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Zoo Theme Crafts and Activities for Kids

November 20, 2020
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This fascinating week-long Zoo Theme will make a fun week of lessons for your toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students! Learn all about zoos and zoo animals with these zoo themed learning ideas. We have zoo crafts, zoo activities, zoo math, zoo science, zoo social studies, zoo printables and so much more!

This fascinating week-long Zoo Theme will make a fun week of lessons for your toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students! Learn all about zoos and zoo animals with these zoo themed learning ideas. We have zoo crafts, zoo activities, zoo math, zoo science, zoo social studies, zoo printables and so much more!

Zoo Theme

It’s easy to put together a fun and educational zoo theme with this list of the best zoo themed learning activities for preschoolers, kindergarteners, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, and grade 5 students. Simply choose from the lists of zoo themed books, zoo themed crafts, zoo animal printables, and educational zoo animal activities to quickly and easily put together a fun theme that your kids will love.

Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love all these fun, educational zoo activities to make learning fun for elementary age children!

Zoo Math There are so many great zoo math activities and hands-on animal math printables  that will fit with this fun zoo preschool theme.

Zoo Math

There are so many great zoo math activities and hands-on animal math printables  that will fit with this fun zoo preschool theme.

Zoo themed Language Arts Activities Start your zoo unit study these fun language arts activities.

Zoo themed Language Arts Activities

Start your zoo unit study these fun language arts activities.

Zoo Crafts for Kids Kids of all ages will have fun making these zoo crafts for preschoolers.

Zoo Crafts for Kids

Kids of all ages will have fun making these zoo crafts for preschoolers.

Zoo Science Activities Add some of these fun zoo science activities for preschoolers to help kids of all ages get excited about science with fun zoo science experiments and projects.

Zoo Science Activities

Add some of these fun zoo science activities for preschoolers to help kids of all ages get excited about science with fun zoo science experiments and projects.

Zoo themed Social Studies These fun zoo activities are perfect for helping kids learn more about their community and the world around them.

Zoo themed Social Studies

These fun zoo activities are perfect for helping kids learn more about their community and the world around them.

HUGE Ocean Unit for elementary and middle school kids to learn about the ocean and aquatic animals with engaging lessons, hands on science experiments, worksheets, report templates, creative writing templates, and more!

Many zoos have an aquarium. Learn more about more in these ocean animals lesson.

Zoo Activities These zoo themed activities are so much fun the kids won't even realize they are learning!

Zoo Activities

These zoo themed activities are so much fun the kids won’t even realize they are learning!

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These packs allow students to practice math, literacy, and more with a common theme!

Zoo Theme Books For Kids There are so many fun ways to use zoo themed books in your learning program. You can read a different book each day of the week, Monday through Friday, or read your favorite book (s) every day of the week. Kids love repetition, so don’t worry about boring them!

Zoo Theme Books For Kids

There are so many fun ways to use zoo themed books in your learning program. You can read a different book each day of the week, Monday through Friday, or read your favorite book (s) every day of the week.
Kids love repetition, so don’t worry about boring them!

Grab one or all of these excellent zoo themed books to study with your kids.

  • I Want to Be a Zookeeper
    This book gives young children a realistic view into the working day of a zoo keeper.
  • Life-Size Zoo
    The beautiful photography in this book shows animals at their actual size!
  • Curious About Zoo Vets
    This book shares the very busy “to do” list of zoo workers as they take care of their creatures large and small.
  • Incredible Zoo
    Kids will love learning about different kinds of zoo animals with this 3D sticker book
  • The View At The Zoo
    This is a funny book about a trip to the zoo with lovely illustrations.
  • Dear Zoo
    There are so many fun crafts and activities you can do to match this classic life the flap book
  • Animal Strike at the Zoo. It’s True!
    What happens when the lions and tigers and bears refuse to roar and prowl at the zoo? This is a fun story about an interesting trip to the zoo!
  • 1, 2, 3 To The Zoo.
    This lovely book combines counting and numbers with beautifully illustrated animals riding on a train to the zoo.
  • Z Is for Zookeeper: A Zoo Alphabet
    In this fun rhyming alphabet book each letter represents a different part of the zookeepers day.
  • What Do You Do If You Work at the Zoo?
    This book introduces young readers to the people who keep zoo animals safe, healthy, and happy.
  • Life at the Zoo
    Meet the creatures who live at the zoo, and the people who care for them, in this book filled with amazing photographs and information.
  • My Heart Is Like a Zoo
    All the animals in this book are made of heart shapes! There are so many lovely ways this book can be used for a zoo learning theme.
  • Zoo Day
    This lovely book is about a child’s first visit to the zoo.
  • Plus don’t miss these 25 animal books for preschoolers

This fascinating week-long Zoo Theme will make a fun week of lessons for your toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students! Learn all about zoos and zoo animals with these zoo themed learning ideas. We have zoo crafts, zoo activities, zoo math, zoo science, zoo social studies, zoo printables and so much more!

Whether you are planning a field trip to your local zoo, having a virtual zoo visit online, or if your kids just love animals, there are so many ways to learn with these great zoo themed activities and ideas.

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Flower Activities for Kids

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heat sensitive color changing slime DIY Lava Lamp - super easy way to make your own lava lamp with simple things you have around your house. This homemade lava lamp is such a fun science project for kids of all ages to sneak in some summer learning. This science experiment is for toddlers, preschoolers, pre k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and kids of all ages at home, homeschool, summer camps, classroom, etc.

Science for Kids

Looking for lots more fun, science experiments for kids? You’ve GOT to try some of these outrageously fun science experiments for kids! We have so many fun, creative and easy science experiments for elementary age children:

This amazing color changing slime is going to blow your mind! This heat sensitive slime will actually change color as your kids touch it because it is heat sensitive! This is a super cool project for kids you MUST TRY! Must try summer activity for kids to add to their summer bucket list  Help kids learn about what is under their skin with this fun, interactive, and hands on human body project for kids from toddler, preschool, pre k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students. This can be a simple life size human body project or use our free printable templates to add bones of the body, organ templates, and more. This engaging science project is EASY and LOW PREP too.  dying flowers science experiment

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Sara Dennis is a homeschooling mother of 6. Her goal is to help moms simplify their homeschools so they can give their kids an excellent education and thrive at home. She blogs at Classically Homeschooling.

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