Who lives here? Animal tracks

Children recognise the tracks of wild animals and press them into salt dough.

Steps

1. The teacher shows cards with tracks: fox, deer, wild boar, hare, squirrel, bird.
2. Children guess whose tracks they are and copy how each animal moves.
3. Each child makes a flat disc of salt dough.
4. They press the track of a chosen animal into it with a stick or a toy figure.
5. Once dry, paint the tracks and make a labelled display.

Tip: Make the salt dough the day before: a cup of flour, a cup of salt, half a cup of water.

Materials needed

• Plain flour (1 kg per group)
• Table salt (1 kg per group)
• Poster paints (1 set per group)