Dear Zoo

• Read the story to your child
• Encourage your child to lift the flaps
• Together, have a guessing game – which animal is behind each flap?
• Encourage your child to join in with the repeats – ‘I sent him back.’
• Talk together about your favourite animals
• Count together how many animals are in the story
• Talk together about the meaning of the word ‘perfect.’
• How does the story end?

Beyond Dear Zoo

• Which animal would you like to have sent to you from the zoo?
• Together, find out some facts about frogs.
• Can you jump like a frog?
• Can you pretend to be some of the other animals in the story?
• Using the paper in the pack, draw your own animal under the flap

Useful Websites for Dear Zoo story

Youtube – Dear Zoo story

Oliver Thomas – Dear Zoo story

Youtube – We’re Going to the Zoo song