Animal Classifications for Kids Cootie Catchers

Play and learn about Animal Classifications for Kids with 10 different free printable Cootie Catchers! Print in color or black and white and have fun learning or reviewing with this fun science activity for kids!

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Animal Classifications for Kids

Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love this fun activity for helping children learn about animal classifications. Use this as a supplement to your science curriculum, to create an animals unit, for a science center, summer learning, or a fun mini unit to dive deeper into something your child is naturally curious about.

Scientists use animal classifications to sort animals by other similarities. This allows scientists to better study and learn about animals.

This fun activity will help elementary age kids learn various science terms and vocabulary related along with their meaning and eight examples of each. We love making learning fun for kids!

Animal Classification Games

This is such a fun activity to play and learn with an animal classification game for kids from kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students.

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Now print the pages that fit with what you are learning or what interests your child There are 20 pages in black and white or color to choose from.

Animal Classification Activities

There are various different activities to teach animal classifications to kids. But first, decide if you want to use the black and white pages and allow your child to color the animals in with crayons, markers, or colored pencils or the full color pages.

Next, you will need scissors to trim the page down to the square.

Finally, follow the directions on the 2nd page of the download to fold your cootie catcher. If you prefer, this video is helpful for quickly folding cootie catchers.

Printable Cootie Catchers

Now that you’ve downloaded the science cootie catchers, here are the cootie catchers you can make in this fun, educational activity for pre k, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, and grade 6 science:

• arthropods cootie catcher – beetle scarab, cabbage white moth, cat flea, scorpion, crab, mosquito, dragonfly, stick insect
• birds cootie catcher – pelican, parrot, bald eagle, owl, rooster, turkey vulture, seagull, flamingo
• fish cootie catcher – shark, marlin, picasso fish, volitan lionfish, powder blue tang, eel, clown fish, manta ray
• insect cootie catcher – termite, bumble bee, caterpillar, cockroach, grasshopper, honey ant, hornet, spider
• invertebrate cootie catcher – urchin, whelk, crawfish, centipede, jellyfish, shrimp, snail, worm
• mammal cootie catcher – whale, gorilla, bison, whelk, rabbit, walrus, skunk, bobcat, coyote
• mollusk cootie catcher – cuttlefish, bivalve, slug, scallop, squid, snail, octopus, limpet
• nocturnal animals cootie catcher – toad, flying squirrel, hyena, fox, bat, owl, firefly, racoon
• oviparous cootie catcher – king penguin, platypus, python, salamander, turtle, echidna, komodo
  dragon, frog
• vertebrate cootie catcher – kangaroo, elephant, cow, lizard, snake, ostrich, lion, chimp

Looking for more cootie catcher games to make learning fun? Check out these resources:

• Math Cootie Catchers
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Animal Printables for Kids

We have lots of fun, hands on activities to teach kids about animals! Whether you are completing a zoology lesson , supplementing your homeschool science lesson, or just learning about your child’s favorite animals, we’ve got some fantastic resources filled with cute clipart and engaging activities:

• Animal Report Template
• Endangered Animals Worksheets
• Zoo Scavenger Hunt (includes simple picture clues for Pre k and more complex animal classification, biomes, endangered threat, etc for older elementary age students
• Animal Classification Worksheets to cut & paste
• Ocean Animals for Kids – over 240 pages organized into 7 lessons to study aquatic animals using easy-to-understand text, hands-on science experiments, fun worksheets, and more with K-8th grade students.
• Animal Homes Clip Cards for kids
• Life Cycles for Kids – a growing collection with over 20 different animals to explore from penguins to sunflowers, salmon, butterfly, and more!
• Animal Habitat Worksheets – Do a Dot Printable
• Biomes Coloring Pages
• Jello Animal Cells Project
• Silly Puzzles Animal Habitat Activity
• Animal Habitats Activity with Animal Cookies
• Nocturnal Animals Printables
• Forest Animals Themed Worksheets
• Arctic Animals Themed Worksheets
• Desert Animals Themed Worksheets
• Pond Worksheets for Kids

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• How to Make a Lava Lamp – super easy and SO cool!
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