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Teach Colors with catina cat!

Children learn colors through movement and play with Safari Math Adventures #1 – catina cat Teaches Colors!

This Zoo-phonics Math Packet uses our unique mnemonic-based approach and physical activities to support early learning in math, science, and language. Children learn to identify colors, combine primary colors to create secondary colors, explore rainbows, hues, and tints, and express ideas through art activities.

Clear, easy-to-follow teaching instructions, as well as full-color Posters, Play-sheets, and cute “Cut-Ups” are included as playful learning tools. Designed for toddlers through early kindergarteners, this approach helps children learn through active, meaningful experiences.

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Children explore shapes in everyday objects, learning to identify, name, and match 2-D and 3-D shapes with Safari Math Adventures #2 – Discovering 2 and 3-Dimensional Shapes.

From circles and squares to spheres and cones, kids trace, form, and build shapes using playdough, craft sticks, and body movements. Explore the difference between 2-D and 3-D shapes, count their sides, and explore how shapes appear in everyday life. Students spot shapes in their environment, craft shapes with classmates, and even create shapes with their own bodies.

This mnemonic-based approach combines visual, tactile, and physical experiences to make geometric concepts memorable, engaging, and fun for toddlers through early kindergarteners.

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Patterns are everywhere, and peewee penguin makes discovering them physical and fun in Safari Math Adventures #3 – peewee penguin Teaches Patterns!

Children build an understanding of visual, auditory, and tactile patterns, including patterns in movement and sound, through hands-on play. By linking patterns in movement, letters, and numbers, Zoo-phonics integrates multiple areas of curriculum, helping children build connections across subjects.

Designed for toddlers through early kindergarteners, this approach turns everyday objects, music, and movement into a playful math adventure.

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Counting becomes an adventure as children explore numbers using their fingers, hands, toes, and even their nose with Safari Math Adventures #4 – Using Finger and Hands to Count!

This packet includes full-color, printable Play-sheets and posters with activities that encourage young learners to discover quantities, practice one-to-one correspondence, and build number sense in a fun, physical way.

Toddlers through kindergartners develop fine motor skills as they manipulate counters, trace numbers, and use their hands to represent quantities. By turning everyday actions and objects into counting challenges, this packet helps children connect math to their world and enjoy learning through active, hands-on play.

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Students learn letters and numbers simultaneously in this exciting introduction to the Zoo-phonics Animal Alphabet. With Safari Math Adventures #5 – Get to Know our Animals Letter and their Numbers! Young learners explore all 26 Zoo-Animal Friends from allie alligator to zeke zebra, discovering each letter’s sound, its corresponding number, and its unique Body Signal.

Using tactile counters, full-color Cut-Ups, and guided activities, children explore letter shapes, names, sounds, and Body Signals. They practice one-to-one correspondence and early number sense as they jump, clap, and move to represent each number while linking letters, sounds, and quantities.

Everyday items and imaginative activities bring the Zoo-phonics Animal Alphabet to life, helping children connect phonics and counting in a fun, physical way. By linking math learning to familiar Animal Letters and Body Signals, Zoo-phonics integrates multiple curriculum areas.

Designed for toddlers through kindergartners.

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Children become detectives as they search for hidden Zoo-phonics Animal Friends and their matching numbers from 1 to 26 in Safari Math Adventures #7 – Seek and Find Animals and their Numbers 1-26!

Using the Zoo-phonics Animal Alphabet and Body Signals, young learners explore letter and number recognition through playful discovery. Children mark their findings on Play-sheets and match the Zoo-phonics Animals to their corresponding numbers using colorful Cut-Ups and everyday objects to reinforce one-to-one correspondence.

This physical, hands-on, mnemonic approach helps children remember letter shapes, sounds, Body Signals, and number values, turning practice into an engaging adventure designed for toddlers through kindergartners.

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In Safari Math Adventures #6 – Exploring Numbers and Number Chants 0-26, students develop number skills from 0 to 26 through fun, physical, hands-on activities that combine counting, rhymes, and movement.

Using the Zoo-phonics Animal Friends, children link numbers with concrete experiences and learn memorable number chants. With tactile counters, colorful Cut-Ups, and guided exercises, kids trace, glue, and color, which enhances fine motor skills and deepens understanding of each number’s value, order, and shape. Everyday objects and creative activities engage children in the Zoo-phonics Animal Alphabet helping students connect numbers to their environment in a fun, active way.

Ideal for toddlers through kindergartners.

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Dive deeper into numbers by exploring numerals, number words, and ordinal numbers together in Safari Math Adventures #8 – Playing with Numbers, Word Numbers and Ordinal Numbers 1-26.

Created for toddlers through kindergartners, this new Math Packet incorporates Zoo-phonics Body Signals and Animal Alphabet characters to help children recognize numbers, understand their values, and learn number formation and sequence. Hands-on activities, tactile counters, and colorful Cut-Ups invite children to match, trace, and arrange numbers in meaningful ways.

Ordinal concepts are naturally supported through familiar Zoo-phonics characters: alligator represents one, bubba bear represents two, and so on. Through repeated practice and our mnemonic-based approach, children build a strong understanding of number names and values while making early math active, memorable, and fun.

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In Safari Math Adventures #9 – Zoo Animal Parade a,b,c order and Ordinal Numbers 1-26, children join their Zoo-phonics Animal Friends in a lively parade to explore alphabetical, numeric, and ordinal number order.

Using full-color Play-sheets, number flags, and playful Cut-Ups, children practice counting, sequencing, and one-to-one correspondence while physically organizing items in alphabetical and numerical order. By linking math learning to familiar Animal Letters and Body Signals, Zoo-phonics integrates multiple curriculum areas.

Our mnemonic-based approach helps children remember the order of letters and numbers, and the hands-on, active engagement makes abstract concepts tangible, memorable, and fun. Designed for toddlers through early kindergartners.

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