Animal Flashcards

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Animal Word & Fact Flashcards

Animal name cards, fact cards, draw-the-animal cards, baby animal matching and animal group sorting cards for 16 animals, plus blank cards.

• Animal name cards (PDF)
• Animal fact cards (PDF)
• Draw-the-animal cards (PDF)
• + 3 more

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Printable Animal Name Cards2 pages · free PDFPrintable Animal Fact Cards2 pages · free PDFPrintable Draw-the-Animal Cards1 page · free PDFBaby Animal Matching Printable2 pages · free PDFAnimal Group Sort Printable2 pages · free PDFPrintable Blank Animal Flashcards1 page · free PDFAnimal Coloring Pages for Adults Free Printable1 page · free PDFAnimal Coloring Pages for Adults Printable1 page · free PDF

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What is on each card

Sixteen animals are included, from farm animals to wild ones. The cards are word-and-fact cards rather than photo cards, which makes them good for early reading and for drawing activities; children can illustrate each animal on the matching draw card.

Cards in the pack

• Animal name cards — large, clear names to read and match.
• Animal fact cards — habitat, food, baby name and sound for each animal.
• Draw-the-animal cards — the animal’s name with a frame for children to draw it.
• Baby animal matching — pair lion with cub, sheep with lamb, kangaroo with joey.
• Animal group sort — sort into mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians and insects.
• Animal sounds game — read the sound, guess the animal.

Games with animal cards

Who am I? — read out facts one at a time until someone guesses the animal. Baby match — lay out adult and baby cards face down and play memory. Habitat sort — make piles for farm, ocean, forest and savanna. Sound charades — pick a card and make the animal’s sound for others to guess. Draw and describe — draw the animal on the draw card and tell a partner two facts about it.

Learning goals

• Reading simple animal names and sight words.
• New vocabulary: habitat, herbivore, carnivore, baby animal names.
• Sorting and classifying — a key early science skill.
• Speaking and listening through guessing games.
• Fine motor skills and creativity with the draw cards.

Animal baby names children love

Some favourites to share: a baby kangaroo is a joey, a baby owl an owlet, a baby frog starts life as a tadpole, a baby horse is a foal, a baby duck a duckling, and a baby butterfly is a caterpillar before it changes. Several animals share names — elephants, cows and dolphins all have calves, and lions and bears both have cubs.

Using the cards at different ages

Toddlers enjoy hearing the names and making animal sounds while an adult reads the card. Preschoolers can match babies to parents and sort farm and wild animals. Kindergarteners and first-graders can read the names and facts themselves, write a sentence about an animal, or use the draw card to create a mini fact file. The same set grows with the child.

Who it is for

Parents, preschool and kindergarten teachers, early reading tutors, speech and language practitioners and English language teachers working with young learners.

Formats

Print-ready PDF cards (US Letter; print on A4), with editable Word blank cards for adding more animals. Print on card stock and laminate for durability.

Printing tips

Print the name cards and fact cards on the same paper so they can be used together, cut them with a paper trimmer, and store each set in a labelled envelope. For double-sided cards with the fact on the back, print the fact pages on the reverse of the name pages using long-edge flipping; test with plain paper first.