Squirrel Activity when they visit the garden
Squirrel Activity for kids for when you spot them in the garden
Last week we investigated Hibernating Animals when we saw a Hedgehog on the way to preschool. This week we’ve been playing in the garden and have had a visitor to our bird feeding station that isn’t a bird – a grey squirrel. An autumn visitor to our garden who has discovered a liking for our peanuts that we put out for the birds. So here is a squirrel activity to extend our experience further.F

Acorn Match Maths for Number Recognition

Materials needed for Acorn Match Maths
Two different shades of brown card Black Marker Pen ScissorsHow to make the Acorn Match Maths
We are working with numbers 1 to 10 and recognition of them at the moment so I cut out an egg shape for our acorn and then used the first as a template to cut out another 9. On each of these I numbered then 1 to 10. Placing the Acorn on the other piece of card I drew a cup shape with a stalk that was bigger than the acorn and then cut it out – I used this as a template and then cut out and again numbered them 1 to 10.How to play the Acorn Match Maths



Autumn Visitor Book Link
- Ready Set Read – Nuts to You! Activities
- Uncommon Commonness – Nuts to You!
- Growing Books by Book – Nuts to You!
- 3 Dinosaurs Grey Squirrel Craft
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Cerys Parker
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Am loving the acorn matching game.
Oooh what a fun matching game! Pip Squeak would love this!
Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!
Maggy
loved this – we have a group of squirrels who are almost permanent residents and get all the nuts from the supposedly squirrel proof feeders. Will definitely have a go at the squirrel game
Thanks for mentioning our Nuts to You! activity. My son still begs to read that book almost daily.
Thanks for linking to 3 Dinosaurs!