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This simple preschool activity strengthens preschoolers memory skills and it can be a wonderful activity to go along with reading the preschool book Is Your Mama a Llama?.
lamination paper (optional)
scissors
crayons to color pictures
index cards
Adult Preparation - Find pictures of animal babies and their mamas. If you are doing this activity in conjunction with the preschool book, Is Your Mama a Llama? you will need pictures of bats, swans, cows, seals, kangaroos, and llamas. You can make small copies of the animals from the book or find pictures in magazines or online. Make concentration game pieces by gluing the pictures of the animals to index cards. You should have one picture of each baby animal and one picture of each mama animal. You may laminate the cards for durability.
Preschoolers can color the pictures before laminating if they want to.
When the game pieces are complete, lay them face down on the floor or table. Have preschoolers take turns choosing two cards to turn over. If they match a mama and a baby they can keep the game pieces. Continue until all the pairs have been matched.
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What You Need
Pictures of animal babies and their mamaslamination paper (optional)
scissors
crayons to color pictures
index cards
What To Do
Adult Preparation - Find pictures of animal babies and their mamas. If you are doing this activity in conjunction with the preschool book, Is Your Mama a Llama? you will need pictures of bats, swans, cows, seals, kangaroos, and llamas. You can make small copies of the animals from the book or find pictures in magazines or online. Make concentration game pieces by gluing the pictures of the animals to index cards. You should have one picture of each baby animal and one picture of each mama animal. You may laminate the cards for durability.Preschoolers can color the pictures before laminating if they want to.
When the game pieces are complete, lay them face down on the floor or table. Have preschoolers take turns choosing two cards to turn over. If they match a mama and a baby they can keep the game pieces. Continue until all the pairs have been matched.
Materials Needed for this Activity
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