Track Me If You Can!

Animals leave all sorts of different signs that they have traveled through an area–footprints in different patterns, scratches on trees, bits of fur stuck to the bushes, and more! If we are careful observers, we can use these signs to tell what kind of animal left the track, and where it went! If you make your own tracks, can someone find you?

How to Play:

Step 1: Let the “track maker(s)” decide what kind of track they want to leave. They can use their feet and make funny patterns, or use rocks, leaves, or twigs!

Step 2: Have the “tracker(s)” hide their eyes so they cannot see, as the track maker lays down their track. Ideally this leads to a bush or somewhere they can hide!

Step 3: When the track maker is ready, the tracker opens their eyes and finds the track, and sees if they can follow it all the way to the track maker! Whether or not anyone “finds” anyone else, making tracks can be a whole lot of fun, especially on a snowy or muddy day! Pro tip: a few footprints together can make “dinosaur” tracks!