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Little kids love to draw animals. Even, to put it more precisely, "reincarnate" in animals. And, I must say, it turns out they are just wonderful - any actor could envy such a talent. Why don't we use their acting skills to learn English.

Thanks to the game "Emotional Animals" we will get not one benefit, but two!

First, we can learn the names of different emotions. The second - we will learn how animals are called in English.

The game is suitable for children aged 2 to 6 years. Older children may also like it, especially if they teach this game to their younger brothers, sisters or friends.

Preparation

You will need two dice: one with the names of animals and the other with the names of emotions and feelings.

You can print ready-made cube templates and make them with your child.

I will also attach one blank template for you, in case your little one has his own favorite animals, and he will definitely want to include them in the game. In this case, you just need to take an empty template and draw the animals yourself and sign their names.

Game progress

The rules of the game are very simple: we roll the dice and depict what fell on them.

Let me give you a few examples...

Scared Monkey (scared monkey)

Cross cat (angry cat)

Sleepy cow (sleepy cow)

Sad elephant (sad elephant)

Toddlers strive for knowledge, they are inquisitive and show their curiosity by asking countless questions. Why are some animals called domestic and others wild? Why does the cow say "moo-oo" and the hen "ko-ko-ko"? It is sometimes difficult for adults to find answers to such questions. However, it is possible and necessary to acquaint the child with the outside world.

Considering that visual-figurative thinking prevails in preschool children, colorful pictures are perfect for these purposes. With their help, you can play and learn the names of pets in English, at the same time learning more about their life and habits.

We cut out pictures - we develop motor skills

Of course, such cards are sold in any children's goods store, but how much more interesting it is to make them yourself with your child! In addition to the fact that this is an additional opportunity to repeat pets in English, it will also contribute to the development of the child's fine motor skills.

For example, a four-year-old kid is quite capable of handling glue and even scissors, and a three-year-old will be happy to help you glue and cut out selected animals.

On a note

A picture of a pet may already be in color - and all that remains is to print it on a color printer, and then cut it out with the child and stick it on thick cardboard. However, it can also be black and white - then the animal can be painted, while also repeating the names of the colors in English.

The image of the animal on each of them should be clear and large, so that the baby can easily distinguish who is grazing in the meadow and who is swimming in the pond.

Below we offer black and white and color pictures of pets that are easy to save and print.

Pets in color - who, how, why and why

Before you start cutting out cards, it’s worth repeating pets in English with your baby.

• horse horse
• goat
• sheep [ʃiːp] sheep (the plural form does not change)
• cow cow
  
  
  
• hen chicken
• cock, rooster [ˈruːstə] cock
• goose goose (plural is geese)
• duck duck (duckling - duckling)
  
  
• pig
• cat cat
• dog
• rabbit [ˈræbɪt] rabbit

Two-year-olds will be interested in what sounds pets make, what they eat and where they live. Tasks for such kids should be simple. With older children, it is already possible to speculate what benefits such animals bring to man when they were first domesticated.

Black and white pictures of animals

You can involve a child of any age in making cards. You can accompany the process of cutting and coloring the cards with stories about pets, not forgetting to repeat their names in English.

Various topics can be covered:

1. Who did man domesticate first and why? Useful in this respect will be R. Kipling's fairy tale "The Cat Who Walked By Herself." It perfectly illustrates the sequence with which man tamed domestic animals.
2. Why do humans need pets? Here you can tell how each pet helps a person in daily activities on the farm. Hens lay eggs. Cats catch mice. Sheep give wool.
3. What does a cow eat and what does a chicken eat. An excellent topic for repeating the names of some food products in English, for example, Horses like grass. Hens like grain. Cats like milk…

Card games not only develop mindfulness and help the baby navigate the world around him, but also enrich his English vocabulary in an accessible way without boring cramming and a series of similar exercises.

Let's play a scene

Perfect for playing with cards are children's works in which pets appear. Already from the age of two, you can use fairy tales (for example, the Bremen town musicians), English poems about animals.

Read or recite a poem or a story, and as the animal characters appear, ask your child to find the animal card.

Game Who lives in the barn?

Draw a barnyard with your child. Settle the animals in "houses". Place the pig and the cow in a barn (in English, barn), send the ducks to splash in the pond (pond), take the horse to the stable (stable), put the rooster and chickens in the chicken coop (coop), and put the dog in the kennel (doghouse).

Mix up the cards in places - for example, put the pig in a kennel, and put the dog in a chicken coop. Ask your child to take on the role of a caring owner who has returned from a village fair and now he has to clean up and resettle naughty animals in their places.

Game Who said moo?

Lay the cards out on the floor or table (have the child help you). Invite the child to choose one card at a time. At the same time, clearly pronounce the name of the depicted pets in English and imitate their sounds. Suggest to repeat. For those who are not sure what sounds each animal makes in English, this funny video will help, where different animals pronounce their sounds.

Pets and their sounds

When the child remembers who "says" how, complicate the task. Let the child choose the cards, and you deliberately confuse the sounds they make. The child, of course, will not agree that the dog meows, and the cat barks or lows. Then invite him to voice this or that animal himself.
An example of such a game can be seen in the video below.

Game song Old Macdonald's Farm