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Forest Animal Rhyming Treasure Hunt

October 14, 2015 • 12 Comments

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How would you like to discover a hidden treasure?  Maybe stumble across a chest full of emeralds, sapphires and diamonds? Or, uncover a case of gold.  Think of all the children’s books you could buy!

Kids get that same level of excitement when we say, “Let’s have a treasure hunt.”  The cool thing is that they don’t care if the treasure is a pot of gold or a piece of chocolate.  It’s really all about the adventure.

Get ready for a lively hunt incorporating our forest animal theme from the Teach Early Childhood Education team this week. We are going to rhyme our way to lots of learning fun.

Get ready for a lively gross motor rhyming treasure hunt full of forest animals. Includes a free printable of animal cards and treasure hunt clues.

Rhyming Treasure Hunt

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Learning to rhyme helps kids listen for similarities in sounds.  These pre-reading skills build a foundation for learning to read.

Setting Up

Print out the forest animals and cut apart.  I’ve included a free printable of the animals for you.  There are two sets to choose from. Each set includes a moose, hedgehog, deer, bear, owl and fox. One set is in color and the other is in black and white. We chose to print ours in black and white so the kids could color them.  It’s a clever way to work on fine motor skills.

forest animal treasure hunt printable

DOWNLOAD FOREST ANIMALS HERE

We also placed our animals in sandwich bags because it was a pretty windy day to give them a little more weight.  You might also glue them to piece of cardboard.

On the sidewalk or driveway, draw two columns and divide each column into six boxes with sidewalk chalk.  In one column, draw a picture of each of these things: goose, box, towel, ear, log and chair.  Put one object in each box.

The print out I’ve included also has the a copy of the treasure hunt clues to read to the kids.

Right before it is time to play, hide each animal in the following spots: mailbox, grass, tree, bush, garage and the door.

Treasure Hunt Clues

finding clues in the forest animal treasure hunt

Read each rhyme and have the kids find a forest animal in each rhyming location.  Just a reminder that these clues are in the printable download.

To find this animal go open the thing that rhymes box.   box and _______ (mailbox)

Get your eyes ready to spot the next animal hiding in the word that rhymes with brass.  brass and _____(grass)

Look under the word that rhymes free.  free and ____(tree)

You might just find the next animal near the word that rhymes with store.  store and _____(door)

Could there be an animal hiding in the word that rhymes with mush.  mush and ____(bush)

Run to the word that rhymes with collage and you will find another animal.  collage and ____(garage)

Rhyme Sort

matching chalk rhymes

Once the animals have been collected, have the kids bring them to the chalk grid.  Match each animal with the a picture that rhymes.  Place the animals in the correct boxes.

Treasure Treat

enjoying a treasure hunt treat

The treasure hunt is complete.  Time to enjoy the treasure treat.  We enjoyed a handful of pretzel “sticks” to complete our forest adventure.

Now, try one of these forest animal ideas from our Early Childhood Education Team members.

Learning About Trees in the Forest – Coniferous and Deciduous by Capri + 3
Forest Habitat Diorama by Tiny Tots Adventures
Forest Animals Beginning Sounds Activity by Mom Inspired Life
Roll a Story Woodland Animals: An Early Writing Activity by The Educators’ Spin On It
Forest Animal Play Dough Small World by Fun-A-Day
Forest Animals Preschool Theme Movable Scene by Learning 2 Walk
3 Free Printable Forest Animal Matching Activities by Life Over C’s

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

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  1. Alecia says

    October 19, 2015 at 3:28 am

    This looks like a lot of fun! My preschooler is going to love this. Thanks for a great idea!

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  2. Mary Catherine says

    October 18, 2015 at 7:54 am

    Such a fun scavenger hunt for the kiddos!

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  3. Theresa says

    October 14, 2015 at 2:52 pm

    What a fun scavenger hunt! Thank you for the free printables.

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  4. Amanda says

    October 14, 2015 at 6:41 am

    What a cute literacy twist to hide-n-seek!

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  5. Natasha says

    October 14, 2015 at 6:38 am

    Oh, what a wonderful ame to play. Jada has been a rhyming fool lately and she’s enjoying any activity that has rhyming in it. I will tell you how she like this.

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