Collective nouns: A herd of elephants

Kids will love learning about collective nouns. Not only does it teach them about collective nouns in a fun way but they'll be fascinated by the story of how it came about. This one is a herd of elephants.

What you need:

• computer with internet access
• printer
• paper
• coloured pencils or markers

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What are collective nouns and how are they used?

Collective nouns are used to describe a group of objects or animals thinking or moving the same way.

For example, you may see a few bees in your garden: One flying over the garden, one sitting on a flower and the other is chasing your brother. This is just three bees.

If those bees are chasing your brother at the same time, he is facing a swarm of bees. Look out!

Herd of elephants

A herd of elephants exist as a social structure. Herds are made up mostly of closely related females and their offspring of various ages.

Adult males join breeding herds when there is a female in heat and young adult males leave herds early on to form smaller bachelor groups.

Print off your own herd of elephants colouring page.

Find more collective noun colouring pages:

• A murder of crows
• A gaggle of geese
• A flock of birds
• An army of ants
• A swarm of bees
• A flight of butterflies
• A pod of whales
• A school of fish
• A herd of elephants
• A mob of kangaroos
• A pride of lions
• A parliament of owls