Match the Animals! A Fun Worksheet for Kids

How to use this worksheet

Read the first question or clue aloud together, and talk about which animal it might be describing based on the details given. Look at the animal pictures on the page and have your child point to the one that matches, then draw a line connecting the question to that animal. Continue through each clue the same way, encouraging your child to explain what detail helped them choose their answer. Once finished, review all the matches together and talk about one more fact about each animal.

Materials needed

• Pencil
• Eraser

Extension activities

• 1Draw your favorite animal and write or say a sentence describing it.
• 2Research one animal from the worksheet and share three new facts about it.
• 3Play a guessing game where you describe an animal's features and your child names it.
• 4Sort toy animals by characteristics like number of legs, habitat, or covering.