Animal Kingdom 3 Part Cards and Charts

I am so excited to share these beautiful learning materials I created for my boys.  Mavi, my 9 year old is currently the one using this for school, but Vito ended up using some of the activities as he loves to work on his older brother’s materials too.  So this is our Animal Kingdom Cards and Charts set.  The main objective of this material is to introduce the different classifications/groups of animals to your child.  We have an older version of this, and you can check it out here (Kingdoms of Life: Animal Kingdom) if you are interested.  Anyway, allow me to discuss some of the highlights of this learning material below, so you can have a better idea of what you will be getting when you purchase this for your child or your school.

ANIMAL KINGDOM BOOKS

To begin with, it would be nice if you read and explore a few books about different animals.  At home we have a great collection of these Cathryn Sill books that introduced my kids to animal classifications.  I always emphasize the use of books aside from the printables.

• About Amphibians
• About Fish
• About Reptiles
• About Insects
• About Mollusks
• About Birds
• About Arachnids
• About Crustaceans

Anyway, once the child has an understanding of the differences in animals, you can now give them a little bit of exposure on the animal kingdom.  Our learning set is a great way to introduce this to your child, he or she will have the first knowledge of the animal kingdom with this beautiful learning material.

WHAT TO EXPECT WITH THE LEARNING MATERIAL

ANIMAL KINGDOM CHARTS

Our set comes with three types of charts:  labelled with their Phylum names, classification names, and common names.  Here’s a preview of the chart.


It is always better to start with the charts because the child will have a bigger picture of the entire “animal kingdom”.  Present it to your child, and explain that the animals are grouped according to their characteristics.  As you present each Phylum (an Animal Kingdom level of classification) you can give a short description of each animal.  Our information cards are perfect companion for this learning pack.  This will help you in your lessons, self study, and in group discussions with your child about each of the animal groups.

ANIMAL KINGDOM 3 PART CARDS

We love 3 part cards!  I always integrate this in our learning materials.  Aside from visual discrimination through matching activity, I observed that my kids can easily “memorize” the names of animals that I introduced through 3 part cards and 3 lesson period (retention).  A 3 part card or nomenclature card is composed of a control card (picture + label), picture card and label.  Because Vito can’t read yet, we are not using the labels.


Is my 9 year old using the 3 part cards too? Most definitely! He uses it to review the names of each object or image in the card.  Besides, he thinks that it is more entertaining rather than reading them from books LOL.

FORM YOUR ANIMAL KINGDOM CHART WITH THE MINI CARDS ACTIVITY

Once your child has a good grasp of the classifications, he or she can practise recreating the Animal Kingdom chart using our mini cards and labels.  I included this in our learning material as this has been an essential tool for Mavi to reinforce his understanding of the organization by identifying the groupings through visual and hands-on learning.



We have another material that perfectly goes with our cards and charts, the Animal Kingdom Information Cards and Activity Sheets.  I highly recommend that you check this out too, as it presents a nice summary of the characteristics (in the form of cards) of each Phylum and Class. And you can also find some more extension activities for your child or students as well.

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