Animal Toddler Activities

We did a unit on animals in our house that was a lot of fun. Check out our activities 

 

I changed up a nook in our living room to include all animal toys.

      Animals books I keep displayed in our play area.

🐘Animal Parade🦒

 I just used some butcher paper, tape, and animals for this one. I made two “parade routes” and B and I raced to see who could get their animals to the finish line first. This is a great one for, fine motor skills, spatial awareness and hand-eye coordination. Thanks @busytoddler for the idea.

🦓Animal Cracker Math🐘 B had fun practicing number recognition, counting, sorting/graphing, & of course eating her animal crackers

Check out Preschool play and learn for printable 

🦍Mini Animal Habitat Sensory Bins 🐳 

I just used recycled take-out containers to make these little habitats for a fun small world role-play to learn about animals. These are perfect to store & quickly pull out if you don’t want to make a whole big bin and a life savor when out and about (can’t wait for that!). Also, perfect for when you just need a few minutes to yourself. I bring these to restaurants & doctor appointments for B to keep busy while waiting.

✨Animal Shelter/Veterinarian Pretend Play✨. 

We set up this fun little dramatic play area this am with just stuffed animals and a doctor kit. Printables from @prekpages. B loved taking care of all the pets and helping them to feel better. 💓

💦Muddy Animal Wash 💦

 This was a fun one to do outside. I just set up some potting soil in one bin with animals and then added dish soap to our water table along with some paint brushes, sponges, and spray bottle. First B got the animals dirty in the “mud” and then washed them off in the soapy water. She loved this activity. For a taste safe version use chocolate pudding for the mud.

✂️🦁Rescue the Animals🐆✂️

This is a fun fine motor skills practice for little ones. One we did was with washi tape wrapped around the animals and Brooke had to practice her scissor skills to cut them free. Make sure to leave space between the tape and animals so they can slip the scissors through. ➖The other is a great one for littles not yet ready for scissors. Just tape animals down to a cookie sheet and have them free the animals from the tape. It’s a lot of work to get the animals loose and get the tape off those little fingers. B loves anything with tape and scissors so this was right up her alley. @busytoddler idea for the #momwin