This Zoo Animals Writing Frames resource is perfect for budding writers. Each sheet comes with a lovely illustration to prompt all our little poets, writer and dreamers to conjure their own tales, rhymes, or write a lovely note to someone. If you have a copy of Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell you can read it and play with this craft at the same time. While the children are lying quietly, you tell them that when the music starts and they wake up, they will be bouncing kangaroos, snappy crocodiles or tiny mice. You turn the music on for half a minute or so and then they all lie down asleep, ready to be turned into another animal. Painted Animal Features– add any main colour features at this point (it’s really important to do this straight away if you have used your own colour mix of paint else you will find yourself spending ages trying to get the same colour as we did!) Easy Peasy and Fun has a super cute monkey paper plate craft or you could make this handprint monkey from Fun Handprint Art

Dear Zoo” was written as a lift-the-flap board book in 1982, by the Scottish author, Rod Campbell. It is his most famous work, and thirty-five years later, it is still tremendously popular among the under fives in Great Britain, and has been translated into more than a dozen different languages. Make this cute giraffe finger puppet from I Heart Crafty Things or this paper bag giraffe inspired by Greedy SteveThese Dear Zoo story spoons from Crafts on Sea are super easy to make and perfect if you are working with a group

Read the book again but this time ask your child to place the right animal into their box and make it pop up as each animal appears in the book.Kids Craft Room shares how to make an articulated snake or this snake craft for kids is great for supporting scissor skills

This Will the Zoo Send me a Pet Song is set to the music of ‘London Bridge Is Falling Down’ and is a catchy wee number to sing along to! Nursery rhymes aren’t just a joyful way to pass the time, but can be extremely effective in children’s language acquisition.

Regardless. Is it a bit hypocritical of me to be endorsing this book, based on my ethical beliefs that animals are not toys to be swapped, sold on, imprisoned or treated as inanimate objects, blah, blah, blah. Am I delivering a dark, subconscious message of irresponsibility to my child when I read her this? Zoos are incredible as they give you the opportunity to see animals you may never do in your lifetime. Having a Lion within arm distance (albeit behind some strong glass!) is something really special. You can share some of these brilliant facts about zoos and the animals there. If you are looking to put together a series of sessions based around the zoo, we have these brilliant resources available for you. These are all designed and created by teachers, so you know you are getting the quality lessons you want!