Rainforest
*Fingerplays/Songs
Layers of the Rainforest
(tune: If you’re happy and you know it)
There are four layers in the rainforest.
4 Layers!
There are four layers in the rainforest.
4 Layers!
Forest floor (crouch down), understory (stand up and bend over
slightly), canopy (stand and put your arms over your head like an
umbrella), emergent (stand on toes and reach up high).
There are four layers in the rainforest.
*Art
Create A Tree
Have the children make their own great kapok tree. Cut at least 3
long sheets of butcher paper. Cut them as long as 6 feet. Draw a tall
tree on each paper. Lay thom on the floor and have the children color
them. Hang the trees up on the rainforest wall. Encourage the
children to add details such as vines hanging down off the trees.
Vines
Use brown grocery bages to create vines. Fold the paperbag into
thirds or fourths and cut into strips about 1 1/2 inch thick. Twist
the bag as if you were wringing out a wet towel. Staple 2 or more
twisted strips to make long vines.
Flowers
Have the children create flowers and leaves for a rainforest wall
using construction paper.
Sloths
Copy the sloth coloring page. Have the children color and cut out
their sloths. Hang their sloths from the vines on the rainforest wall.
Sloth color page
Sloth & Toucans color page
*Group Time
Animals/Jungle
Need: Bag with small animal figures inside.
Song: We're going through the jungle,
We're going through the jungle,
What can we see? What can we see?
Sing this while using hands on knees to keep the beat but also imitate feet walking through the jungle. Have a child pull out an animal from the bag. Then either sing a song about this animal or tell a story or just discuss. Have fun! Contributed by: Margaret Louden
*Things To Do-Other Sites
Rainforest coloring pages
Rainforest Counting
Jan Bret's: Rainforest Mural
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