Animal Coats Skin-Matching Cards (Printable PDF)
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Animal coats (skin) matching Montessori cards are one of the early sensorial toddler activities to stimulate the visual sense and promote hand-eye coordination.
Description
Animal Coats Skin-Matching Montessori cultural activity is perfect for toddlers to stimulate the visual sense and promote hand-eye coordination.
Ten animals. Ten close-up coats. The child matches each animal to its spots, stripes, feathers, scales, or shell.
A 21-page printable PDF for 12 months and up. Digital download; nothing is shipped.
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With this early Montessori sensorial activity, invite your child to match an animal picture to its skin (or vice versa). Optional: If you have animal figurines, invite a child to match animals to their skin or picture.
Animals included: cheetah, crocodile, elephant, giraffe, lion, leopard, flamingo, zebra, sea turtle, parrot.
Make them Montessori 3-part cards:
Each animal card has a dashed line between the picture and the name. Print two copies. Keep one whole as the control card. Cut the second along the dashed line into a picture card and a name card.
As your child begins to read, they can match each name to its picture, then check their work against the control card.
Three ways to present it:
- Stage 1 (12 months+): Print two copies and match identical pictures.
- Stage 2 (17 months+): Match each coat to its animal. This is harder, because the child connects a part to the whole.
- Stage 3 (18 months+): Match animal figurines to their pictures or coats.
Add touch: add a tactile element to make it a multi-sensory lesson.
Want the whole month planned?
The MKAP™ Experience gives you a ready plan every month: what to present, and when. We do the planning. You get the playing.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
© Montessori From The Heart®. For personal use by one family only. Use it with your own children, but not with friends or in classrooms. Do not share, resell, edit, or post the files. For school licenses, email anya@MontessoriFromTheHeart.com.
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Adult supervision is required. Small items can be a choking hazard. Montessori From The Heart® is not liable for any injury or damage from using these activities.
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