Elephant -- Preschool & Kindergarten

Elephant

Elephant Theme Preschool Kindergarten

Elephant theme lesson, activities, and printables for prescool and kindergarten.

Fingerplays/Songs

An Elephant Goes Like This And That

An elephant goes like this and that,
(pat knees)
He's terrible big,
(put hands up high)
And he's terrible fat,
(wiggle fingers)
And he has no toes,
(touch toes)
But goodness gracious, what a nose!
(make curling movement away from nose)

The Elephant Poem Coloring Page

The Elephant Poem coloring page

Elephant Poem Coloring Page

Elepant Poem coloring page

Who Am I?

I am big.
I have big ears.
I have a long nose.
My name starts with an "e".

Who Am I?

Right foot, left foot, see me go.
I am gray and big and slow.
I come walking down the street,
With my truck and four big feet.

Read the poem and ask the children, "Who knows what zoo animal the poem is talking about? Who has seen a real elephant? What did it look like?

Elephants for Little Ones Video

Large Motor

Five Big Elephants

Five big elephants - oh, what a sight,
Swinging their trunks from left to right!
Four are followers, and one is the king.
They all walk around in the circus ring.

To pantomime, the children crouch over and clasp their hands, then move arms left and right as they walk. Choose one child to be the king elephant other children follow as elephants. The 'elephants' walk around the room several times as the rhyme is recited.

Art

Gray

Provide white and black paint for the children to paint with. When gray shows up on their painting—“where did the gray come from?”.

Patchwork Elephant

Print the elephant outline. Using scraps of construction paper, wallpaper, and any items in your scrap box glue scraps onto the elephant to make a colorful body. Remember to make the ears, tusks, trunk, and eyes distinctive.

Elephant Outline

Language

Math

Huge

An elephant is huge. It is 13.8 feet (4.2 m) tall. An elephant’s foot generally measures 1.3 feet-1.6 feet (40-50cm) in length and width.

Make a circle with tape the size of an elephant’s foot. Use blocks to measure. Leave on the floor for children.

Number Cards

Print two sets of the below number cards and glue on card stock. Use the cards for matching games. Play a game of concentration with the cards.

Number Cards

Sets

Place the small number cards in a bag (you can use a number more than once). Have the children take turns drawing a number out of the bag. Have the child read the number and place counters or objects on the number card. Continue with the other children.

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"Stand Back," Said the Elephant, "I'm Going to Sneeze!"
by Patricia Thoma

The elephant is going to sneeze, knowing the havoc it will cause, all the animals try to prevent the elephant from sneezing. This classic story of an enormous sneeze in the marking, told in sprightly nonsense verse.

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