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Description

Explore animals around the world and get active with this fun guessing game.

Everyone who has a favourite animal should share what their favourite animal is. Everyone should chat about whether
the animal is a pet or a wild animal. What’s the difference?
You could talk about how people look after some animals in their homes. In the UK, people keep animals like dogs,
cats, sh, and guinea pigs as pets. Other animals are wild – they live away from people and take care of
themselves. Some ‘wild’ animals are looked after in zoos or safari parks, and some animals are found in the wild
and in people’s homes (like rabbits).

Resources

Equipment

Device to play music
Pictures of animals (optional)

Before you begin

Make sure you’ve got enough space for everyone to move around safely.
If you want to move around to music, get it ready before the session. Music doesn’t just make the game more fun
you might nd that it helps the game run more smoothly too. Music lets everyone know when to start (and stop)
moving… and who doesn’t want to pretend to be a dancing giraffe?
Decide if you want to have pictures of the animals ready to show everyone. You could use pictures from a book,
magazine, or device (like a phone)

Instructions

The person leading the activity should explain that animals come in all shapes and sizes, from tiny ants to gigantic
whales.
The person leading the activity should read out some clues about an animal.
We’ve included some ideas and fun facts below.
Everyone should try to guess which animal the person leading the game is describing.
Everyone should move around the space pretending to be that animal. Can people jump around like a kangaroo?
What about waddling like a penguin?
You could use music to show people when it’s time to move like an animal and when it’s time to listen carefully to
clues.
Everyone should keep repeating steps three to ve to continue playing.
After the game, everyone should chat about which animal was the most fun to be. Does that animal live nearby or
does it usually live far away? Did anyone learn something new about an animal?

Animal clues

Frog
I live near water
I have a long, sticky tongue
My tongue is great for catching insects
I can jump really far
I used to be a tadpole
Fun fact – frogs don’t drink. Instead, they soak up water through their skin.

Elephant
I have four strong legs
I’m grey
I’m very big and heavy
My skin is thick and wrinkly
I use my trunk to suck up water
Fun fact – elephants are the biggest animals that live on land.

Kangaroo
I live far away, in Australia
I use two of my legs to hop around
My big tail helps me balance
When I was a baby, I lived in my mum’s pouch
Fun fact – kangaroos are great at moving forwards, but they can’t walk backwards.

Parrot
I have wings
I’m a type of bird
My feathers have lots of beautiful colours
I sometimes sound like I’m talking
Fun fact – parrots are the only birds that can eat with their feet. They use their feet a bit like people use their hands.

Snake
I’m long and thin
I live all over the world
I have no legs
I have smooth, scaly skin
I make a hissing noise
Fun fact – people smell with their noses, but snakes smell with their tongues.

Squirrel
I make a nest in a tree
I’m great at moving through the trees
I have a big fluffy tail
I love to eat acorns
Fun fact – squirrels hide their nuts in the ground to save them for later.

Penguin
I have wings, but I can’t y
I’m great at swimming
I’m black and white
I slip and slide on the ice
Fun fact – penguins use their wings as flippers to swim underwater.

Giraffe
I have four long legs
I eat leaves from trees
I live in Africa
I have a very long neck
Fun fact – adult giraffes are taller than a double decker bus. That’s taller than three adults standing on each other’s heads!

Butterfly
I have four wings
I love drinking nectar from flowers
My wings have beautiful colours and patterns
I used to be a caterpillar
Fun fact – people taste with their mouths, but butterflies taste with their feet. When they land on something they can tell if
it’s good to eat or not.

Reflection

This activity encouraged everyone to practise listening and have fun being active. Everyone learned about animals around
the world and how they’re all different.

Animal Limericks

What animals can you remember from the limericks?

Do you know what a limerick is?

What other animals can you think of to create your own limerick?

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