{"id":25821,"date":"2018-04-21T11:16:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T15:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducatorsspinonit.com\/?p=25821"},"modified":"2023-05-15T15:43:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T19:43:42","slug":"zoo-animal-counting-activity-for-preschool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducatorsspinonit.com\/zoo-animal-counting-activity-for-preschool\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoo Animal Counting Activity for Preschoolers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Create your very own zoo with this adorable Zoo Animal Counting Activity<\/strong>. Using wooden popsicle sticks and tiny plastic zoo animals your child will practice their number recognition, fine motor skills and build their imagination with this fun zoo activities for preschoolers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book activity<\/a> is a fun way to sneak in math as you read the popular book Good Night Gorilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s how to play this math game<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our featured book for the Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids<\/a> with this book activity is called Good Night Gorilla<\/strong><\/a>. It’s a must-have picture book for all toddlers and preschoolers. In the story the zookeeper says goodnight to each of the animals as he heads home for the night. However, there’s a mischievous gorilla with the keys who has a different plan. Sneak along behind the zookeeper and see who gets the last goodnight in the adorable zoo themed book. Grab your own copy of Good Night Gorilla here.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nGood Night, Gorilla<\/a>\"\" by Peggy Rathmann<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DIY Zoo Animal Counting Activity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We had so much fun making this zoo animal county activity together. It took a lot of fine motor skills to build with these wooden skills sticks\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0but they were so much fun.\u00a0 It made for an ideal engineering activity for my little one and me to do together. I’ll be adding this to the list of our favorite STEM Activities for Kids.<\/a>\u00a0We headed to our local craft store to get these two items to make this activity.\u00a0 Animal Beads<\/a> and Wooden Skills Sticks<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You could easily order them online too from Amazon. I love that we could also use the animals to bead together for a different type of fine motor activity or to create a fun pattern together too.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Materials Needed for Zoo Animal Counting Activity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n