Item description
Looking for animal classification activities for your Montessori Zoology lessons? These First Knowledge of Animal Kingdom cards and booklets with research animal classification sort make learning about animals fun! Originally a Montessori Biology material, these Animal Kingdom booklets and cards are great for any elementary Zoology unit.
Save 20% by buying this bundle rather than the 6 individual products it includes!
Kids enjoy laying out the cards, then filling in the booklet’s drawings, labels, and writing in a fun fact. These are great follow up activities to show mastery of the concepts presented in the lesson. These materials make an excellent springboard for further research and expository writing.
Here’s What You Get
The following products (with the included animals):
- Mammals – anteater, zebra, bat, whale, seal, chipmunk, elephant, platypus, mole, gorilla, horse, manatee, lion, and kangaroo
- Birds – chicken, eagle, woodpecker, robin, Canadian goose, great blue heron, pigeon, parrot, ostrich
- Amphibians & Reptiles – tortoise, crocodile, frog, snake, salamander, lizard
- Fish – tuna, carp, shark, lobefin, sturgeon, rainbow trout, lungfish
- Insects – stinkbug, ant, bee, silverfish, ladybird beetle, butterfly, cockroach, grasshopper, fly, dragonfly
- Other Invertebrates – clam, starfish, sponge, coral, crab, spiders, snail, earthworm, jellyfish, and millipede
- BONUS Question & Answer Game to support all First Kingdom card sets
For each of the above sets:
- Picture Cards
- Labels
- Story Cards
- 2 Part Control Cards
- 3 Part Control Cards
- 2 Part Booklet
- 3 Part Booklet
List of Included Activities
- printable PDF
- editable Google Sheet spreadsheet
Printable Activities Instructions sheet
Ideas for Use
The 6 card sets, booklets, and Question and Answer research classification game make up a semester-long First Knowledge of Animal Kingdom biology unit. Ideal for Kindergarten and Lower Elementary students.
Each set of materials can be used for 5 different activities (a total of 30 activities!):
- Picture – Label Match
- Child’s 2 Part Booklet ( color animal and trace in label)
- Picture – Label – Story Match
- Child’s 3 Part Booklet (color animal and write in label and a fun fact)
- Question & Answer Game (animals are researched then sorted by different questions)
Please email with any questions you may have! info@robynwellsmontessori.com
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