Penguin Lesson Plans Facts Crafts Coloring Pages

By Eren Mckay  
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Hi! I'm Eren Mckay and I would like to thank you for reading my blog. I provide helpful tips for families in their daily lives and educational resources for teachers.


Are you planning on teaching kids about penguins?
Well then you’ve come to the right place. On this page you will find a complete Unit Study on Penguins.
The lessons are interactive with videos, experiments, quizzes, crafts and even online activities for the kids to have fun.

Here at the top of the page I have made a Table of Contents for you to easily click to the exact part that you are working on. There are also links next to each section’s title that can bring you back to the Table of Contents.
Whether you’re a teacher, a homeschooler or parent who just wants to have fun while teaching things to your kids I really hope this resource is a blessing to you.
If you like this penguin resource page and you have a blog or website please link to us so that more people can discover this free resource. Your help is very much appreciated ♥
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Table of Contents



Online Penguin Activities for Kids

Online Penguin Stories Online Penguin Puzzles Online Penguin Dress Up Games 2 Fun Online Penguin Games How to Draw a Penguin Penguins Origami



Teaching with Penguin Videos

Penguins and Communication Penguins Fight for their Food The Diversity of Life (for older kids) 3 Videos Show What Penguins are Like The Penguin Hoax



Researching about Penguins

Life Cycle of Penguins Why Penguins Need Blubber Science Experiment Researching the Web Penguin Paper for Reports Penguins Cards & Awards



Penguin Printables: Coloring Pages, Crafts & Fun Activities for Kids

Penguins Coloring Pages Penguins Crafts Penguins Masks A Tasty Penguin Themed Snack


Online Penguin Activities

Online Penguin Stories

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(You can listen to and read these stories.)

What Do Little
Penguins Eat?

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This is an engaging story.

Author: Jonny Belt
Narrated by:
Whoopi Goldberg

Click here for this penguin story


Penguin Penguin
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A story for kids to read with short
text about 30 pages long
Younger children can click on the
ear and have the story read to them:

Click here for this penguin story


Preschool Penguin Story
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A very simple but cute story
for early childhood

Click here for this penguin story


Tick Tock and
the Mysterious Egg

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Listen to and/or read this very
cute story- (for ages 10 and up)

Click here for this penguin story





Online Penguin Puzzles

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Click here for this Cartoon Penguin Puzzle


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Click here for this Emperor Penguin Puzzle


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Click here for this Macaroni Penguin Puzzle


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Click here for this Classic Penguin Puzzle





Online Penguin Dress Up Games

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Colorful Penguin
Dress Up Game

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Very cute game to play online

Click here for this Colorful Penguin Dress Up Game


Black and White
Dress Up Game

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You can play and then print to color:

Click here for this Penguin Dress Up Game





2 Fun Online Penguin Games

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Click here for this Grab the Fish Game


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Click here for this Penguin Dance Game





How to Draw a Penguin

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Here is a video that will teach you to draw a penguin cartoon:


Drawing Instructions
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how to draw a penguin-
(don’t forget to click on the next
button on the bottom left corner).

Click here for Online Drawing Instructions


Step by Step Drawing
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Instructions on how to draw a penguin:

Click here for Step by Step Drawing Instructions


Penguin Origami

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Paper Origami

Here are some video instructions. If it helps you can pause the video while you try to make the penguin origami:





Wet Towel Origami
Make a cute penguin out of a small wet hand towel:

Teaching with Videos


Penguins and Communication

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Have you ever heard the saying communication is the basis of all relationship? Well this is especially true with penguins. Watch this interesting video to learn about how penguins communicate:

Discussion questions after watching the video:

How do penguin parents find their young in the mist of huge amount of penguins?

What is the reproductive cycle of penguins?

What do the male and female penguins do when they decide that they like each other?





Penguins Fight for their Food

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Discussion questions after watching the video:

Do penguins work together to gather more food? How?

What other animal tries to grab some of the fish?

What do the penguins do in order to still get some of the fish?

The Diversity of Life (BrainPop Video for older kids)

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Watch this absolutely awesome informative movie on penguins. This video is a bit more advanced so younger children will not be able to accompany it.
It’s best to watch the video a 2nd time before attempting to do the quiz.



The following quiz is based on the informative little movie just watched.
Brainpop Quiz



3 Videos Show What Penguins are Like

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Video 1 – How do Penguins Walk?



Video 2 – How do Penguins Swim?





Video 3 – What do Penguins Sound Like?
Watch this video and try to figure it out:




The Penguin Hoax

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Can penguins fly? No they can’t. There is no such thing as a penguin that can fly.
BBC decided to pull a prank on everyone on April Fool’s Day and make an entire commercial as a joke to trick people into thinking that some penguins can fly.
Don’t believe anyone that says a penguin can fly.
In fact if you so happen to see a real penguin flying- run- because it’s definitely the apocalypse ;-)
Here is the hoax penguin commercial itself:





Here is the making of their video that was done with computer animation:




Penguin Research


Life Cycle of Penguins

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This awesome picture can be printed out and put on the wall. Click on the image for it to be enlarged.

Penguin life cycle

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Why Penguins Need Blubber (Science Experiment)

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Teach the kids the importance of blubber for penguins with this activity:




Researching on the Web

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Penguin Facts
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Places for the kids to do research:
The various species of penguins

Click here for Various Species of Penguins



Penguin Photographs
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Beautiful Professional Penguin Photographs



Click here for these professional photographs


A Baby Penguin Being Born
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Pictures of an Emperor Penguin Hatch

Click here for the Emperor Penguin Hatch


Great Information on Penguins
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Here is a great link for
older children to read, research
and make reports on penguins:

Click here for great information on penguins





Penguin Paper for Reports

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Write a report about penguins



Using this awesome paper:(can
also be a penguin book cover)

Click here for paper for report



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Penguin Shaped Paper



Writing paper with lines:

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Penguin shaped paper without lines


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Penguin Note Paper



Colorful penguin paper
(stationary to make our reports even prettier):
Christmas penguin stationary

Click here for the stationary


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Penguin Cards & Awards

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Cute seasonal penguin greeting card


Click here for the greeting card


Really pretty penguin awards for your classroom


Click here for the greeting card


Really pretty penguin cards:



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Click here for the greeting card



Penguin Arts and Crafts




Penguin Coloring PagesPenguin Coloring Pages

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2 Penguins Coloring Page


Click here for the coloring page


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1 Penguin Coloring Page


Click here for the coloring page


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4 cute baby blue penguins


Click here for the coloring page


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Crested penguins


Click here for the coloring page


Yellow Eyed Penguins


Click here for the coloring page



Penguin Crafts

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Penguin Paper Plate Craft

Click here for the paper plate craft


Penguin Toilet Paper Craft


Click here for the toilet paper craft


Printable Step by Step
Penguin Origami Instructions:


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Penguin Masks

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Penguin Mask from Bristol Zoo


Click here for the mask


Penguin Mask from Kevin Schafer


Click here for the mask



A Tasty Penguin Themed Snack

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Yummy Penguin Cookies:

great idea- make them with Oreos

Click here for the snack


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12 Comments on "Penguin Lesson Plans Facts Crafts Coloring Pages"

  1. Jane  

    Hi Eren
    I love your site … I went to Antarctica last March and saw lots of Happy Feet …
    Thank you for being so encouraging and if this site with all these lovely tasks for the kids to do … I expect you’re a great homemaker too …
    Warmest wishes
    Jane

  2. Marya Mesa  

    Love your blog! It’s adorable! Wishing you much success…

  3. Dan Nappi  

    Hi Eren, this is a really cute blog, I never thought I would be so interesting in penguins but after reading your article I am more fascinated by them. Keep up the good work!

  4. Eren Mckay  

    Thanks Dan ;-) I’m so glad you like it. This penguin unit study took me quite some time to put together.
    I really love web based teaching so much cheaper and easier to do.
    My kids also are very motivated to study when they can do it through the computer. My oldest son says that this unit study is more like fun than study-LOL.
    Anyways- thanks for stopping by.
    All the best,
    Eren Mckay

  5. Alison Kerr  

    I saw this post on Twitter. I am going to take a note to mention it sometime on my blog.
    @alisonkerr

  6. Eren Mckay  

    Thank you so much Alison-
    I want other homeschoolers to know about this penguin theme unit so that can learn and have fun at the same time =)
    Blessings,
    Eren

  7. Jacqui from Mee a Bee  

    Wow, this is amazing, you have so many resources here!!
    found via Twitter

  8. Boris@ Arizona SEO Services  

    Hi Eren,

    I just wanted to stop by and show you some comment luv since you just commented on my blog. Very interesting what you are doing here.

  9. Joy Campilan  

    hello Eren!

    i really like your site. it is so informative about my lesson in teaching preschool children about penguins. i love it! super! thank u so much for your shared knowledge.

  10. james samy  

    Hi Eren,

    Thank you for great post.It is informative and easy to digest. You are super, thanks

  11. Eren Mckay  

    @Jaqui – thanks. I just created more resources like this one.
    The thanksgiving online resources and games
    The gingerbread man activities

    @Boris - Thanks for stopping by. Love your blog.

    @Joy - I’m always creating more resources o be sure to stop by to keep updated.

    @James - Thanks so much.

    Blessings always ♥,
    Eren Mckay

  12. Eren Mckay  

    Hi Marya,
    Thanks for the kind words ♥.
    Blessings,
    Eren

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