What Is a Foal?
A foal is a baby horse. It has hair, breathes air and drinks milk from its mother.
Foals need clean water, food, shelter and room to move.
Foal
A foal is a baby horse. It has soft hair, long legs and four small hooves. A foal likes to stay close to its mother.
Fun Facts About Foals
- A foal is a baby horse.
- A foalās mother is called a mare.
- A foal can stand and walk soon after it is born.
- Foals like to run and play.
Growing, Eating, and Moving
- At first: drinks milk and stays close to its mother
- As it grows: begins to eat grass and hay
- Movement: walks, trots and runs
- Sound: neighs
Easy Practice Sentences
Easy: I see a foal.
Medium: The foal walks beside its mother.
Challenge: The foal runs across the green field.
Say each sentence aloud and point to the picture.
Activity Idea
Make a playful foal picture.
- Draw a foal with four long legs.
- Add two ears, a mane and a tail.
- Draw its mother standing nearby.
- Tell a grown-up what sound the foal makes.
This activity helps children draw, speak and learn about foals.
Foal Body Parts
- Mane: hair along the foalās neck
- Nose: helps the foal smell
- Ears: help the foal hear
- Legs: help the foal stand and run
- Hooves: the hard ends of its feet
Look and Think
- What colour is the foal?
- Can you point to its ears?
- Can you count four legs?
- Can you find its mane?
Learning Safely Around Foals
- Stay with a grown-up.
- Be calm and quiet near foals.
- Never chase a foal.
- Ask before touching or feeding one.
- Wash your hands after visiting.
Compare and Think
- Foal and horse: a foal is a baby. A horse is grown up.
- Foal and calf: a foal is a baby horse. A calf is baby cattle.
- Foal and chick: a foal has hair. A chick has feathers.
Foal Words to Learn
- Foal: a baby horse
- Mare: a grown-up female horse
- Mane: hair along a horseās neck
- Hoof: the hard end of a horseās foot
- Neigh: a sound a horse makes
Check understanding
Quick Questions
Say each answer aloud. Then check it with a grown-up.
Q1
What is a foal?
Answer
A foal is a baby horse.
Q2
What is a foalās mother called?
Answer
A foalās mother is called a mare.
Q3
What sound can a foal make?
Answer
A foal can neigh.
Q4
What are a foalās feet called?
Answer
They are called hooves.