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Are you looking for a fun Zoo Preschool Theme for zoo activities for preschoolers?
Zoo preschool centers are a great way to get kids working on math and literacy while learning about the planet.
Zoo worksheets for preschool are a fun way to get some extra tracing, scissors, and gluing practice in.
This set includes a fun preschool In My Zoo craft, feed the monkey, roll & count spots as well as lots of fun Zoo learning activities.
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You will probably need a wide variety of Zoo activities for your preschool lesson planning. We’ve included activities ranging from alphabet and counting to patterns, sight words, and more. Check them out below.
Anytime we are teaching early math we need to cover different parts of number sense. In the following math activities, you’ll find counting, subitizing, graphing, 10 frames, and more to teach number sense during your preschool Zoo theme.
Zoo Animal 10 Frames
Making 10 is a kindergarten math standard, but we can start working on it in preschool. We used zoo animals, but animal crackers would be a great option too.
Zoo Animals Measurement
Measurement is a great way for children to look for relationships with real world objects. They might not be ready for a tape measure, but learning an object is “3” blocks tall makes sense.
Roll & Count Giraffe Spots
Dice activities are perfect for early counting skills. Grab circle cereal to give the giraffe his spots.
Lion Mane Counting
This super cute lion is ready for his mane. Using clothespins (which adds fine motor practice), add the correct number to the lion.
Monkey Tail Counting
I love being able to combine multiple skills in an activity and this one includes counting and fine motor practice.
Weigh & Compare Animals
Another great math skill is comparing items and learning about weight. This STEM activity practices determining which animal is bigger by visually comparing or using a scale and plastic animals.
In preschool, we work on a range of literacy skills depending on where our kiddos are at. Here are earth-themed centers for alphabet letters, syllables, sight words, and more to use in your Zoo preschool theme.
Zoo Writing Centers
Help your preschooler build the zoo sight words with toy letters and even try writing the word shown.
Skunk Spray Letter Sorting
Sorting objects is an excellent activity to identify letters and numbers. Place your printable in a sheet protector and skunk out the object that is not a letter.
Sight Word Monkey
Did you know monkeys don’t have thumbs? Try picking up the sight word bananas with only your fingers and feed the monkey.
Beginning Animal Sounds
Say each zoo animal and identify the beginning sound. Place the matching toy letter to the correct animal.
Learning shapes helps children differentiate between objects. Shape activities also help children develop problem solving skills. Here we get to practice building shapes and work on making patterns too.
Animals Shapes Parade
Everyone loves a good parade and this shape parade will be a blast. Use small zoo animals to build the shapes shown.
Pattern Block Zoo Animals
Pattern blocks are perfect for learning shapes and practicing copying the different patterns. We used pattern blocks, but foam shapes work well too.
If you need an idea for the art center, circle time, or some fun additional earth day activities, these Zoo crafts and printables are for you.
Zoo Animals Venn Diagram
The Venn Diagram is an easy way to work on comparing the attributes that are the same and different for the zoo animals.
What Animals Eat Craft
Discover what Zoo animals enjoy eating with this paper plate craft.
Zoo Animals Memory Game
Games are one of the best learning tools. The Zoo memory activity is perfect for a circle time or group.
In My Zoo Craft
This craft encourages children to create a home for their zoo animal and practice writing the name of their animal.
Do you ever need something fast, no-prep, print-and-go for a sub or one of those super crazy preschool days?
These Zoo worksheets are the perfect last-minute fill-in for your lesson plans. They’re also a lot of fun for early finishers or for take-home packets.
These zoo worksheets cover a variety of early math skills. Teach kids shapes, counting, base 10, measurement, and number recognition with these fun math printables.
We are constantly working on early literacy in preschool. These Zoo literacy worksheets allow you to differentiate between a variety of learning levels. Younger preschoolers and pre-writers can start with the sorting whereas more advanced learners can work on letter sounds and letter tracing.
Some of the most important skills preschoolers learn are not math and literacy. With these Zoo worksheets they can also practice fine motor skills, tracing, scissor skills, and even do a bit of sorting.
2 Responses
How do I purchase the zoo worksheets and not the zoo animals pack?
Hi!
This Preschool Zoo theme and 15 included worksheets can’t be divided up. But we do have a Zoo Binder and Zoo Worksheets that are sold separately.
You can find the Zoo worksheets here: https://planningplaytime.com/product/zoo-preschool-worksheets/ This set actually has over 55 pages of activities.