Australian Animals Playdough and Tracing Mats

These Australian Animal Playdough and Tracing Mats are a great way to encourage young children to learn about many of the unique animals that live in Australia. Children will also be having fun while working on their fine motor skills as they mould the playdough into the correct shapes that relate to a variety of different animals. They will enjoy learning to control their hand, fingers and thumb movements which they will need throughout their life.

Australian Animals Playdough and Tracing Mats

The Australian emu is a flightless bird that can run very quickly. They have long legs with 3 toes and thick drooping feathers. They live all over Australia and eat grass, flowers and seeds. The female lays dark green eggs in a 1 metre wide nest.

Kangaroos have big back legs that they use for hopping around on. They eat grass in the late afternoon or early morning when it is cool. They are marsupials. They use their tail for balance. A baby kangaroo is called a joey. A group of kangaroos is called a mob.

Learn this and more about 14 different Australian animals:

Bandicoot
Black swan
Cockatoo
Dingo
Echidna
Emu
Fruit Bat
Kangaroo
Koala
Kookaburra
Wombat
Possum
Platypus
Tasmanian Devil

Using Playdough and Tracing Mats

Materials Needed for these mats

white paper
printer
laminator
playdough
pencils or crayons for the tracing pages

Included in this 60+ page printable pack, you will find mats:

Colour – 14 Animal Mats that include information about the animal
Black and White – 14 Animal Mats that include information about the animal
Colour – 14 Animal Mats with a picture of the animal and the name
Black and White – 14 Animal Mats with a picture of the animal and the name
Tracing Mats – 14 pages relating to animals and objects found in Australia

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Australian Animals Playdough and Tracing Mats