Ideas for Theme Day on Australian Animals

Picture of Koala

Picture of Koala in Eucalyptus tree

Name and handle puppets

Play School Australian Animals Video

Road signs with kangaroos

Action songs like "The Kookaburra In The Old Gum Tree"

Children draw and colour their favourite animals

Koala, toys, what he eats

Marsupials

Posters and books

Nocturnal animals

Aboriginal stories of origins of animals

Finger puppets of animals

Birds on sticks, fish on sticks

Habitats, make a nest

Feel different textures like fur, crocodile skin

Water play, colouring water with food colouring to create the image of clear Barrier reef waters and make fish that belong there

Change colour of the water to muddy water where crocodiles live

Dyeing sand for different sceneries and add animals that belong in the different settings

Play with pogo sticks and hoppers to play kangaroos

Animal sounds

Measure how far a kangaroo can jump

Talk about pets

Colours of animals

What do animals eat

Picture of wombat

Picture of wombat

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