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Animal Tails Match-Up – Animal & Tracing Activity

Students match animals with their tails, then trace the corresponding animal names.
Grades
Pre-K–K
Pages
6
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated May 29, 2022

Subject
Science, Animals
Topic
Animal Tails, Matching Activity
Resource types
Activities
Preparation
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From the author

Animal Tails Match-Up Fun Sheets is a great way to teach young learners about animals. This set also includes the names of the animals to trace, which enhances the learners' handwriting skills. The children will have fun matching the animals to their tails.

Laminate each sheet, then cut out the animal heads

Add Velcro dots

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Match each of 12 animals to its correct tail based on visual cues.

  • Trace and recognize the written names of 12 common animals.

Teaching tips

  • Complete the three matching sheets across separate sessions since each introduces four new animals.

  • Pair the tracing sheet with the matching sheets so students connect an animal's name to its tail.

  • Use as an independent center activity after modeling the matching and tracing formats separately.

Skills covered

  • Visual matching — students match 12 animals (horse, fox, raccoon, pig, monkey, zebra, lion, elephant, cat, dog, mouse, fish) to their tails across three worksheets.

  • Letter tracing and word recognition — students trace the printed names of all 12 animals.

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Which animals does the matching activity cover?

Twelve in total across three sheets: horse, fox, raccoon, and pig on the first; monkey, zebra, lion, and elephant on the second; and cat, dog, mouse, and fish on the third.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Animal characteristics

  • Visual discrimination

  • Early vocabulary

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