Post on 07-Feb-2022
Animal Alliteration Activities
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Make sure you’ve done some examples of alliteration with your child before you do this
activity so they are familiar with the idea.
We’ve sorted a bunch of animals into alphabetical order for you below. You could refer
to these examples when you do the suggested activities or you could use toy animals
as an alternative.
Bertha Goes to the Zoo
We first saw this activity described in the UK government’s Letters and Sounds phonics
programme…
Collect a group of animals that start with the same the same sound and chant the
following rhyme as you pick each one up:
Bertha the bus is going to the zoo, Who does she see as she passes through? … a pig, a panda, a parrot, a ….
Get your child to continue picking up and saying the animal names after you’ve done
the first 2 or 3. If you have more than one child they could take turns picking up and
saying an animal name.
Animal Sort
Cut out the animals and mix them up and then get your child to sort them into groups
with the same first letter sound.
Alliterated Animal Names
Tell your child that you want them to help you name a bunch of animals for a pretend
zoo you’re starting. Say that you’d really like names that start with the same letter
sound as the animal.
You could tell them that you’ve already thought of names for a couple of animals so
they’re clear about the idea. For example, Penny the penguin and Sammy the snake.
See the example animals on the next pages.
Animal Alliteration Activities
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Animals Starting with A:
Ants, anteater, alligator, antelope, anaconda, albatross, axolotls.
Note that the following animals start with a different sound from the ones above even though they have
the same first letter.
Aadvark, armadillo.
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Animals Starting with B:
Baboon, badger, bat, bear, beaver, beetle, bison, blue whale, bee, butterfly.
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Animals Starting with C:
Camel, capybara, cat, caterpillar, catfish, chameleon, cobra, cockroach, cow, crab, crocodile.
Animal Alliteration Activities
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Note that the following animals start with a different sound from the ones above even though they have
the same first letter.
Centipede.
Cheetah, chicken, chimp, chipmunk.
Animals Starting with D:
Deer, dodo, dog, dolphin, donkey, dove, dragonfly, duck, diplodocus.
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Animals Starting with E:
Echidna, elephant, elk.
Note that the animals on the next page start with a different sound from the ones above even though
they have the same first letter.
Animal Alliteration Activities
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Eagle, eel, emu.
Animals Starting with F:
Ferret, finch, firefly, fish, flamingo, flea, fly, fox, frog.
Animal Alliteration Activities
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Animals Starting with G:
Gazelle, gibbon, goat, goldfish, goose, gorilla, grasshopper, guinea pig, gnu.
Note that ‘giraffe’ starts with a different sound from the animals above even though it has the same first letter.
Animal Alliteration Activities
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Animals Starting with H:
Hammerhead shark, hamster, hedgehog, heron, hippo, horse, hummingbird, hyena.
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Animals Starting with I:
Insect, iguana.
Animals Starting with j:
Jaguar, jay, jellyfish.
Animals Starting with K:
Kangaroo, killer whale, kingfisher, kiwi bird, koala.
Animal Alliteration Activities
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Animals Starting with L:
Ladybird / ladybug, leech, lemur, leopard, lion, lizard, llama, lobster.
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Animals Starting with M:
Magpie, manatee, mandrill, meerkat, mole, monkey, moose, mouse.
Animals Starting with N:
Narwhal, newt.
Animal Alliteration Activities
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Animals Starting with O:
Octopus, orangutan, ostrich, otter.
Note that the animals below start with a different sound from the ones above even though they have
the same first letter.
Owl, oyster.
Animal Alliteration Activities
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Animals Starting with P:
Panda, panther, parrot, partridge, peacock, pelican, penguin, pig, polar bear, porcupine, praying mantis.
Animal Alliteration Activities
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Animals Starting with Q:
Quail.
There are a few other animals that start with q but they are not widely known examples that children
are likely to recognize.
Animals Starting with R:
Rabbit, racoon, rat, rattlesnake, raven, reindeer, rhino, robin.
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Animals Starting with S:
Salamander, scorpion, seahorse, seal, skunk, sloth, snail, snake, spider, squid, squirrel, starfish, swan.
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Note that the animals below start with a different sound from the ones above even though they have
the same first letter.
Shark, sheep, shrimp.
Animals Starting with T:
Tapir, tiger, toad, tortoise, toucan, turkey, turtle, tyrannosaurus rex,
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Animals Starting with U:
There are very few well-known animals that start with the short u sound. The examples below start
with different sounds and of course the unicorn is fictional.
Unicorn, urchin.
Animals Starting with V:
Vampire bat, viper, vulture.
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Animals Starting with W:
Wasp, wombat, worm, walrus, warthog, weasel, whale, wolf, woodpecker.
Animals Starting with X:
There are no well-known animals that start with the letter x.
Animals Starting with Y:
Apart from a Yak, there are very
few well-known animals that
start with Y.