May Monthly Activities

Make an animal collage

Cut out pictures of animals or draw some pictures and paste them on a big piece of paper.

Song Day!

Sing Old MacDonald Had a Farm. Sing as many animals as you can think of!

Practice the sounds that animals make. What’s your favorite?

Make up a story about an animal. Where do they live? What kinds of animal friends do they have? Do they wear clothes or walk on two feet? Draw pictures to go along with your story.

Play leap frog with your child. Talk about why it is called leap frog.

Our state bird is the Carolina Wren and the state dog is a Boykin Spaniel. Draw a picture of what you think these look like.

Visit Your Library!

Check out some of the books from the list above.

Read Sheep in a Jeep and practice making all the sounds in the book. Can you think of other words that rhyme with ‘sheep’?

Help your child make a card for Mother’s Day—you can include grandmothers or godmothers, or friends’ mothers.

Count the number of different animals you can find on packaging, clothing, or other things around you.

Draw a picture of the little turtle from the finger play I Have a Little Turtle. Do the finger play when you’re finished drawing the picture.

Read The Lion and the Mouse. This story has no words, so make up your own!

Practice singing your ABC’s today! Can you think of an animal for every letter of the alphabet?

Make thumbprint animals!

Cut strips of paper and make bookmarks for your friends and family.

Dance to songs with animals in the title like Hound Dog and The Lion Sleeps Tonight.

Take turns pretending to be different animals and guess which animal the other person is pretending to be.

Salt Dough Animals!

Get out your salt dough or play dough and make some animals!

Play Which is bigger? using animals.

Mother Goose Time!

Hickory, dickery, dare,
The pig flew up in the air;
The man in brown,
Soon brought him down,
Hickory, dickory, dare.

Let’s Play Pretend

What animal would you be and why?

It’s Children’s Book Week!

If you can’t go to your library today, make your own book! Don’t forget to draw pictures to go along with the story.

Write out the alphabet. Help your child think of an animal for each letter of the alphabet.

Talk about the names of baby animals: kitten, puppy, lamb, colt etc.

Make a poster about insects! Don’t forget to include colorful ones like ladybugs and butterflies.

What animals live under water? Make your best fishy face!

Talk about how eggs come from chickens. Decorate an egg with markers. Don’t forget to use it before it spoils!

The author of The Wizard of OZ was born this month. Draw a picture of the lion!

Look through a magazine or book for animals found in other words like coward, crabby, or catastrophe.

What are some cold weather animals? Talk about animals that live in the snow and draw your favorite!

Mother Goose Time!

All around the mulberry bush
The monkey chased the weasel.
The monkey thought it all in good fun.
POP Goes the weasel!
Jump up when you hear ‘POP’!

What kind of animals live in the jungle? Can you make up a story about these animals?

Do you know the sounds the animals make? Take turns making animal sounds and see if you can guess the animal!

Together, write a poem about your pet or what your favorite animal does all day. Use a paper bag to make a tank and then draw fish for your tank. Talk about how fish breathe under water.

Take a walk and see if you can see any butterflies. Can you tell a story about what you think they are doing?

Make up a finger play to The Quiet Mouse.
Once there lived a quiet mouse.
He lived inside a quiet house.
When all was quiet as could be,
OUT POPPED HE!