If you have ever been to the circus you have probably seen elephants. Today we are going to learn about elephants. Here is some information on elephants that you can read about with your children an ...
If you have ever been to the circus you have probably seen elephants. Today we are going to learn about elephants. Here is some information on elephants that you can read about with your children and then you can watch this elephant cam at the San Diego Zoo to see them live.
Extra Content Activity: Elephants and Peanuts
Find clip art or print a photo of an elephant. Print off 20 images of the elephant and then individually label each elephant a number. Cut out peanuts for the children to place next to the elephants. Encourage the children to read the number on the elephant and place that same number of peanuts next to the elephants.
Give children a piece of construction paper and some crayons, colored pencils or markers to draw with. They will be drawing an elephant or a few elephants. This may be hard for some children to do as ...
Give children a piece of construction paper and some crayons, colored pencils or markers to draw with. They will be drawing an elephant or a few elephants. This may be hard for some children to do as it is very open ended and they may need a little direction to get started. If they are looking for some help you can talk with them about what an elephant looks like. You can say, “Does an elephant have a body? What shape is the body? I think it’s the shape on an oval. How many legs does an elephant have? How many ears does an elephant have? Does an elephant have a trunk, eyes, a mouth, a tail?” I would start with the body letting them draw that and if they need a few more prompting questions you can ask some of the other ones. Some children may draw one big elephant while others may be able to draw a few more on one page. You can watch this video to learn about drawing skills.
