Dear Zoo: Lift the Flaps

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Kids Craft Room shares how to make an articulated snake or this snake craft for kids is great for supporting scissor skills

This Will the Zoo Send me a Pet Song is set to the music of ‘London Bridge Is Falling Down’ and is a catchy wee number to sing along to! Nursery rhymes aren’t just a joyful way to pass the time, but can be extremely effective in children’s language acquisition.

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If you love reading zoo animal books with your kids then these are some more we think you might enjoy! I love this paper plate frog craft from Fireflies and Mud Pies or you could make this cupcake liner frog from from Kids Activities Blog Make this elephant craft using newspaper from Buggy and Buddy or this paper bag elephant from Crafts on Sea These Where Are The Puppy Picture Cards are a super fun way to help teach positional language. With cute illustrations, encourage your little pups to describe where the doggy is in each picture. Is he ‘behind’ the dog house? ‘In front’ of the grass? 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.

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. But this book has a delightful extra feature. It is a “noisy” book! And I can assure you (because I’ve done this myself) that if you accidentally sit on it, you will find that it might trumpet at you, or chatter like a monkey, or even (and this is a bit scary if you’re not expecting it!) even hiss like a snake! This interactive, lift-the-flap picturebook engages young children’s interest and invites them to take part from beginning to end. This is a classic story which keeps children guessing about what new pet will arrive next in the post, building their interest and enjoyment with each parcel. 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. This zoo small world from Teaching 2 and 3 year olds was originally designed for the book Tuff Spots but I think it works really well as a Dear Zoo activity for kids too.

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Toddler Approved have a whole week of zoo learning activities, I think this animal salt painting might be my favourite as it looks so pretty! More Zoo Books