Zoo Field Trip

We ended our Elephant Unit with a trip to the zoo, of course!

It was a quiet day at the zoo, so we stayed a little longer than usual and rode the carousel, and played on some of the playgrounds we don't usually get to play on. 

Taking a little rest

Some people are happier than others about being eaten by a lion.

Some people appear not to even notice.

Baby giraffe!

And this zebra's name was Ziggy!

Elephant Unit Study and Lesson Plan

Goldie loves elephants, so we did an Elephant Unit for her first "official" unit of Kindergarten! She had just seen real elephants for the first time on our trip to the Wild Animal Park, and then we ended this unit with a field trip to the zoo, so it was an exciting couple of months for her! She was so happy.

Here are some fun elephant activities we did:

Elephant vocabulary matching activity

Asian vs African elephant coloring pages

Elephant word search

My Elephant Unit pinterest board 

This elephant puppet craft was super cute too

You can find the elephant finger puppet template here

 Another version of this craft is here. It's cute to do it with party blowers (like in this picture) because they make a trumpeting sound when you blow them out to extend the elephant's trunk!