Over In The Rain Forest: This book uses the common song,
"Over In The Meadow". A
great way
to introduce different animals that live in the rain forest and to
reinforce numbers (1-10).
A Rain Forest Adventure Dramatic Play
Play different rainforest sounds or animal sounds (or music).
Pretend you are in rainforest. Hear the rain falling from the
sky. See the tall
tree ... See the ... (flying above you). Hear the sound it is
making.
Hear the wings flapping. Pretend to flap your wings, walk
like
a ..., etc. The chimpanzee is going to tree to tree.
Pretend
you are moving from tree to tree. Oh, it grabbed a banana, ...
What
color is the banana? Pretend to eat a banana, ... Shh. Here
comes
a ... Be very quiet. Don't move. Oh, they he goes.
You
can walk now. Use your imagination.
Rain Forest Animal Puppets
(Use these to go with your Rain Forest Adventure)
One site you can go to is: The
Umbrella Coloring Mural @ janbrett.com to print out animal coloring
pages.