Primate Theme

Pratt's Educational Resources

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Lemur
Lemur Mask @ pbs.org

Ape Theme
Ape Coloring Page @ Coloring.ws
Ape Eating Banana @ abcbabysit
Apes @ EnchantedLearning

Gibbons
They live in the rain forests in Asia.
Gibbons @ Enchanted Learning

Gorilla

Gorillas live in the: rain forests, wet lowland forests, swamps, and abandoned fields in Africa. (Gorillas @ Enchanted Learning)

Books
        

Little Gorilla by Ruth Bornstein
It has other pictures in the book include: butterfly, Green Parrot, monkey, boa constrictor, giraffe, elephant,  lion, and hippo.  It has the words: grandma, grandpa, and grow" in it.

African Primates at Home: Mountain Gorilla Photo, sounds, and facts.
Gorillas Photos & Fact Sheet @ primates.com

Africa Coloring Book: Mountain Gorilla
First-School's Coloring Pages: Gorilla

Zoo Animal Themes: Wednesday: (poem)

Games & Fingerplays:

Monkey Says, Monkey Do
Players needed 2 or more
Have the children stand or sit in a circle.  Give instructions to the children and give them a chance to do it to.  Here are some instructions they can follow: Monkey Says, touch your nose, scratch you stomach, eat a banana, peel a banana, or anything else a monkey might do or not do.  The children can just say what they want to do and the other children should imitate it.  For older children, play it like "Simon Say" but say "Monkey Says" instead.

Preschool Education: Games - Swing, Swing

Use the Alligator Paper Bag Puppet and Monkey Hand Puppet @ Sunnie Bunniezz for any of the fingerplays or songs.

5 Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed.
One fell off and bumped his head.
Mommy called the doctor and the doctor said,
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed."

Repeat, 4, 3, 2 monkeys.

One little monkey jumping on the bed.
He fell off and bumped his head.
Mommy called the doctor and the doctor said,
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed."

Songs & Fingerplays @ Preschooleducation.com
"I'm a little Monkey" and "Itsy Bitsy Monkey"

Disney.com - Playhouse - Out Of The Box (Monkey) Sing Along

Arts & Crafts:
Thumbprint Monkeys
Draw an outline of a tree on a piece of construction paper.  Have the children place their thumbprints one above the other.  Using a wooden toothpick and a different color of paint, make eyes, nose, and a mouth.  Using a Q-tip or a fine tipped marker, make ears, arms, legs, and a tail.

Music:
All Around The Mulberry Bush (Pop! Goes The Weasel) and Listen to the Pop! Goes The Weasel!
NightOwl: Coloring Page for Pop Goes The Weasel!

See Mangabey.

Monkey Sounds
Sounds of the World's Animals: Monkey or another one but the same sound

Sounds from Kenya (Africa)
Black and White Colobus Monkey

Asia
Douc Langur (colobine monkey)
Japanese Macaque Or Snow Monkey
Lion-Tailed Macaque from India
Proboscis from Borneo

Other Resources
Japan's Monkey Mountain

Baboon
Africa Coloring Book: Baboon
JungleWalk Baboon animal sound, photos, and video

Colobus Monkey
Black and White Colobus Monkey

Howler Monkey
Howler Monkey (wav)
Howler Monkey @ animalsoftherainforest "Black Howler Monkey" and "Red Howler Monkey"
Mantled Howler Monkeys (wav) and another one

Pata Monkey
Pata Monkey Sound

Redtail Monkey
African Primates at Home: Redtail Monkey Photo, sounds, and facts.

Woolly Monkey
Woolly Monkey @ animalsoftherainfores

Online Monkey Activities Baboons Jigsaw Puzzle On my site. Kids' Corner: Games Monkey Addition Game Monkey:  StoryPlace.com Monos: Spanish StoryPlace.com Jungle Palooza: Paint a Monkey Philadelphia Zoo: Games