Introducing rainforest to my 1st-grader

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The hardest thing for me to teach my son about the habitats was letting him imagine or picture what kind of place it is. He was 6 years old, and he had never experienced a rainforest, so we needed to watch many videos to introduce what it looks like.

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What you need

• Books and videos about the rainforest
• Animals in the rainforest images from the internet or your drawings
• Color pencils, crayons or markers for drawing
• Letter size paper for drawing the rainforest scenery
• Scissors for cutting out the animal images

I recommend using actual animal images, not clip-art because most kids have never seen these animals except at the zoo.

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Activity Ideas

Idea 1: Drawing scenery

After learning about the rainforest from videos and books, draw rainforest scenery.

Idea 2: Adding animals

Print out the small size of animal images from the internet, and cut them out. Place on the rainforest scenery drawing.

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Resources for Learning Topics

Videos (Rainforest)

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Videos (Animals in the rainforest)

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Websites

Rainforest Habitat (National Geographic Kids)

San Diego Zoo: Habitats (Tropical Rain Forest)

San Diego Zoo introduces animals and plants living in the tropical rain forest. Very helpful!

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Books

Rainforest related books list on epic! (Available on epic! Book)

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Happy learning!

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