Zoo Animals Activities Bundles
Less planning, more learning! Save time preparing fun and engaging ESL lessons on the topic of Zoo Animals.
♦ Hours of fun, dynamic activities that you can use for any jungle theme.
♦ Perfect for working with 'Dear Zoo' and 'It's Mine!' by Rod Campbell.
♦ Flexible materials and activities for 6-10 lessons
♦ Suitable for mixed age groups or to use across a range of levels.
♦ Pick and choose the activities you want. All the activities are great value at around €1 - €2, with bigger and bigger discounts the more you buy.
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Flashcards and game cards
Perfect for a whole host of whole class, small group and pair practice of your target language.
♦ Includes 12 animals in both image and text: camel, snake, elephant, giraffe, lion, monkey, frog, parrot, tiger, bear, crocodile, dog (‘dog’ is in ‘Dear Zoo’ by Rod Campbell)
♦ Includes game ideas for hours of interactive practice and easy learning.
♦ A choice of three card types provide plenty of learning opportunities so your esl kids never get bored.
Crafts and games for drama, songs or story retelling
While you can incorporate drama and storytelling with any of the resources on this page, these resources are especially suitable. The animals match those in ‘Dear Zoo’ and ‘It’s Mine!’ by Rod Campbell.
♦ Includes cut and paste templates too! Great for sequencing skills.
♦ Follow the activity suggestions for lots of ways to integrate exciting English practice.
♦ Use independently or to retell ‘Dear Zoo’ or ‘It’s Mine!’
♦ ESL kids are super engaged and motivated to play games and use English with their very own story wheels.
♦ Choose from a range of templates to easily differentiate according to ability, age and vocabulary focus.
♦ A super effective way to provide repetition of useful animal and description language and even phrases from ‘Dear Zoo’ or ‘It’s Mine!’ by Rod Campbell.
♦ Use in story retelling and guessing games.
♦ Follow the tips and suggestions for fun ways to incorporate full sentences and story language in an interactive and dynamic way.
♦ Includes 3 different splat mats with 12 zoo animals: tiger, crocodile, monkey, giraffe, lion, camel, elephant, snake, dog, parrot, bear, frog
♦ Detailed activity procedures give you lots of ideas for fun games.
♦ Fantastic for changing dynamics and keeping kids engaged.
♦ Use in story retelling activities with ‘Dear Zoo’ and ‘It’s Mine!’
Worksheets with a twist
Printables that are perfect for introducing and practising key story and zoo animals language. Follow the activity suggestions for dynamic ways to work on receptive and productive skills.
♦ Easy folding and cutting guidelines make this a hassle free craft experience.
♦ Includes ideas for ways to maximise language practice while your ESL kids make it AND to play with it afterwards.
♦ Encourages children to use the new language in a natural playful way.
♦ Includes 2 different images, each with ‘colour by word’ or ‘colour by animal’ options.
♦ Easy to support or stretch learners with different abilities or ages.
♦ Useful activity suggestions give you plenty of ideas to increase interaction, engagement and learning.
♦ The perfect complement to Dear Zoo or It’s Mine! by Rod Campbell.
Games to make and play
All of these can be simply printed to play, but they are also fantastic for integrating even more language practice because the kids can make their own copies. Super useful for bringing English outside the classroom – your young learners will be so excited to play these at home with their families.
♦ Choose from a range of templates to easily differentiate according to ability, age and vocabulary focus.
♦ A super effective way to provide repetition of useful animal and description language and even phrases from ‘Dear Zoo’ or ‘It’s Mine!’ by Rod Campbell.
♦ Great for an engaging way to practise numbers too!
♦ Follow the tips and suggestions for fun ways to incorporate full sentences and story language in an interactive and dynamic way.
♦ Includes several templates to differentiate for different skills, age groups and language points.
♦ An easy way to help your learners acquire complete phrases (not just words!).
♦ Detailed activity procedures help you plan quickly and efficiently.
♦ Extend the learning opportunities with the craft option. Empower your young learners to take English outside the classroom and play at home.
♦ Effortlessly engaging games and craft that really get your ESL young learners learning useful vocabulary and phrases.
♦ Several options that make it super easy for you to choose the level of difficulty appropriate for your particular students.
♦ Perfect for mixed age groups – use the picture dominoes with preschool and include some literacy practice with primary.
♦ Print and play OR use the included Activity Procedures to include even more practice while they make their very own copies of the game.
♦ An engaging way to practise 12 different zoo animals and descriptive language
♦ Use independently OR to complement ‘Dear Zoo’ or ‘It’s Mine!’ by Rod Campbell.
♦ Detailed activity procedures to help you plan quickly and efficiently.
♦ Extend the learning opportunities with the craft option. Your learners learn while creating their very own bingo boards.
Save yourself tons of time and get ALL of these Zoo Animals Activities
Not sure how many resources you need?
Of course it depends on your particular context, but I’d like to give you an idea of how I’ve used them across multiple levels, lessons and age groups.
In general I follow this sequence:
- Introduce the language and use activities to focus on understanding, i.e., the children have to listen and understand to complete the craft/game/worksheet.
- Revise the language and give the children the opportunity to produce the language.
- Practise the language in a freer way that lets the children experiment with the language.
Below is a sample lesson map with the resources.
Sample lesson resource map
Lesson 1: Flashcards and game cards; Splat mats; Colouring sheets or Jigsaw games and craft
Lesson 2: Splat mats; Bingo games and craft
Lesson 3: Flashcards and game cards; Playing cards and craft
Lesson 4: Playing cards games; Lift the flap craft; Dominoes games and craft
Lesson 5: Dice and graphing sheets; Wheel crafts
Lesson 6: Fortune teller crafts; Learning stations with all games and crafts used.
Note: There’s more than enough material to cover in up to 10 lessons. With groups that have lessons twice a week, I would typically teach an 8 lesson unit on the topic.
What’s more, each resource includes different templates so you can differentiate for different levels or repeat activities across year groups but using different templates.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes, of course! Maybe you have the time and enjoy creating things, but it has to be said that being a young learner teacher can involve a HUGE amount of extra work making materials. Give yourself a break!
All my materials have been tried and tested in the classroom. As well as having almost 20 years of teaching experience, I am also a qualified trainer for the Trinity TYLEC (Teaching Young Learners Extension Certificate), so you can rely on the quality.
Yes! There are a range of templates to choose from within each resource so it’s super-easy to differentiate. The included Activity Suggestions will also give you ideas about how you can conduct the activity so each child can work (play!) to their full potential.
Definitely! (You knew I would say that!) No, but seriously speaking, I started making these resources for just one class but I’ve now used them several times over. I’ve even used them with the same groups in subsequent years, because the different templates allow me to vary the activity and language focus.
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