animals and their characteristics. It is written in the first person, with repetitive sentences. The nature of repetitiveness enables young readers to predict and engage with the story. After reading the story with your class, you can use these Zoo Animals Pictures to prompt a discussion on what types of animals they are and what their key features are. These Dear Zoo story spoons from Crafts on Sea are super easy to make and perfect if you are working with a group

Cut the columns apart, then start making the snake. Use a stapler to connect the chains. If you’re going to write on them or decorate them, make sure to do that first! These zoo handprint animals are so easy to do and are lots of fun to make – they also make for great keepsakes! Here’s how we made ours: The bright animal drawingsprovide more informationto the reader and 'clues'.Each animal is presented in a different way (e.g.a crate, box, basket),and each child can see a glimpse of the animal to enable them to predict whichanimal it might be. They educate the public on a huge array of animals. You can learn a lot from signage when walking around a zoo, making it educational and fun. The text is simple, direct and rythmical with a lot of repetition, making it ideal for Early Readers. A repetitive pattern iseasily recognised by junior primary children and repeated throughout the text.

Young children will love lifting the flaps to discover the animals the zoo has sent – a monkey, a lion and even an elephant! But will they ever manage to send the perfect pet? Read the book again but this time ask your child to place the right animal into their box and make it pop up as each animal appears in the book. Our goal is to find toys that don’t place limitations on play, but inspire children to imagine, to create and to engage. Fold each color paper in half, then in half again, then in half again! You should end up with 8 columns. Fantastic Fun and Learning has an edible small world zoo that might just be my favourite activity because marshmallows. We’ve always been a big fan of Tuff Spots and this would be great for that!

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Spend time talking together about the cover picture, what they notice, and commenting on what the story might be about and where it takes place. Read aloud However the Dear Zoo: Noisy book is well nigh perfect. It includes the fun element of flaps, teaches both the names of the animals and how to identify them. It invites questions such as: “How big is the crate?” and “What sort of animal might fit inside there?” It uses language with simple repetition, but also creatively. It has clear, attractive and humorous line drawings in bold colours. Adjectives which relate to each animal, e.g.'They sent me an elephant, but he was too big', They sent me a snake, but he was too scary'. The topic of the zoo is a brilliant way to expand little one's understanding of the world. This is one of the seven areas of learning and development, so it gives children a great insight as to what animals exist, and the places in the world they can be found. You can use these zoo nursery rhymes as a way to develop literacy around how to pronounce different types of animals, then even go onto trace and write out the names. What other resources do you have like this? Why not split your class into groups and give them an animal to discuss each. They can talk about where they might have seen them, or where in the world you might find them. Another great topic of discussion could be which of the animals would make good pets and why! You could even have a go at drawing the animals yourselves.

They could roar like a lion, ribbit like a frog and woof like a puppy. But what noise does a camel make? First, decide on the pattern you’d like to make for your snake. We chose three colors, but you could choose however many you’d like! This is a great opportunity to practice making patterns. Make this elephant craft using newspaper from Buggy and Buddy or this paper bag elephant from Crafts on Sea

Next, take a Nilla wafer and break it in half. Each half will become an ear. Put the ears on the side of the monkey’s head. This Zoo Animals Writing Frames resource is perfect for budding writers. Each sheet comes with a lovely illustration to prompt all our little poets, writer and dreamers to conjure their own tales, rhymes, or write a lovely note to someone. Keep up to date with our store, social media, blogs and live feeds where we will be introducing you to our partners, showcasing our toys and hearing the expert’s voice on all things childhood! We will regularly be trying out our toys, carrying out teacher led activities and just watching our children play to give you helpful hints and tips on how to get the most out of your toys and child’s learning development. All of our activities have been designed with EYFS children in mind and help children master new skills. Whether you’re looking to expand vocabularies, unleash your creativity, help with counting skills, or simply fancy a fun way to pass the time, we got ya covered. Have a nosey at some of our favourite ‘Dear Zoo’ and animal-related activities below: Zoos are incredible as they give you the opportunity to see animals you may never do in your lifetime. Having a Lion within arm distance (albeit behind some strong glass!) is something really special. You can share some of these brilliant facts about zoos and the animals there.