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Animal Flash Cards for Kids

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One day, I was watching Animal Planet on the cable with my children. I realized that although children know the names of many animals, they don't know how to write about them correctly. When a preschooler writes about an animal, he/she focuses on the number of legs, color, and diet of an animal but older children need to describe it in more detail. There is a certain vocabulary required to describe an animal. Also, children tend to know more about farm animals but not that much about wild animals. Another thing is that there are some unique animals like beavers that need to be introduced to children. This is my small attempt to fill this gap in children's knowledge. Frankly speaking, I wouldn't call it a small effort as it took me 2-3 days to complete this project 😄. The reason for this is that I wanted to simplify the language used so that it is easy for children all over the world and not just native English speakers. My philosophy for writing about animals is very simpl