Australian Animals Colouring Pagesinside a free 16-page printable activity pack
A free 16-page printable pack: mazes, counting, matching, spot-the-difference, and five Australian animal colouring pages.
Print the lot, or print the three pages that suit the afternoon you are having.
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What is actually in it
Mazes and pathways. An animal maze helping a mouse find the cheese. A road maze finding the safe way for a car to get to work, going under bridges. A path to help the children get to school.
Counting and finding. A bug hunt where you count and write your answers. A shape find-and-count. Both have a younger-child option: rather than writing a number, they find each one and scribble it out, then tick the box.
Matching and sorting. Spot the different dinosaur in each row. Spot the different flower in each group. Connect the mother farm animals to their babies. Match each half shape to its other half.
Spot the difference. One dinosaur scene with five differences to find.
Colours. A full colour-naming page covering red, blue, green, orange, yellow, brown, pink, grey and black.
Australian animals to colour. Koala, kangaroo, snake, crocodile and kookaburra. One animal per page, big and simple enough for small hands.
Why the younger-child option is on nearly every page
Most activity packs pick an age and stick to it, which means half your children are locked out of it.
The counting pages here have two ways in. An older child writes the number in the box. A younger one finds each item, scribbles it out, and ticks it off. Same page, same picture, two completely different demands.
If you have a four year old and a two year old, you can print one page and hand it to both of them.
What these are actually building
Mazes ask a child to plan a route before their pencil starts moving, and to stay inside a line once it does. Spot-the-difference uses visual discrimination, which is the skill of noticing that two things that look alike are not identical. That one turns up later in telling b from d.
The colouring pages are colouring pages. They build pencil control and they keep a child occupied at a table, which some days is the entire goal and needs no further justification.
Making one print last
Slide a page into a plastic sleeve with a whiteboard marker and it becomes reusable. Children will happily repeat the same maze, and the second run is faster, which they enjoy.
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Frequently asked questions
What age is the activity pack for?+
Roughly 3 to 7 years. Most pages have a simpler option for younger children built in.
How many pages is it?+
Sixteen, covering mazes, counting, matching, spot-the-difference, colours and Australian animals.
Which Australian animals are included?+
Koala, kangaroo, snake, crocodile and kookaburra, one per page.
Do I need to print in colour?+
No. The colouring pages are meant to be black and white, and the puzzles work fine either way.
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Paediatric OT with 9 years of experience working with children and families. Kidera exists to make OT-informed tools accessible to every parent, not just those in clinic.
These are general, evidence-informed resources. They are not a diagnosis and not a substitute for assessment by a registered health practitioner. If you have concerns about your child's development, speak with your GP, child health nurse, or a paediatric therapist.