The Holiday Activity Book

Every animal card and a sheet for every game and tour, in one book to print. It's rebuilt whenever a new game or tour comes out.

The Holiday Activity Book

Animal cards to cut out, and a page to draw, trace, count and colour for every game.

This book belongs to: ______________________________

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What's inside

  1. My animal friends: 40 animal cards to cut out. Each one has a true fact on it. Play snap, sort them by where they live, or pick one a day to learn about.
  2. A page for each of the 36 games. Tracing, counting, sorting and drawing, to do away from the screen.
  3. A page for 11 of the What Makes Me tours. Label, draw and colour how your body works.

For the grown-up

There's no right order. Let your child choose a page, and do it together: say the words out loud, and ask "how do you know?" A page a day on holiday is plenty. The handwriting is NSW Foundation Style, the way it's taught in NSW schools.

Everything here is free to print and copy for your family or class. The games are at littleroos.com.

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My animal friends cut along the dashed lines

antMeat ants cover their nest mounds with sand and little pebbles.
bandicootBandicoots dig little holes with their front feet to sniff out insects.
batLittle forest bats catch flying insects at night and hang upside down to rest.
beeStingless bees cannot sting, but they do make a thin honey.
butterflyUlysses butterflies have bright electric blue wings trimmed with black.
camelCamels first came to Australia in 1840, and now roam the middle of the country.
cane toadCane toad tadpoles are black, and they become toads in about a month.
cockatooCockatoos feed in groups while one keeps watch from a nearby branch.

My animal friends cut along the dashed lines

crocodileCrocodile mums carry their babies to the water in their mouths.
dingoDingoes hardly ever bark. They howl instead.
dugongDugongs eat only seagrass, munching it from the sea floor.
echidnaEchidnas catch ants and termites by flicking out a long, sticky tongue.
emuEmu dads sit on the eggs and look after the babies.
flying foxFlying-foxes spread seeds and pollen, helping new trees to grow.
frogGreen tree frogs are sometimes found sitting in toilet bowls!
galahGalahs have rosy pink and grey feathers, and fly in noisy flocks.

My animal friends cut along the dashed lines

geckoLeaf-tailed geckos are patterned just like the rocks they live on.
great white sharkGreat white sharks are grey on top and white underneath.
ibisIbis dig for food with their long, curved bills.
jellyfishMoon jellies have four pink horseshoe shapes inside their see-through bodies.
koalaKoalas eat gum leaves and spend most of their time up in trees.
kookaburraKookaburras laugh together in a loud chorus to say, this is our home!
lizardBlue-tongue lizards have live babies instead of laying eggs.
mosquitoMosquitoes start life as wrigglers that live in water.

My animal friends cut along the dashed lines

numbatNumbats need up to twenty thousand termites every day.
octopusSydney octopuses can change colour and shape to look like seaweed.
pelicanPelicans have huge bills that can hold up to thirteen litres.
platypusPlatypuses have webbed feet and a broad, flat tail.
possumBrushtail possums sleep in hollow trees by day and come out at night.
quokkaQuokkas can climb trees to reach their food.
rainbow lorikeetRainbow lorikeets drink sweet nectar from flowers and chatter in noisy flocks.
snakeA carpet python mum curls around her eggs to guard them until they hatch.

My animal friends cut along the dashed lines

spiderGarden orb-weavers spin their webs in the evening and take them down at dawn.
spotted quollSpotted-tailed quolls have white spots all the way down their tails.
tasmanian devilYoung Tasmanian devils climb trees and play-wrestle with each other.
wallabySwamp wallaby mums can look after two joeys of different ages at once.
waspMud-dauber wasps collect mud and water to build their nests.
whipbirdWhipbirds sing in pairs. He makes a whip crack, and she answers.
wombatWombats spend most of their lives inside their burrows.
yabbyYabbies can rest deep in muddy burrows for years when the water dries up.

Ps and Qs

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Trace b, d, p and q at the top. Then: colour every b, and circle every d. Tip: b has its tummy on the right, d on the left.

pdqbbbpbdbbqqbdbqbbdbqbdbdpqdbpdbdpbbbdqqpqqppdd
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Waterfall

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Four waterfalls. In each one, every letter is the same except one. The well shows which letter to find: draw a ring round it. Then write a waterfall of your own for someone else to search.

ppppppppppbpppppppppppppppppppbFind the bpppppppppdppppppppppppppppppppdFind the dddddddddddddddbdddddddddddddddbFind the bpppppppppppppppppppqppppppppppqFind the q
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Sky Grass Dirt

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Tall letters reach up into the sky (mint). Small letters sit on the grass (olive). Letters with a tail dig down into the dirt (coral). Trace each one, then write your own in the gaps.

121212
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Dingo's Echo

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Sound bingo, for two. The grown-up says a sound (not the letter's name), and the player covers the letter that makes it with a coin or a button. Three in a row wins.

Board 1osmdcapntBoard 2dgeopaicmSounds to call (just the sound, no "uh"):/s/ · /a/ · /t/ · /p/ · /i/ · /n/ · /m/ · /d/ · /g/ · /o/ · /c/ · /e/
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Follow the Numbat

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Start at the coral dot. Follow the dots the way the numbat showed you. When there's a 2, lift the pencil and start again at dot 2.

1212121212
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Count on Me

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Read each number on the mat together. Cut out the cards and put each one on its number. Count the dots out loud as you go.

1234✂ Cut out the cards and sort them onto the mat.123412341234
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Number Ninja

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Each big circle is split into two parts. One part is filled in: what goes in the other to make the big number? Count on fingers, or draw dots.

62738197108627181
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Bigger Than a Digger

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Cut out the numbers. Is each one smaller than 10, or bigger? Put it on that side of the mat. Say it out loud: "14 is bigger than 10."

Smaller than 10fewerBigger than 10more✂ Cut out the cards and sort them onto the mat.179522071411
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Ten in the Den

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Each den has some dots. Draw dots in the empty squares to fill it up, then write how many you drew.

8 andmake 106 andmake 108 andmake 102 andmake 105 andmake 108 andmake 104 andmake 102 andmake 10
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Frog's Big Change

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Cut out the nine pictures. Put the frog's five round the circle in order, starting at 1 (eggs, tadpole, tadpole with legs, froglet, frog), then the butterfly's four in a row. Say each one as you go: what comes next?

12345Frog✂ Cut out the pictures. Put the frog's round the circle, from 1, and the butterfly's in a row.
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Wallaby Hops to 20

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Draw Wallaby's hops as little arcs along the line, counting as you go, then write where she lands in the box.

Wallaby is on 3. She hops 2. Where does she land?01234567891011121314151617181920Wallaby is on 7. She hops 4. Where does she land?01234567891011121314151617181920Wallaby is on 12. She hops 5. Where does she land?01234567891011121314151617181920
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Stroopy

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Top: read each colour word together, then colour its box in that colour. Bottom (best printed in colour): point to each word and say the colour of its ink.

TealOrangeGreenPinkTealOrangeGreenPinkTealOrangeGreenPinkNow the tricky part. Say the colour you see, not the word!TealOrangeGreenPinkTealOrangeGreenPinkTealOrangeGreenPink
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Hold It, Quoll!

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Cut out the cards and shuffle them. Turn them over one at a time. Awake quoll: clap! Sleepy quoll: freeze and stay quiet. Then swap who turns the cards.

!Clap!!Clap!!Clap!!Clap!z z zShh!z z zShh!z z zShh!z z zShh!
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Dugong Remembers

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Look at the friends in the top row together and say their names in order. Fold the sheet on the dashed line so they're hidden, then draw them (or just say them) in the same order. The second row has four, for when three is easy.

Look at these 3, in order123Fold here. Now draw them in the same order:123Look at these 4, in order1234Fold here. Now draw them in the same order:1234
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Whipbird's Whistle

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: A long bar is a long whistle (or a long "whooo"); a dot is a short clap. Point along each song and play it together, left to right. Then take turns: one of you plays a song and the other points to it. Last, draw your own song and play it for someone.

a long whistle: "whooo"a short clap123456Draw your own song, then play it:
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Cockatoo's Loud and Soft

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Colour in some squares to make a song: each row is an animal, each column a beat. Then play it! Clap, stamp, tap a pot or make the animal's sound on each coloured square, counting 1, 2, 3, 4. Play it again loud, then soft, then fast, then slow: cut out the four cards at the bottom and take turns picking one.

1234WhipbirdwhistleCockatoosquawkKookaburralaughBeehumFrogcroakEmudrumLoudSoftFastSlow
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Kookaburra Takes Turns

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Cut out the twelve cards and lay them face down. Take turns: turn over two. A pair? Keep them. Not a pair? Turn them back over. Either way, say "Your turn!" and pass it on.

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Spelling Bee

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Say the word together. Trace it, then write one letter in each box. Say each sound as you write it.

batantsunhatbusemucupvan
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A Rhyme at a Time

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Read each word out loud together. Draw a line from each word on the left to the word on the right that rhymes with it.

batbunfrogtreesunspoonbeehatstarcarmoonlog
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Blend It, Bandicoot

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Say the word slowly, one sound at a time: s … u … n. Tap a dot for each sound, then write the letter for each sound in its box.

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Syllable Stomp

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Say each animal's name together, stomping once for each beat (ko-a-la is three). Colour in one footprint for each stomp. Frog has one; platypus has three.

frogwombatkoalaemuplatypussnake
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Echidna's Sentences

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Read each sentence's words together, then cut them out along the dashed lines. Mix them up and build the sentence again in the box, then read it, pointing to each word. Where does the full stop go?

1upFrogpuffs2Itapetis3logFrogsitsona
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Lorikeet's Opposites

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Say what each picture on the left shows ("big!"), then find its opposite on the right and join the dots with a line. Then act them out together: can you make yourself big, then small? Up, then down?

bigdownfullcoldupsmallopenshuthotempty
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Flying Fox's Story Order

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: These pictures are from Numbat Can't Sleep, one of the Little Roos stories to listen to. Cut them out along the dashed lines, talk about what's happening in each, then stick them in order: first, next, next, last. Retell the story together using the pictures. Last, draw what happened after the end.

FirstNextNextLastNow draw what happened after the story ended:
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A Shape in its Place

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Cut out the shapes and put each one in its patch. Colour them in: all the circles one colour, all the squares another.

CirclesSquaresTrianglesStars✂ Cut out the cards and sort them onto the mat.
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A Match for the Patch

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Draw a line from each patch on the left to the one that matches on the right. Then colour each pair the same colour.

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Pelican's Patterns

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Say each pattern out loud: "circle, square, circle, square…". Draw the next two shapes in the empty boxes. Colour them in if you like.

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The Big Summer Scene

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Say each line together, then draw that many animals in that part of the picture: blobs with ears and a tail are perfect. Tick a circle for each one as it's drawn. Then make up your own: how many would you like up the tree?

Draw3animals in the water.Draw2animals on the sand.Draw1animal up the tree.
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Snake's Long and Short

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: In each pair, tick the circle beside the longer ribbon, then colour it in. The dashed line shows where they both start, which is how we compare lengths. Last, draw a ribbon longer than the snake's.

Draw a ribbon longer than the snake's:
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Gecko's Mirror

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Colour the squares on the right of each dashed line so both sides match, as if in a mirror. Count across from the line: one square away on this side, one square away on that side. Then draw half a picture of your own in the big box and swap with someone to finish it.

Now draw half of your own picture, and ask someone to finish it:
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Ibis's Big Tidy-Up

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Point to each box and read its name together: big circles, small circles, big triangles, small triangles. Colour the blocks at the bottom (some orange, some blue), cut them out, and put each one in its box. Then mix them up and sort them a new way: all the orange together, all the blue together.

Big circlesSmall circlesBig trianglesSmall triangles✂ Colour the blocks, cut them out, and tidy each one into its box.
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Butterfly's Weather

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Draw a line from each kind of weather to what Butterfly should wear for it. Then, each day this week, look outside and draw the weather in the chart: a sun, a cloud, rain, wind, hot or cold.

My weather this weekMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Koala's Calm-Down

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Star breathing: trace up a point of the star as you breathe in, and down the other side as you breathe out, all the way round. Then point to the face that shows how you feel, and talk about it.

outinoutinoutinoutinoutinHow do you feel?happycalmexcitedtiredsadangryscaredworried
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Head to Toe, Tassie Devil

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Say each word together, then draw a line from the dot to that part of the child. Then colour the child in to look like your child.

headeyenosemouthearshoulderelbowhandtummykneefoot
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Platypus Feels

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Look at each feeling face. Then draw your own face for that feeling in the circle next to it. Talk about a time you felt that way.

happysadcalmangryexcitedtired
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Wombat's Peekaboo

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Cut out each card, fold it along the middle so the question mark covers the animal, and play peekaboo: "Who's hiding?" Lift the flap. "Peekaboo!" Draw your own animal on the back.

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The Huff-Puff Club

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Read the words in the box together, then write each one by its number (or say them, and you write). Then count breaths for a minute, sitting still and after star jumps, and breathe on a cold window to see the cloud.

1234561.2.3.4.5.6.trachea · bronchi · bronchiolesalveoli · heart · diaphragmCount your breaths for one minuteSitting stillAfter 20 star jumpsWhich is more? That's the running emu.Breathe on a cold window.Draw your cloud here:
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The Munch-Crunch Club

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Read the words in the box together, then write each one by its number (or say them, and you write). Help the apple through the maze, then count your teeth in a mirror, top and bottom.

1234561.2.3.4.5.6.stomach · large intestine · liveroesophagus · pancreas · small intestineHelp the apple from the mouth to the toiletCount your teeth in a mirrorTop teethBottom teethAll togetherMost children have 20 baby teeth.
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The Mix-Fix Club

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Read the words in the box together, then write each one by its number (or say them, and you write). Colour the honeycomb of lobules and find the sugar, then draw lines: storing sugar and making bile are mixing, cleaning out toxins is fixing.

1234561.2.3.4.5.6.heart · stomach · livergallbladder · small intestine · portal veinColour the lobules. Can you find the sugar?Mix or fix? Draw a line.storing sugartoxinsmaking bilemixfix
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The Drip-Drop Club

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Read the words in the box together, then write each one by its number (or say them, and you write). For "Back or out?", draw a line from each thing to where it goes: the tubule takes the sugar and salt back into the blood, the urea goes out in the wee, and water goes both ways. Then colour a drop for every drink today. There's no right number: drink when you're thirsty.

1234561.2.3.4.5.6.kidneys · ureters · bladderurethra · renal artery · nephronBack or out?watersugarsaltureaback intothe bloodout inthe weeTip: water goes both ways!A drip-drop dayColour a drop for every drink today.
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The Zip-Zap Club

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Read the words in the box together, then write each one by its number (or say them, and you write). Try the knee-jerk reflex with a grown-up: a gentle tap is all it needs, and it's fine if it doesn't happen every time. Then colour the left half of the brain and the child's right side the same colour, and the right half and their left side another colour: each half of the brain moves the other side of the body.

1234561.2.3.4.5.6.skull · cerebrum · cerebellumbrain stem · spinal cord · nerveA reflex! (with a grown-up)tap!1. Sit up high, legs dangling.2. A grown-up taps gently, just below your knee.3. Does your leg kick by itself? A reflex!yesnot this timeLeft and right: colour to matchleft halfright halfthe brain, from above (front at the top)their righttheir left
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The Five-Alive Club

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Read the words in the box together, then write each one by its number (or say them, and you write). For the senses hunt, look, listen, sniff, taste and touch around you, and draw or write one thing for each. Then draw a line from each thing to the sense that finds it. Some things use more than one sense: that's fine too!

123456the eyethe ear1.2.3.4.5.6.pupil · lens · retinaear canal · eardrum · cochleaA senses huntI can seeI can hearI can smellI can tasteI can touchWhich sense?a rainbowa bella floweran ice blocka soft teddy
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The Tickle-Prickle Club

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Read the words in the box together, then write each one by its number (or say them, and you write). For your fingerprints, rub a soft pencil on scrap paper, press a fingertip on it, then press it in a box. Look closely: is it a loop, a whorl or an arch? Last, draw a line from each place to what your skin does there.

123456a slice of skin1.2.3.4.5.6.epidermis · dermis · fat layerpore · sweat gland · hairMy fingerprintsthumbpointermiddleringlittleCircle the one that looks like yours:loopwhorlarchHot or cold?a sunny beacha snowy hilla warm bathan ice blocksweatgoosebumps
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The Click-Clack Club

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Read the words in the box together, then write each one by its number (or say them, and you write). Next, bend your elbow and your knee, and swing your arm round at the shoulder: draw a line from each joint to the door hinge or the ball in a cup. Last, measure an arm and a leg with a piece of string, and measure again in a few months. Everyone grows at their own pace.

1234561.2.3.4.5.6.skull · ribs · backbonepelvis · femur · kneeHinge, or ball and socket?elbowkneeshoulderhipa door hingea ball in a cupMy bonesMeasure with a piece of string.My arm islong.My leg islong.Measure again later. Grown? Draw a star!
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The Heave-Ho Club

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Read the words in the box together, then write each muscle's name by its number (or say them, and you write). Next, draw a line from each muscle to its pull partner: the one that pulls the other way. Last, make a muscle and draw it, then put a hand on your chest and count your heartbeats while a grown-up watches the clock for 15 seconds: once sitting still, and again after moving about: hopping, dancing, waving your arms, or any way you like to move. Everyone's heart and muscles are different: there's no right number.

1234561.2.3.4.5.6.biceps · triceps · hearttummy muscles · thigh · calfPull partnersMuscles work in pairs. Join each one to its partner.bicepsfront of my arm: it bendsthigh (front)quadriceps: straightens my kneehamstringsback of my thigh: bends my kneetricepsback of my arm: it straightensMy musclesMake a muscle! Draw your arm here.Hand on your chest. Count your heartbeats:sitting stillbeatsafter moving aboutbeats
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The Snap-Trap Club

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Read the words in the box together, then write each germ-fighter's name by its number (or say them, and you write). Next, number the hand-washing pictures in the right order: wet, soap, scrub for 20 seconds, rinse and dry. Last, keep the germ-fighting week on the fridge and tick a box each time: washing hands, sneezing into an elbow, a good sleep, and moving and playing in any way you like. It's not a test, and every tick counts.

123451.2.3.4.5.skin · nose · spleenlymph nodes · bone marrowWash your handsNumber the pictures 1 to 5, in the right order.20Wet · soap · scrub for 20 seconds · rinse · dryMy germ-fighting weekTick a box each time!MTWTFSSwashed handssneezed in elbowa good sleepmoved and played
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The Itty-Bitty Club

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Read the words in the box together, then write each part's name by its number (or say them, and you write). Next, join each part to its job: the nucleus is the command centre, a mitochondrion the powerhouse, a ribosome the builder, the Golgi the post office, the membrane the gatekeeper and a lysosome the recycler. Last, tick which cell has a cell wall, chloroplasts and a big vacuole (only the leaf cell does), then draw a cell of your own, with any parts you like.

123451.2.3.4.5.nucleus · membrane · Golgimitochondrion · ribosomeMatch the jobDraw a line from each part to its job.nucleusbuildermitochondriongatekeeperribosomecommand centreGolgirecyclermembranepowerhouselysosomepost officeAnimal or plant?Tick which cell has each one.your cellleaf cella cell wallchloroplastsa big vacuoleDraw your own cell!
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