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Animal Friends Matching Game

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Lesson Plan

Animal Friends Matching Game

Match animals to habitats or sounds

This lesson engages kindergarten students with autism in an interactive matching game where they connect animals to their respective habitats or sounds. The use of audio-visual elements supports diverse learning needs and enhances cognitive development and categorization skills. This lesson is important as it fosters engagement, supports sensory processing, and encourages social interaction among students.

Audience

Kindergarten Students with Autism

Time

30 mins

Approach

Match animals to habitats or sounds

Materials

Animal Habitat Cards, Animal Sound Clips, Matching Game Worksheet, Speakers or Audio Device, and Printable Animal Cards

Step 1

Introduction

5 mins

  • Greet the students and introduce the topic of animals and their habitats or sounds.
  • Explain that they will play a fun matching game to learn more about where animals live or the sounds they make.

Step 2

Demonstration

5 mins

  • Show the students the animal habitat cards and explain what each habitat is.
  • Play a few animal sound clips and ask the students to guess which animal makes that sound.

Step 3

Interactive Matching Game

15 mins

  • Distribute the printable animal cards to the students.
  • Play the animal sound clips one by one and ask students to hold up the card of the animal they think matches the sound.
  • Alternatively, show habitat cards and ask students to match their animal cards to the correct habitat.

Step 4

Closure

5 mins

  • Recap the animals and their habitats or sounds.
  • Praise the students for their participation and correct matches.
  • Encourage students to share their favorite animal and why they like it.
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Worksheet

Animal Habitat Cards

Printable cards depicting various animal habitats for matching activities.




Forest







Ocean







Desert







Jungle







Savannah




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Worksheet

Animal Sound Clips

Audio clips of different animal sounds for matching activities.




Lion Roar







Elephant Trumpet







Bird Chirp







Frog Croak







Whale Song




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Worksheet

Matching Game Worksheet

A worksheet for students to draw lines connecting animals to their habitats or sounds.

Draw a line from the lion to its habitat.








Match the sound of the elephant to the correct animal.








Connect the bird to where it lives.








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