Desert Animals word activities

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Animals from dry regions across several continents, including dromedary, thorny devil and sandgrouse.

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Ideas for this theme

A desert animal topic can take you well beyond camels. Fennec fox, Gila monster and bilby bring names from different dry regions into the same activity. Try the shorter words first, then use the list to check the longer spellings.

  • Mark the names with spaces before looking for their joined-up letters in the grid.
  • Choose two animals from different continents and find their regions in an atlas or animal reference.
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Animals from dry regions across several continents, including dromedary, thorny devil and sandgrouse.

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