A Day at the Zoo: Zoo Animals for Kindergarten

About This Resource

A complete Kindergarten ESL lesson pack on zoo animals: learning 10 animal names with pictures, animal actions and sounds, big and small, long and short, saying I like the..., counting animals and drawing a favorite animal. Includes slides, a timed lesson plan, picture flashcards, a six-activity worksheet, quiz, homework, rubric and answer key.

Overview

Children learn the names of 10 zoo animals (lion, tiger, elephant, giraffe, monkey, zebra, bear, snake, penguin, hippo) through pictures, sounds and movement. They play animal charades, describe animals with big, small, long and short, say what they like with I like the..., count animals in groups and finish by drawing their favorite zoo animal. Every activity uses pictures and very short sentences for young learners.

Resource Details

Subject: ESL
Topic: Zoo Animals
Category: Vocabulary
File Type: PDF
File Size: 375.9 KB
Published: 04 Nov 2026
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Kindergarten (ages 4–6), beginner ESL 40 minutes Vocabulary listening speaking counting drawing

Learning Objectives

Say and recognize the names of 10 zoo animals.
Describe animals with big, small, long and short.
Say I like the ___. and point to the animal.

How to Use This Resource

Start with slide 1: make a lion roar and ask "Who is this?" Teach the 10 animals with the flashcards and an action for each.
Play animal charades, then do worksheet activities 1 and 2 together.
Children finish activities 3 to 6. Use the quiz to check and send the homework home. Answers are in the answer key.

Classroom Activity Ideas

Animal charades: a child acts like an animal (stomps like an elephant, swings like a monkey) and the class guesses.
Zoo walk: place flashcards around the room; children walk to each one and say its name.
Big or small: hold up two flashcards and ask "Which is big?" Children stretch up tall for big and crouch for small.

Differentiation

Support: use only five animals at first and let children point instead of saying the name. Challenge: ask children to say two things about an animal (The giraffe is big. It has a long neck.).

Assessment

Worksheet activities and the quiz check animal names and describing words (answer key included). Use the rubric while children name the flashcards and say I like the...

Teacher Tips

Give every animal an action and a sound and use them every time you say the name. Young children remember the word, the movement and the sound together.

What's Included

11-page printable PDF lesson pack: teacher lesson plan with timings, materials and differentiation
Key vocabulary list (10 words with meanings and examples)
Student worksheet (6 activities)
Quiz / assessment (2 parts)
Homework practice page
Printable flashcards: 10 A5 picture cards (separate PDF)
Assessment rubric (4 levels)
Lesson slides (editable PowerPoint)
Editable Word version of all student pages
Complete answer key (also as a separate PDF)