Matching animals - array of 4

Ten common animals appear as large picture cards arranged in sets of four for a basic matching activity.
Grades
Kindergarten, Grades 1–2
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Updated Sep 27, 2026

Subject
Speech Therapy, Special Education Needs (SEN), Early Math, Special Resources, Math
Topic
Early Learning, Early Math Concepts
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Use this animal-matching activity to practice finding an identical picture among four choices. Ten matching bases and 40 picture cutouts cover dog, cat, bird, rabbit, elephant, fish, pig, cow, horse and giraffe.

Begin with different animal types as distractors, then use four pictures of the same animal type with different appearances. Print, laminate, cut and attach the choices with hook-and-loop fasteners; binder clips can hold the base pages together.

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Learning objectives

  • Match identical or categorically related animal pictures within a set of four.

Teaching tips

  • Use as a picture-sorting or matching station for early learners or speech-therapy vocabulary practice, given the simple animal-naming format.

Skills covered

  • Animal picture matching — students match animal images within arrays of four common animals.

  • Animal vocabulary naming — students name common animals (dog, cat, bird, rabbit, elephant, fish, pig, cow, horse, giraffe) shown in the pictures.

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