Worksheets: ‘More or Less: Family – Pets-2’

About the game

Whole families of farm animals have gathered on the farm. Here is a big daddy horse, with mummy next to him, and a little foal behind them. Help the kittens, lambs, horses and calves find their families and arrange themselves in the correct order by size!

‘Family – Farm Animals 2’ is a wooden sorting game for comparing sizes. The child puts together four families of farm animals consisting of a dad, a mum and a baby, finds the corresponding slots on the base and compares the large and small figures.

Each family they put together tells a lovely little story about the animals, their babies and the differences in size.

In the set

• a base with 4 recesses — one for each family
• 12 figures: tomcat, cat, kitten; ram, ewe, lamb; horse, mare, foal; bull, cow, calf

How to play

1. Take out the figures.
2. The child puts each family together: dad, mum and baby.
3. Arrange them from largest to smallest.

Where to start

Start with one family — for example, a family of cats.

Game variations

• ‘Which is bigger?’;
• ‘Name the family’: tomcat — cat — kitten;
• ‘Whose baby is it?’;
• animal sounds.

What children can practise

• the concept of ‘more and less’
• knowledge of animals and the names of their young
• speech

Who it’s for

Children aged 3 and over; at home, at kindergarten, whilst travelling.

Material

Wood-based board (pressed wood), bright print.