It’s time to wrap up Amazing Animals Week! Today we’ll learn about animal movements with Word Party, play an animal game, do some animal exercises, and read a book.

Watch Together

In this episode of Word Party, (Season 2, Episode 12: “Everyone Is Good at Something”), Bailey tries to find a movement he likes to do. After watching, you might ask your child:

• Which baby did the fastest movement?

• How about the slowest?

• What movements are real elephants good at?

• What is your favorite movement to do?

Watch the episode here.

What Is My Animal Good At?

Everyone is good at something, and that includes animals, too! Animals have special features that make them especially good at certain things. For example, cheetahs like Franny are good at running partly because of their long legs and lightweight bodies. For this game, choose an animal and make the movements that animal would make. Invite others to guess what you are just by observing your movements- no words! After they guess your animal, see if they can also say what your animal is good at.

Animal Exercises

Do you like to hop like a frog? Waddle like a duck? Then you’ll love these animal exercises from Hello, Wonderful!

Find the full activity here.

Cuddle Up and Read

Invite your child to choose a book about animals or anything else she might like to read. Or, catch this read-aloud of From Head to Toe by Eric Carle.

Read along to the story here.