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Elephant Theme Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities

First-School.ws Elephant Theme Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities
Activities > Science & Social Studies > Learning about Elephants

Encourage a discussion and dialogue:
  • Demonstrate the elephant images in the poster and distribute the coloring version.
  • Ask the children if they have ever seen a real elephant and discuss comments.
  • What do they know about elephants.
  • Do they have a favorite story or book / TV elephant character?

Materials:

  • printer
  • white paper or card stock
  • coloring tools
  • for mini-book or flashcards > scissors, stapler & tape
Activities
Elephant color poster and coloring version
Templates

color poster or flashcards

coloring page version

elephant online jigsaw puzzle
Elephant online jigsaw puzzle
Bilingual - English & Spanish

read an online story the bossy elephant
Online story time & picture book

Activity > Elephant Poster - Flash cards or Mini-book::

  • Read the animal facts in the poster.
  • Have children use a grey or brown crayon to color the letter E e, demonstrate the writing direction with a finger.
  • Have children color the elephant images.
  • Older children can practice scissor cutting around the solid lines and cut the cards out to make flash cards or a mini-book< staple on one corner or make an accordion book using tape.

Discuss some simple facts about elephants.

  • The elephant is an enormous mammal with a very long nose called a trunk.
  • Elephants have curved tusks, huge floppy ears, and four long thick legs.
  • Elephants use their trunks to pick up food, drink water, smell, hug or lift things.
  • They use their tusks to dig roots.
  • Elephants travel in herds eating tons of plants every day.
  • Elephants exhibit emotions: joy, grief, love, compassion.
  • African elephants are the largest mammals that live on land.
  • Indian elephants are smaller and can be trained to work with people.
  • The African and Asiatic elephant are endangered.

Online resources >

Activity > Online Jigsaw Puzzle > Elephant
Present this cute six-piece puzzle or adjust to more to practice problem solving.

Activity > Online story time > The Bossy Elephant
Meet Elias the Elephant and his other animal friends in Africa.

Mammals > Endangered > Elephant >