After reading the story with your class, you can use these Zoo Animals Pictures to prompt a discussion on what types of animals they are and what their key features are. Zoos offer a large range of jobs to different specialists. Zookeepers are highly trained and skilled in what they do, and offer exceptional personalised care to animals. They will have to follow strict procedures when handling individual species.

Our toys support all areas of cognitive development and target all areas of the National Curriculum. Our values are firmly rooted in play, we believe that all children should be able to express themselves freely through play and it’s our role to provide them with the best equipment and the best environment to do so. Why not split your class into groups and give them an animal to discuss each. They can talk about where they might have seen them, or where in the world you might find them. Another great topic of discussion could be which of the animals would make good pets and why! You could even have a go at drawing the animals yourselves. While the children are lying quietly, you tell them that when the music starts and they wake up, they will be bouncing kangaroos, snappy crocodiles or tiny mice. You turn the music on for half a minute or so and then they all lie down asleep, ready to be turned into another animal.As a class, discuss the story, then list and recordanimals in the story and identify theadjective used to describe each animal. Eg. The text is simple, direct and rythmical with a lot of repetition, making it ideal for Early Readers. A repetitive pattern iseasily recognised by junior primary children and repeated throughout the text. They could roar like a lion, ribbit like a frog and woof like a puppy. But what noise does a camel make?

If you would like to explore role-play with your group or are looking to hold an animal-based party, we have these zoo role-play masks. Simply print them onto a strong paper, cut them out and feed some string into the sides of them. Your class can enjoy stomping around in their own little Kingdom! We'veplayed Sleepi ng Animals which is requires everyone to lie down firstly, pretending to be fast asleep.

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These Dear Zoo story spoons from Crafts on Sea are super easy to make and perfect if you are working with a group The lift-the-flaps make it engaging and suspenseful read both ways. At home we used to make the animal sounds to match and depending on your group size, you can try that at school. With numbers over 30 in each group, I haven't gone there yet. These fantastic Zoo Animal Pictures are excellent to use in your classroom to complement your lessons on the storybook 'Dear Zoo' by Rod Campbell. This interactive, lift-the-flap picturebook engages young children’s interest and invites them to take part from beginning to end. This is a classic story which keeps children guessing about what new pet will arrive next in the post, building their interest and enjoyment with each parcel.

If you are looking to put together a series of sessions based around the zoo, we have these brilliant resources available for you. These are all designed and created by teachers, so you know you are getting the quality lessons you want! These Where Are The Puppy Picture Cards are a super fun way to help teach positional language. With cute illustrations, encourage your little pups to describe where the doggy is in each picture. Is he ‘behind’ the dog house? ‘In front’ of the grass?Young children will love lifting the flaps to discover the animals the zoo has sent – a monkey, a lion and even an elephant! But will they ever manage to send the perfect pet? First, decide on the pattern you’d like to make for your snake. We chose three colors, but you could choose however many you’d like! This is a great opportunity to practice making patterns. I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet..." (That's a direct quote from the book) and then I'd pull out a different puppet from the box and bring it to life for a few seconds. It was fun to have the parents and talking kids chant the line over and over with me. And it was even more fun to see the children's excitement when a "live" animal came out of the box. Priceless.