FREE Nocturnal Animals: Sound & Picture Cards | EYFS Printables 🦉
Delight your little ones and develop early listening skills with our wonderful Nocturnal Animals: Sound & Picture Cards! This engaging printable resource is perfect for EYFS children, offering a fantastic opportunity to support early phonics development (Phase 1), listening skills, and vocabulary through a fun investigation of nocturnal creatures.
Ideal for Preschool, Nursery, and Reception, these cards are a brilliant tool for making learning about animals and sounds interactive and memorable.
This Resourceful FREE pack features:
A set of sound and picture cards featuring six different nocturnal animals and their corresponding vocalisations.
Animals and Sounds included: bat (chirp), hedgehog (snuffle), owl (hoot), mouse (squeak), fox (yelp), and badger (growl).
Two card formats for versatile use: A set of cards linking the sound to the animal, and separate cards for a matching game.
Designed for durability: The resource is intended to be printed, laminated (with safety in mind), and used repeatedly for phonics and group activities.
(Note: Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity suggested on this page and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken.)
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Our FREE Nocturnal Animals: Sound & Picture Cards are incredibly versatile and can be used in a multitude of ways across various early years environments:
Phonics Phase 1 Activity: Use the cards to focus on environmental sounds and vocalisation. Encourage children to listen carefully as the adult makes the sound, then try to imitate the animal sound themselves.
Matching Game: Lay out the separate animal pictures. An adult can make one of the animal sounds, and children have to quickly hold up the picture of the animal they think made that noise. This is great for active listening and reaction time.
Vocabulary Building: Introduce the specific names for the animal vocalisations (e.g., "hoot" or "snuffle") to enhance children's vocabulary.
Adult-Supported Vocalisation: Encourage children, with adult support, to have a go at making these animal noises. This is fun and supports the development of oral blending and segmenting skills later on.
Display Aid: The laminated cards can be used as part of a nocturnal or woodland animals display.
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This engaging resource supports key developmental areas within the EYFS framework:
Communication and Language (Listening, Attention and Understanding): Children learn to listen attentively, distinguish between sounds, and follow instructions based on the sounds they hear.
Literacy (Early Phonics): The activities align perfectly with Phase 1 Phonics, focusing on environmental and instrumental sounds.
Understanding the World (The Natural World): Children learn about different nocturnal animals and their unique characteristics.
Download our Nocturnal Animals: Sound & Picture Cards today and help children develop vital listening skills through the joy of animal sounds! 🦇
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