#Match the farm animals to their babies download#

One by one, we worked our way through all 11 matches. I had students whisper their guess to their neighbor before inviting a volunteer to come up and grab the matching puzzle piece. The discussion was a great way to gather clues about the adult they needed to find. What color do you think the adult will be?.I had a volunteer pick a card from the baby stack and read the name out loud: lamb.īefore looking through the pile of adult animals to find the pair, I led the class through a few questions to stretch their thinking: To start, I put the pieces in two stacks: babies and adults. Then I paired up the pieces and put matching stickers on the back so students could self-check the answers. If you have a paper cutter, it’s easiest to chop off the outer edges and then use your scissors to cut through the middle where the puzzles fit together. To prep the animal puzzles, I just printed the pages, slid them through my laminator and cut out the pieces. They’re a great way to start a discussion about each animal’s body type, covering, and how they move as students determine which animals go together. (Who knew a baby turkey was called a poult?!?) These animal puzzles are a fun way to give your students some hands-on practice at matching baby animal names to the adults. It ties in perfectly with my life science unit and adds some cuteness and “aw!” factor to my lessons. Check it out on Amazon here! Teachers and parents alike are raving about how much they like the over 170 simple educational activities included in this book.Baby animals are one of my VERY favorite things to teach about in the spring. Need more simple learning activities for preschool?Ĭheck out Everyday Preschool.

#Match the farm animals to their babies download#

Here are the free printable farm cards one more time –> download here. If you are visiting with a child who is doing this and want to narrate try phrases such as ” When you were a baby were you very little?” If there is no response maybe try something like” That chick is much smaller than the chicken.” I tend to open with things like this and then just follow where the conversation leads after that.įor older children, you can put more cards out to match up.

Pop the cards in one container and the animal figurines in the other and place a few cards on the tray as an invitation. I’ll be laminating mine at school tomorrow.

If you have a straight cutter use it, if you plan to use this farm matching activity in a classroom I’d laminate the cards. You will need to print out the Farm Babies Matching Cards ( click here for the pdf), scissors, some farm babies figurines like these from Safari, a few containers and a tray. From basic phonemic awareness that a word like cow starts with c which makes a /k/ sound to supporting spelling for children who are on the cusp of independent writing. The names of the animals are on the cards for a few reasons, it teaches children to associate print with spoken words when teachers point and use the words, but it also supports children at different levels of development.

The goal of an activity like this farm matching activity is not just to match up the animals, it is to look at how an animal grows and changes, using the figurines allow the children to manipulate and examine the animal more closely than simply using two photos, and children can compare which animals change a lot and those that look similar from the time they are babies.