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3 Free and Amazing Amazon Rainforest Lapbooks for Kids

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Today, I have three free Amazon rainforest lapbooks which go with our Amazon Rain Forest Unit Study And homeschool lapbooks make great tools for master learning about a unit study topic..

These lapbook about the Amazon Rainforest covers so many subtopics that each of your children can spend time on whatever topics interest them. Besides you can make many or one from the different minibooks.

Take your time putting together this huge lapbook because it has about 35 minibooks.

3 Free and Amazing Amazon Rainforest Lapbooks for Kids

Because lapbooks are interactive hands-on tools, you want to take several days to create it.

One tip is to create each minibook while you’re learning about the Amazon Rainforest.

In addition, I’ve created Amazon Rainforest covers that can be used on the outside of the lapbooks or your child can do his own art.

Each of my children were different. My then high school teen didn’t want much art on the outside cover.

However, my younger two kids at the time loved creating the outside of the lapbook.

How to Use the Rainforest Lapbook

Although some parents think the lapbook is a craftsy artsy project, it is far beyond that.

I think of a lapbook as a treasure trove of what interests the child. That can be used to teach your teach and to help him memorize important facts.

However, they’re are other ways to use lapbooks.

Use the lapbook to:

  • store nature things which interest your child
  • hold small paper games
  • illustrate art and drawings
  • showcase your child’s writing
  • keep math facts or rules that your want your child to know
  • contain maps of geographical areas

And because you don’t need a lot of supplies to create a beautiful lapbook each one can be unique.

3 Free and Amazing Amazon Rainforest Lapbooks for Kids

Too, the beauty of saving your lapbooks is that you can come back another year and add one more flap.

Then, add more minibooks. So, only fill the lapbook until your child’s interest has piqued.

Come back later that year or years later and add an extension of a file folder and create more minibooks.

30+ Free Minibooks about the Amazon Rainforest

For example, look at the minibooks about the Amazon Rainforest to give you ideas of topics to cover.

I have put them in several groupings so you can see the minibooks. But they are in no particular order.

  • Four things needed in a rainforest.
  • Five Kingdoms of Life.
  • Five Little Monkeys story props.
  • ABC’s of the rainforest.
  • ABC Storage pockets.
  • Animal and Plant cells.

And also remember they are use to for varying levels.

  • Bird pocket.
  • Chocolate.
  • Different colored rivers of the Amazon.
  • Food of the rainforest.
  • Herbivores carnivores omnivores.
  • Jaguars.
  • Jungle art.

I have minibooks for young children to learn the ABCS of the Amazon Rainforest to learning about scientist.

  • Layers of the rainforest older.
  • Layers of the rainforest younger.
  • Layers of the rainforest 4 tab older.
  • Life cycle of kapok tree.
  • Lungs of the world.
  • Photosynthesis.
  • Photosynthesis wheel rain forest.
  • Pioneer microbiologist and father of taxonomy.

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Also, you can pull out one topic like chocolate or the tropical fruits and focus only on that.

  • Plant label.
  • Products of the rainforest.
  • Rainforest facts.
  • Rain forest measuring.
  • Rainforest opposites.
  • Rain Force plants.
  • Rain forest in danger.
  • Rainforest vocabulary younger.
  • Reptiles insects amphibians of the amazon.
  • Save the rainforest.
  • The Amazon.
  • The canopy a beautiful roof.
  • The rainforest where is it.
  • Water cycle.
  • Why do we need plants younger.

This Amazon Rainforest is a HUGE 108 page download and enough to create more than 3 lapbooks.

Other Amazon Rainforest Resources

3 Free and Amazing Amazon Rainforest Lapbooks for Kids

You’ll love these other Amazon Rainforest unit study resources.

Whether your create one or many you have plenty of minibooks to choose from.

Rainforest Lapbooks

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5 Simple Ways to Enhance a Homeschool Unit Study

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Unit studies can be intimidating. The same things that make unit studies captivating can be the same things that make them tough to teach. Sharing 5 simple ways to enhance a homeschool unit study, I’m hoping that you won’t be afraid to take the plunge and try a unit study or two.

Unit studies can be intimidating. The same things that make unit studies captivating can be the same things that make them tough to teach. Sharing 5 simple ways to enhance a homeschool unit study, I'm hoping that you won't be afraid to take the plunge and try a unit study or two.

Do You Struggle with Homeschool Unit Studies?

One/ Always include a simple hands-on activity or two.

I use to be very judgmental and critical of homeschoolers (I know, doesn’t sound like me at all does it) who did a lot of hands-on activities until I started actually teaching.

What I learned along the way was that activities don’t have to be expensive or time-consuming to have a wow factor.

What is more important is that hands-on learning brings your topic alive and those are the teaching points your kids remember for life.

I’ve tried to do simple things through my many years of homeschooling.

Two/  Include living books.

Sometimes you can pull information from a textbook.

I’ve done it several times because that is what I had on hand and there was no need to purchase something else.

Look at how I did that at From Textbook to Homeschool Unit Study Starter.

However, if you’re wanting the best ways to enhance a unit study, living books beat the boring blahs when it comes to introducing or learning a unit study.

We love using the books by Beautiful Feet, but we also love using reference books.

Though some can be dry, we find they still have a story like appeal which is the hallmark of living books.

Look at my tips at my post Day 3. Selecting Superior Sub-Topics. 10 Days of Diving Into Unit Studies By Creating A Unit Study Together.

Are Your Unit Studies Boring Your Kids to Sleep?

Three/ Use movies as part of your unit study or as a kick starter.

Many times, I’ve used a documentary, musical, or movie to kick off a unit study. It adds flavor to a time period especially if it’s a history related topic.

Not all kids have good imaginations for a past time period. A movie has a way of adding facts about a time period without a child having to slave over period details.

Look at my post Homeschool History Teaching Ancient Civilizations Using Netflix.

Four/ Include just one or two other homeschool families.

You don’t have to join a co-op if you want to cover topics specifically geared toward your kids.

By homeschooling with another family, you still add the element of fun that is found in a co-op, share the lesson planning with another homeschool mom but still control what you want to teach.

Plus, it was great to see my kids interact with another homeschool educator. We did a study about the Vikings with another family and between the two of us, we had so many ideas for our kids.

Some of our best times were by including another homeschool family or two.

Five/ One of the best ways is to focus on one subtopic within your unit study or enhance it with a focused subtopic.

A huge mistake in unit studies is covering way too much material.

But too another point is not being able to hone in one of the subtopics in a unit study.

Whether you purchase a unit study or find one that is free, a problem has always been that you’re not able to cover a subtopic deeply within a theme which interests your kids.

Today, I’m over the top excited to announce a new series which will be in my shop and that is Unit Study Enhancers.

What exactly are they? Well they are printables (minibooks and/or notebooking pages) to use for those times when you can’t find a unit study which hones in specifically on a subtopic that you want to cover.

My unit study enhancers will enhance your teaching points.

It’s meant to bring up close a subtopic or topic that you want to highlight within a theme.

Add them to a notebook, lapbook, use with a workbook or include them as a subtopic in a free or purchased unit study because the printables are not a complete unit study, but enhance one.

Too, by giving you options within the product download, they are designed to relieve teacher prep time and to use with multiple ages of children. For instance, some downloads have simple researched printed material to glue onto pages. This allows you to move forward teaching when your time is limited.

Or, you can have your student research his own information and write it in. Where possible, I give one link or more for reference while using the printables.

Unless a topic is specifically geared toward young learners, quality photos and not babyish images are chosen so that older learners can be engaged.

Color and the highest quality graphics I can find are used to diminish the blah of boring printables.

My first Unit Study Enhancer focuses on one of my biggest free unit studies here on my blog and that is The Amazon Rain Forest. The Unit Study Enhancer is about the temperate rain forest. You can read more about it here at my shop.

But you can download it today for only $2.25.

Also, look at my tips at my series 10 Days of Diving Into Unit Studies by Creating a Unit Study Together.

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The Ultimate Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the Amazon Rain Forest

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In preparing this ultimate guide to the flora and fauna of the Amazon rainforest, I’ve collect resources to enhance a study of the Rain Forest Amazon by gathering resources that focus just on the flora and fauna of the rain forest.

I fondly remember our family trek in the Amazon Rain Forest while living in South America and I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart when learning about it. Having studied the Amazon Rainforest numerous times, we still find fascinating topics to study about.

Because of the sheer number of critters, creatures and creeping things as well as lush plants and trees that exists abundantly in the rain forest, I feel any guide can only touch the fringes of what can be learned. However, I do hope like my other Amazon Rain Forest resources, you’ll find this one equally helpful as you and your kids uncover the fascinating treasures of the Amazon Rain Forest.

Remember to add my HUGE free unit study Tropical Rain Forest – Amazon, or Amazonia in South America, which consists of multiple lapbooks for different ages, Rain Forest – Animals of the Amazon and Tropical Rainforest Amazon Free Resources – Teachers Guides, Crafts, Lesson Plans to this unit study.

The Ultimate Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the Amazon Rain Forest

Tropical Rainforest Amazon


Flora of the Amazon Rainforest

Trees of the Amazon Rain Forest

Our Journey Westward

Plants of the Amazon Rain Forest

Our Journey Westward

Fauna of the Amazon Rainforest

Birds of the Amazon Rain Forest

Mammals of the Amazon Rain Forest


Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon Rain Forest


Aquatic Life of the Amazon Rain Forest

Insects of the Amazon Rain Forest

The Ultimate Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the Amazon Rain Forest

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The Ultimate Guide to the Flora and Fauna of the Amazon Rain Forest. Learning about the lush plants and fascinating animals of the Amazon Rain Forest makes for a fascinating homeschool unit study. Bring learning alive through hands-on activities, free guides and ideas for learning about the flora and fauna of the Amazon Rain Forest in this Ultimate Guide. Click here!

Our Adventure in The Amazon Rain Forest

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WARNING: PICTURE OVERLOAD!! I just couldn’t resist sharing as much as I could on our adventure in the Amazon Rain Forest
Our Adventure in The Amazon Rain Forest @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool PlusWhen we did the Amazon Rain Forest unit study with our homeschool co-op group a few years back, I never dreamed we would have the opportunity to visit it.

Pinch me because it was one of those things that I had dreamed of us doing as a family.

We savored EVERY minute!1 Waterfall 1 on our way to the Amazon Rain ForestWe stayed in a town called Banos and took the hour and half drive with a guide and driver to Puyo which is the edge of the rain forest.

What makes this area so cool to visit is that you can travel back and forth between the slopes of the Andes Mountains and the flatter levels of the rain forest, all within about a couple of hours.

Our first stop as we look so fresh here in the morning was this beautiful waterfall on the edge of town.2 First Waterfall outside of BanoDo you see that little red speck to the left of my Mr?

Yep, that is a cable car that takes you across the river and stops you in front of the waterfall.3 My view from the cable car over the waterfallsAnd here is one picture that I took where I am inside up several hundred feet in the air snapping this beautiful majestic waterfall.4 View from the cable at the first waterfallAnd as you can see, only Tiny, Mr. Senior 2013 and myself hopped on this baby. Mr. Awesome and my hubby wouldn’t touch foot on this cable car.

The view up here is MAGNIFICENT!5 Massive second waterfallI am telling you I think I love waterfalls almost more than I do beaches. Look at how HUGE this waterfall is on the way to Puyo.

Do you see that is a house on the bottom right side?6 Visting a rescue reserveUgggg, being from Texas, do I ever recognize the mosquito spray.  Out came the mosquito spray because we have now arrived to the area of the rain forest.

The next stop we made was to a reserve and rescue for the Amazon animals.

I have tons of pictures of the animals and will probably add them to my Rain Forest Unit Study page.7 monkey looking for a spiderThen of course they don’t mind if a few monkeys run around free.

This little guy was using that stick to grab his breakfast (an innocent spider).

He was using it to stick down into the center of the plant.8 wild monkey I just had to show you the monkey that was near the place where we were staying.

The windows at out rooms have bars on them so that we can open them at night, but keep out critters like this.

I like to view him from a distance and slept great at night knowing dogs were keeping watch at our hotel.  They did chase one monkey on the rooftop one morning while we were sleeping.9 Fish cooked in banana leavesThen the next stop was to eat lunch and visit a indigenous village in the Amazon.

We ate a traditional meal from the amazon, which is fish cooked in the banana leaves. It is some of the best tasting tilapia I have ever had.

Something about cooking it in the leaves gives it a real flavor.10 Visiting an indigenous villageThen we arrived at this village across the river.

11 crossing the swaying bridge to the Amazon Community The only way to get to it was by crossing this bridge, which swings a little bit. Eeek!!12 Length of bridge to get to the communityI wanted you to see the length of it.13 Tasting ChichaAfter got into the village, our guide explained how the huts are made by palm leaves. It takes like two months to build it.

It was so strong and sturdy AND it started raining when we got there and we warm and dry inside.

Then we had to taste Chicha, which is a fermented drink made from maize. The longer it ferment supposedly the sweeter it tastes.

We tasted it on the second day and all I can say is that is must be an acquired taste.  Tiny had to chase his Chicha down with some water.14 Animals of the Amazon trophies The Kichwa village showed off some of their “trophies” that they had gathered from the rain forest like the boa skin and the ocelot.15 Face PaintingThen they took us to their hut, which housed their hand-made crafts. Mr. Senior 2013 and I sat down for local face painting. 16 Kichwa girls
These two little Kichwa girls were the ones that painted our faces and sold crafts to us. We never did see their parents, but I know they must get tired of people coming.

But aren’t these girls so beautiful? I do know that children are taught adult responsibilities early.17 Trying his hand at blow dartOf course we had to try our hand at blow darts.  Mr. Awesome was pretty good at it.18 Fierce Amazon WarriorThere was plenty of time for hands-on learning as they showed us the bones of different animals and how to identify them.19 Checking out the mapNow, after we ate and had fun, we were ready for our arduous trek in the Amazon Rain Forest.

First, we have to have a geography lesson by studying the map of where we are going and understanding how many people make up a community.

Of course like I mentioned the rain came but our guide was prepared with ponchos and rain boots.20 Leaves to cook in
The first leave he showed us, I recognized.That part was easy. The rest of the leaves, not so much.

The first leave he showed us was what our fish was cooked in and he was demonstrating how to fold food in it if we had to stay over night in the rain forest. 21 Learning to weave with Palm leavesFrom there, our guide went on to strip palm leaves and show the boys the art of weaving.22 Medicinal value of leavesWe could hardly walk any distance until he showed us different leaves. We smelled leaves that were lemon and anise.

We chewed leaves that had a anesthesia effect.  He said the locals chews the leaves when they have a tooth ache. You get a wad, chew, chew and then spit.

I had a deaden tongue for a while.23 Amazon OrchidOur guide also pointed out not only the beautiful orchids growing all around, but a seedling, which I had never seen.24 Amazon Tree
This is like a ceiba tree but its different because it has real hard roots which serve as a protection. Too on each side of this tree are palms, which are black. The spears and things we bought are made of this palm tree.

The palms look like they have a finished look and are just beautiful.

Of course though this is where the tarantulas like to live as our guide pointed out. They like to live under the roots coming out. So were careful not to touch these trees during our trek.25 bridge crossing the river
We crossed three rivers, holding arm and arm as we waded across them, but several of the rivers had natural bridges that the locals tried to add some hand rails to.26 Frogs live in bromeliads
Of course the trip wouldn’t be complete without seeing a frog that lives in the bromeliads.

Our guide got this one out of his cozy home so we could see him up close.27 Hola Vida Waterfall
We hiked for a good couple of hours or more until we got to this TOTALLY WORTH it waterfall called Hola Vida. (Hello Life)28 Trekking the Rain Forest
It was SO worth the journey and the water was ice cold. We sat there and listened to the sounds of the waterfall and birds as we had a nature moment.29 Taking a swim in the Hola Vida waterfall
So much fun and such beautiful creation that it is so hard to put it all into words. A true life experience.crafts of the AmazonWe came back with some crafts. The taffy and the deck of cards are from the local but the other things like the spears and knives were hand made. I just had to have that beautiful handmade necklace.

All of these things were made from natural products from the rain forest.

Trekking the Amazon Rain Forest was only part of what we did on our vacation.

I will have to show you the other things we did while we were in Banos.  It is such a beautiful little town.

However, we won’t forget so easily our Amazon Rain Forest experience.

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100+ Best and Free Tropical Amazon Rainforest Educators Resources

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Tropical Rainforest Amazon Educators Resources

The tropical rain forest Amazon was a huge unit study and co-op for us when we studied it a while back. I will be doing it again with Tiny because he was real young when we studied it the first time around.

Too, we might have a chance to visit the rain forest while we are living here in Ecuador. Update: Oh yes we trekked the Amazon Rain Forest while living in Ecuador.

Part of Ecuador borders the rain forest. So either by visiting Brazil or traveling here in Ecuador, I want to be sure we get by to see it because that will be one way to bring the study of the Amazon Rain Forest alive.

Because I didn’t get to share too many tropical rainforest Amazon free resources when I shared my unit study (I already had three pages here on my blog) I thought I would gather a few of them here and then well – – I kept adding and adding.

100 Tropical Rainforest Amazon Free Resources for Educators

I have over 100 free rain forest resources listed below.

Amazon Rainforest Free Educator Resources

Here are my three pages and then scoot down and grab more below.

Rainforest Amazon

Rainforest Animals

Rainforest Co-op Pictures

Free Tropical Rain Forest Amazon Teacher Guides

Free Tropical Rain Forest Amazon Lesson Plans

Free Tropical Rain Forest Amazon Coloring Pages

Tropical Rain Forest Amazon Lapbooks

The Basement Workshop Store

Tropical Rain Forest Crafts and Activities

Free Rain Forest Printables

Rainforest Facts – Infographics

Degradation of the Brazilian Rain Forest

Rain Forest Infographic

Rain Forest Media Resources

If you want to do a literature unit study with fun weather themed book for your young ones, you’ll love these online self-paced literature workshops for your kids.

Look at the course the book Raindrop Plop.

Check out ALL the online self-paced courses for your kids. They have classes for K to 12.

Best Rain Forest Books for Kids

You’ll love my Ultimate Unit Study Planner with my eye for detail! You can grab it below or see more pictures in my shop and check out the Unit Study Enhancer for Temperate Rain Forests.

100 Tropical Rainforest Amazon Free Resources for Educators

You’ll love these other resources:

Hugs and love ya,

Over 70 Free Amazon Rain Forest Resources! Great for a homeschool unit study or just learning about the Amazon Rain Forest. Click here to grab these AWESOME resources!