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Vito is 22 months old.
Vito is currently obsessing over his Schleich zoo animals. I just started collecting these animal figures early this year as I can see that both of my boys can benefit from it. I decided to put together zoo-themed activities for the little Vito, an opportunity to learn and explore the letter ‘z’.
Dear Zoo Story Basket
Vito loves this Dear Zoo book! We read it over and over again each day, and he specifically loves opening and closing the flaps to discover the animal hidden in it.
Zoo Animal Tracks
My boys can’t get enough of playdough, and we used our Schleich animals to create beautiful tracks! It was a total hit!
Animal Skin Covers
And who wouldn’t love skin patterns! It amazes me how Vito can match the animals with its cover! I only prepared 6 of his favourite animals and he is working on them everyday. As we progress, I’ll add up some more to make it challenging for him.
Letter Z Craft
Our letter of the week (craft) is usually hanged in the wall for a week’s view (for recognition) LOL.
Animals Clean Up
Original plan was to wash and brush these animals. But it was cold and we couldn’t do it indoors so I ended up giving him the wipes instead. He enjoyed this!
Zoo Animals Matching Cards
Something that he do everyday as well, matching the figures with the cards! This activity is for object recognition, discrimination and exactness. You can download your FREE copy from here.
The images in the cards are from Schleich.
Letter Z Object Basket
Our object basket is typically for letter recognition and phonics sounds.
And that’s all about our fun adventure of learning the letter z sound and zoo animals. Stay tuned for our next letter sound of the week… something to do with autumn! And yes, please don’t forget to pin this for later!
Other letter sound we’ve done:
