One-week printable pack · ages 3–5

Animal Friends Week

Five days of farm animals and pets, animal homes, animal sound patterns, an egg hatching into a chick, and counting legs. Children count paper paw prints, match six animals to their homes, copy and extend AB, AAB, and ABC patterns, put egg-to-chick cards in order, sort animals with two legs and four legs, and listen for /d/ and /h/.

  • 28 pages
  • Color + ink-saver B&W
  • 5 daily plans
  • US Letter PDF
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What's inside

Everything for the week.

  • 5 day plans
  • 5 original stories + "Five Little Ducks Went Out" rhyme
  • 12 vocabulary cards
  • paw print number cards 1–10
  • counting mat + 16 paw print counters
  • animal homes match
  • animal pattern strips
  • egg-to-chick sequence cards
  • two-legs-or-four-legs sort
  • Dd/Hh sound sort
  • optional tracing
  • cat shape builder
  • farm count
  • 6 movement cards
  • family letter
  • answer keys.

Safety and inclusion

Pictures only: no live animals, pet visits, real eggs, or feathers. Notes cover animal fears and allergies; animals are not discussed as food.

Full notes are on page 5 of the pack.

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All 28 pages

Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Welcome, How to Use & Contents
  3. Week at a Glance
  4. Materials & Prep List
  5. Safety, Inclusion & Adaptations
  6. Day 1 Plan: Hello, Animal Friends
  7. Day 2 Plan: Who Lives Here?
  8. Day 3 Plan: Moo, Oink, Quack Patterns
  9. Day 4 Plan: From Egg to Chick
  10. Day 5 Plan: Two Legs, Four Legs
  11. Read-Aloud Stories, Days 1–3
  12. Stories, Days 4–5 + Counting Rhyme
  13. Vocabulary Picture Cards A (6 cards)
  14. Vocabulary Picture Cards B (6 cards)
  15. Paw Print Number Cards 1–10
  16. Animals in the Barn Counting Mat
  17. Paper Paw Print Counters (16 large)
  18. Who Lives Here? Animal Homes Match
  19. Animal Pattern Strips
  20. From Egg to Chick: Sequence Cards
  21. Two Legs or Four Legs? Sort Mat + Cards
  22. Beginning Sound Sort: Dd & Hh
  23. Bunny Paths & Letter Tracing (optional)
  24. Cat Shape Builder Pieces
  25. Farm Count & Color
  26. Movement Cards (6)
  27. Family Letter
  28. Answer Keys & Terms of Use
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