Peekaboo Animals
Ages 2–6
A shadow-puppet guessing game
Animal games for kids
Children love animals, which makes them a wonderful way to practise looking closely, naming things and growing vocabulary.
In our animal games, children recognize animals from their outline alone. That trains them to notice what makes each animal different: a long neck, big ears, a curly tail.
Animals games
What your child learns
- Recognizing animals by their shape
- Learning the names of farm, wild and sea animals
- Noticing details like ears, tails, necks and legs
- Recognizing an animal from just part of it
Tips for parents
- Make shadow animals with your hands and a flashlight, and let your child guess.
- At the zoo or on a walk, ask what makes each animal special: a trunk, stripes, a shell?
- Look at picture books together and name each animal you find.
More to learn
- Colors Pop balloons to find and name colors.
- Numbers Count friendly critters and find the number.
- Shapes Sort flat shapes and spot 3D ones.
- Letters Find big and little letters.
- Weather Get Bear ready for sun, rain, snow and wind.
- Music Play back tunes on a rainbow xylophone.
- Feelings Name feelings from faces and little stories.