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The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

April 9, 2022 | Leave a Comment
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Along with The Tale of Peter Rabbit printables, I’m also sharing fun hands-on activities during my spring unit study with Mr. MunchKing. He is such a sweet kid to mentor, and he had so much with this spring unit study. It is one of his favorites already.

Tale of Peter Rabbit Unit Study

Before I started blogging or had a website, I used parts of Five in a Row unit study curriculum with my three homeschooled grads. FIAR uses The Tale of Peter Rabbit as one of their literature studies.

Doing the same unit study years later allowed me to dig deeper, to make it fit another generation, and to use my own unique ideas.

I planned this unit study with my ideas and ideas from other educators. Why invent the wheel when so many good unit study printables and subtopics abound on the internet? A pinch of my own way of teaching and add in other wonderful ideas and it’s a fantastic fun study.

One more thing about Five in a Row is that many unit study providers have come along since I started 25 years ago, but Five in a Row remains one of my very favorite for elementary and middle school. The way they use hands-on for all subjects is head and shoulders above many other so called unit study providers.

Keep in mind that this delightful book can be used all the way up to high school as well. Topics can be slanted to teach children like figurative language, drawing inferences, and an introduction to analysis.

Don’t think it’s just a young child’s tale; a picture book is one of the best tools for teaching beginning analysis in the middle grades.

Now, let’s dive into this fun spring unit study about The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

First, look below at my unit study planning page from my Ultimate DIY Unit Study Planner of how I adapted the tale to fit what I want Mr. MunchKing to learn at the PreK/K level.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

My unit study planning page is just a guide, but is not everything you cover. Again, as a guide it gives you a framework of important points while following your child’s lead.

Unit Study Concept/Ideas for Peter Rabbit Tale

In addition, I start with unit study idea concepts which are usually like one or two words for me to glance at to use as a springboard for another teaching idea.

Look at some of the unit study idea concepts or word glances for The Tale of Peter Rabbit which fits the age of Mr. MunchKing.

  • England, country garden, farm animals
  • rabbits, berries, sparrows
  • types of robins, fir tree, obedience, and
  • various cultures.

Next, look at various activities and ideas for each homeschool subjects. Beginning with language arts, the best part is reading the book over and over again.

Watch and listen to this beautiful read aloud of Peter Rabbit on YouTube using an English accent.

I have included a few more videos to help the book come alive:

  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny film 1/2
  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny film 2/2
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

Peter Rabbit Unit Study Language Arts

Learning how to tell back a story builds fluency in reading and comprehension. It begins with excellent literature.

Further, I created this fun printable story telling cube which can be used in different ways. Reading should be hands-on to allow your child to listen while using his other senses.

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The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

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I used this printable in several different ways:

  • ask questions about events in the story and have your learner find it on the cube
  • read a part in the book, ask who was talking in the story and have your child find it on the cube
  • tell your child to choose a character or event on the cube and retell what is the picture illustrating
  • have your child “roll” it and play guess what the picture is illustrating
  • let your child listen and follow along showing the correct illustration
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

Free The Tale of Peter Rabbit Book

And you’ll love having access to The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter for free here at Gutenberg.

Free Literary Terms Notebooking Pages

Because I know how hard it is to find things for older learners, I’ve created 3 free literary terms notebooking pages based on the book.

Please hear my heart when I say that I don’t encourage any literary evaluation until a child is in middle school. Young child will struggle with understanding literary terms. Wait until they are older.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

The first notebooking page is Fiction versus Nonfiction. Have your child write under the correct column which key words match the correct column.

For the second notebooking page, Elements of Fiction, have your child research the definition of each of the elements of fiction.

Literary terms is the third page. I have included a brief definition of a few terms on that page.

Help your older leaner to understand the definitions and then find examples of each one in the story. For example, to explain foreshadowing point out this part below to your child.

NOW, my dears,” said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, “you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.”

On the last part of the third notebooking page there is a part to add specific genres like mysteries, science fiction, historical fiction, realistic fiction and epic poems to name a few. I hope these brief explanations about each page will help you guide your child.

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Fine Motor Activities for The Tale of Peter Rabbit

To further enhance language arts skills for Mr. MunchKing, we added dot printables and other fine motor skills craft fun.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

The list below of fun printables is from Making Learning Fun which we loved to enhance language arts:

  • 3 sisters Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail printable
  • Peter Rabbit emergent reader
  • ABC Dot to Dot
  • Emergent Reader
  • Pre Writing Tracer Cards
  • Baggie Rabbit Rhyme and Craft
  • Count by 2’s Dot to Dot
  • Feed the Rabbit Game
  • Rabbit Hopping Measurement Cards
  • Coat Button Activity
  • Measurement Worksheet
  • Peter’s Coat Pattern

Also, look at some of these fine motor skill activities we added.

How to Sew a Felt Carrot

First, Mr. MunchKing sewed an adorable little felt carrot. You don’t need much to do this and your little learner can make many of the vegetables in Mr. McGregor’s garden.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

Begin by gathering felt, a plastic sewing needle, yarn, scissors, and some stuffing.

You can use cotton or whatever you have on hand for the stuffing. As some of our school supplies, we add to our craft supply and added a pack of felt. You’ll need two colors, orange and green.

There are a few easy steps:

  • First, our square had to be cut into a wide triangle.
  • Fold over the triangle to form the shape of a carrot.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
  • Thread the needle with a long piece of orange yarn and have your child sew on the long side.
  • Don’t cut off your yarn yet. Leave enough room to stuff.
  • Next stuff the carrot and use a pencil to push it down to the bottom of the point.
  • Then, lay the carrot aside without sewing across the top yet either.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
  • Take the green felt and stuff it inside the carrot with the stuffing.
  • Sew the sides and tie. Thread the needle again and sew across the top of the carrot
  • Lastly cut the green felt to make leaves.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

How to Use The Vegetables in Mr. McGregor’s Garden for Playing to Learn

Too, we cut free hand from the rest of the felt the other vegetables in Mr. McGregor’s garden.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

After cutting out the vegetables, Mr. MunchKing glued the small vegetables together.

Next glue them on popsicle sticks and now your can use the vegetable sticks in many ways.

  • your little learner picks up the correct vegetable when he hears that part in the story
  • try to count how many vegetables are in the garden
  • name the vegetables after they’re mentioned in the story
  • poke holes on a shoebox lid and put the sticks through and color the lid like dirt to make a pretend garden

Geography for The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Of course, some of the best subjects to include in this unit study are science, nature study, art and even geography.

Because the author Beatrix Potter was born and raised in England, many of the illustrations in her books are of the English countryside. If you want to know more about Beatrix Potter, the Victoria and Albert Museum has a huge collection of her drawings, letters, and work.

Comparing the English countryside to where your child lives gives your child a foundation of beginning geography. For beginning geography, some of the fun hands-on activities we included was making an edible peanut butter dough map of England and focusing on mapping Mr. McGregor’s garden.

How to make Make an Edible Peanut Butter Dough England Map

Start by making an edible map with peanut butter dough and form the country of England. You could also use cookie dough from the store, bake it and then add icing.

I’ve waffled between these two recipes during the years doing variations of each. So, mix and match until you have the taste your child loves.

  • 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 cup of dried instant milk
  • 1/2 cup of smooth peanut butter
  • 1/3 cup of honey

 Mix until you have a smooth consistency. We have peanut butter lovers here, so a little bit of licking and a little bit of learning is the way to learn about maps at this age.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
Step 1. Grab your ingredients.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
STEP 2. Start mixing.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
STEP 3. Of course, mixing is the best part.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
STEP 4. Make an outline of England.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
STEP 5. OF course Lick and Learn along the way.

Next, grab a printed outline of the country of England after you locate it on a globe or map and talk about the pictures in the book.

Tape a clear piece of parchment paper on top of the printable map, so your little learner can follow the lines with his fingers. As your child grows, he can pencil in the border of the countries and landmarks.

Locate the cottage garden in the book, explain about the English countryside and explain what is a country setting versus a city setting. Then let your little learner form the map with the peanut butter dough.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

In addition, another easy hands-on geography idea is to map Mr. McGregor’s garden. I loved this idea over at Children’s Book and Reading.

Mapping Mr. McGregor’s Garden for Fun Geography

Drawing pictures of what your child is learning cements the story line and you know that your child is understanding. It has been my experience that many older readers who struggle with reading didn’t have enough time to visualize parts of the story.

When a young learner can draw, he visualizes key details. In addition, maps are great visual aids.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

Having your child map his backyard is another fun way to begin mapping. Geography comes alive because your child is connecting the story to his life and surroundings. It’s fun to see what your child focuses on too.

Then we downloaded the sweet printable over at Children’s Book and Reading which contains empty vegetable patches. As you begin to read the story, have your child follow along on his map.

You can do geography of the garden other ways too. Using a white board, have your child use his fingerprints and thumbprints to draw pictures of where the vegetables are as he hears the story. We grabbed the washable paint colors orange, red, green, and brown.

This activity was a two-pher as I call it. Teach your child about geography while painting and using his fine motor skills. What fun we had.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

On the printable, your child can map the vegetables, draw pictures of animals where they belong.

And use the printable to explain Peter Rabbit’s route.

Finally, there are many nature and science activities to plan from book.

Nature and Science from The Tale of Peter Rabbit

We had a hard time narrowing down what nature and science activities we wanted to do. The first science activity which was to compare soils best for growing plants came from Inspiration Laboratories.

Compare Types of Soil To Grow Plants In

Comparing the types of soil needed for plants to grow in is a fun segue to learn about gardening.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

It’s also an easy activity because you need just a few materials most of which you have on hand at home.

Too, your child can begin with this hands-on science and observe the growing process each day to record in a journal if they are writers. If they are budding writers, a picture of the day-to-day growth works too. It encourages pre-writing skills.

Grow Seedlings Like Mr. McGregor’s Vegetables

Another fun idea for a spring garden is to grow seedlings. With a young learner, you don’t need to plant a whole garden unless you want to. Mr. MunchKing really loved this activity as he watched his babies grow each day.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

If you do this with a young learner, try to get seeds which sprout fast, so you child has fun instantly. I don’t have a green thumb by any stretch, but I’ve always managed to introduce gardening to each child.

And in my experience fast growing seeds work best. We just used what we had on hand which was an empty egg carton, seed packets, and potting soil. Seeds like beans, radishes and peas can grow quickly.

This was a huge unit study for us; we did it for several weeks, stepped back, and then came back to it.

If you’re planning this unit study, do the garden projects first so children can observe while you do the language arts portion and other fun ideas.

Add these fun videos about vegetables to your day.

  • Vegetable Song For Kids
  • Vegetables We Love You | Vegetable Song

Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables

While we were working day to day on the fun activities, we found this beautiful lapbook at Homeschool Share.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

The beauty of lapbooks is that your child can create them anyway they like to. We used some of the free printables from Homeschool Share and added Mr. MunchKing’s work he loved about Mr. McGregor’s garden.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

Although lapbooks can take more planning and be more work, in the many my kids have created, they are also memory keepers.

Besides memory keepers, lapbooks are hands-on tools which aids recall.

While true that I don’t hail to be a crafty mom, I do know the value of mess and play learning.

Lapbooks fit into this category for me. Have you ever seen a child filled with excitement as he explains a worksheet? But turn that worksheet into a mini fun book folded into a creative way, and now you have an engaged learner.

Look at my video How to Lapbook EZ on my YouTube Channel.

So The Tale of Peter Rabbit lapbook is a fun way for a child to remember the information in a fun and natural way.

Peter Rabbit End of Unit Tea Celebration

Finally, always try to end your unit study with a memorable activity. I found this adorable tea set which has is a 15-Piece Woodland-Themed Tin Tea Set, Includes Teapot, 4 Plates, 4 Cups, 4 Saucers, Serving Tray and Carrying Case for our spring tea. And what better way to remember this unit study than to have a tea party. Plus we can use it for many more themed parties!

We served raspberry muffins and rabbit shaped cookies. Also, you could serve scones, but the muffins and cookies were great hits.

Mr. MunchKing dressed up in his Sunday finest and we pretended Peter Rabbit invited us over for tea. What a fun time he had!

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

Finally, here are a few more fun things I found to help make your The Tale of Peter Rabbit Unit Study memorable.

More The Tale of Peter Rabbit Free Printables and Activities

  • Download these precious and free I Spy printables to use while your child watches the movie and listens to you as you read aloud.
  • Fun pop up garden paper plater craft.
  • Lettuce wraps for kids.
  • Grab these printable ABC carrot patch.
  • And there are even more ideas here at The World of Peter Rabbit site. You won’t be short for ideas.

Free Literature Printables for The Tale of Peter Rabbit for Older Learners

The Tale of Peter Rabbit Printables for a Fun Spring Unit Study

As you can see we had an awesome time with this fun unit study using beautiful literature. Do you think you’ll try it?

You’ll also love these other hands-on posts about gardening, spring, and beautiful literature.

  • Kinder Gardening to Celebrate Nature and Science
  • Easy Seed and Gardening Unit Study for Kids (Middle – Upper Elementary)
  • 26 Free Nature Unit Studies for Multiple Ages
  • How to Make an Easy Nature Paint Brush With Kids
  • 20 Nature-Inspired Kids’ Novels to Nurture Interest In the Outdoors
  • How to Easily Make a Simple and Fun Kids DIY Flower Press
  • How to Easily Make Fun Seed Tape With Kids
  • Fun Kids Activity How to Make Wildflower Seed Bombs
  • How to Make a Fun Kids Root Viewer
  • Hands-On Mixed Media Flower Art Fun Nature Study

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How to Make a Fun Kids Root Viewer

March 16, 2019 | Leave a Comment
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DIY Fun Kids Root Viewer

While planting and watching a garden grow is tons of fun you kinda miss out on some of the fun and learning.

You don’t really get to see what is going on under the soil and that is where the real action takes place, at least in the beginning.

Giving kids a chance to really see what is happening underground really helps the idea of seed to plant take shape even more in their minds.

They do sell plastic root viewers online but really I enjoyed making our own for some hands-on fun and also because it only cost $3 to make it with tons of leftover seeds and soil for other garden activities or planting.

We will use ours over and over checking out how different plants look, how long it takes them to germinate, and how big they grow.

1. root viewer vertical How to Make a Fun Kids Root Viewer

Kids Spring Activity Root Viewer

To make your own diy root viewer you will need:

a smooth cylinder vase-glass or plastic
Potting soil
Garden seeds- radishes, marigold, melon, and squash sprout quickly
A handful of large rocks or pebbles
cardstock/construction paper

2. root viewer supplies How to Make a Fun Kids Root Viewer

Gather up all your supplies and begin by placing a layer of rocks about 3” deep in the bottom of your vase carefully.

You can use plastic but I like the transparency and durability of the glass one better so we choose a tall cylinder vase at Dollar Tree. For stones, we just used some that we had in our driveway.

3. DIY root viewer adding rocks How to Make a Fun Kids Root Viewer

Next, add the potting soil to fill your vase to about 1”-2” from the top of the rim. We were also able to get a nice sized bag of potting soil at Dollar Tree and there is plenty left in the bag for more projects.

Add 1-2 seeds to the soil 1” deep, press them in with your finger. We spread ours out in 3 different spots around the vase in case some didn’t take.

Be sure to place your seeds right up against the glass so you can watch them sprout clearly, you will also be able to see some of the roots as the reach down.

We choose radishes to plant in ours because they generally sprout pretty quick, this lets you get to the action much quicker but we will rotate our “crops” to observe other types of plants.

4 diy root viewer water How to Make a Fun Kids Root Viewer

Water the seeds/soil well.

5. root viewer soil How to Make a Fun Kids Root Viewer

Now, in order for a seed to sprout it needs a moist but also dark environment so we need to cover the vase as if the seed were in the ground.

Measure the height and diameter of your vase and cut a piece of thick dark cardstock or construction paper to fit, wrap it around and tape snugly in place, tape it to the other end of the paper, not the vase so that you can easily lift it off the vase and view the process.

We made ours 2 layers thick to give the tiny seeds as much protection as possible.

6 root viewer horizontal How to Make a Fun Kids Root Viewer

Easy Kids Root Viewer

Place the cover on your vase and put your root viewer in a sunny window so that the soil can be warmed by the sun and provide the ideal conditions for your seeds to sprout.

As you put together your diy root viewer and watch the growth it’s a great time to talk about what a seed needs-water, oxygen, and proper temperature for optimal growth.

Our viewer held a lot of water and we only needed to add just a bit of water directly to the top to keep the seeds moist.

7. root viewer cover How to Make a Fun Kids Root Viewer

Every day slide up the cover and check out the progress. Make notes and drawings in a journal to track your plant’s growth.

Ask your child some open-ended questions to encourage their curiosity.

  • What is happening?
  • How has the plant changed?
  • What will happen next?
  • After how many days did the seed begin to open?
  • How long before the leaves sprouted?

Here are our sprouts on day 1, day 3, day 5, and day 15

8 root viewer sprout growth How to Make a Fun Kids Root Viewer

The kids really enjoyed being able to see a normally hidden magical process. We could see the seed as it broke open, roots as the grew down, and the stem and seeds as they reached upward for the sun.


The other thing seeds need to sprout is contained inside them- nutrients. Once they sprout in the right conditions and roots take hold and the leaves sprout they are then able to use the process of Photosynthesis to make food.

Here are some terms to go over with your child while building and watching the process…

  • Photosynthesis– The process where green plants and organisms use sunlight to create food from water and carbon dioxide.
  • Germination– The development of seed after planting in soil.
  • Sprout– Germination process where the seed puts out roots.
  • Nutrients– Something in food that helps plants, animals, and people grow.
  • Dormant– The state of rest for seeds before they sprout.

Go a little deeper by learning about the basic parts of a plant- roots, stem, leaves.

You’ll also love these other activities:

  • Easy Seed and Gardening Unit Study for Kids (Middle – Upper Elementary)
  • Fall Unit Study (Includes Apples, Sir Isaac Newton, Art, and Appleseed)
  • Foraging and Feasting Nature Unit Study and Lapbook 
  • Wildflowers Unit Study & Lapbook
  • How to Easily Garden Plan With Kids Using LEGO

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

April 23, 2017 | Leave a Comment
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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

  • Brazil Wildlife-Episode 1.
  • Rainforest Letter “R” Printables.
  • Rainforest Animals Counting 1 – 10 Printable.
  • Rainforest Slideshow.
  • Virtual Field Trip – Amazon Rainforest.
  • Rainforest in a Box.
  • Rainforest Unit for younger children.
  • Animals of South America.
  • Animals of the Rainforest Worksheet.
  • Rainforest Worksheets
  • Rainforest Word Search.
  • Rainforest Unit Study.
  • 3-D Diorama of the Amazon Rainforest.
  • Compare Flora and Fauna of the Temperate Forest and Rain Forest.
  • Make a 3-d triarama.
  • Rainforest Lesson Plans.
  • Rainforest Lesson Plans –  with Powerpoint
  • Rainforest Plant Database.
  • Amazon Water Cycle.


  • Rainforest Plant and Animal Coloring Pages.
  • Food of the Amazon.
  • Free Rainforest Curricula. PreK-8th
  • Rainforest Animals and Plant Life Video.
  • Free Plants and Animals in the Tropical Rain Forest Biome Cards.
  • Tropical Rainforest Biome – pdf with tons of pictures and facts.
  • Amazon Rainforest – interactive.
  • Rainforest Butterflies and more – video.
  • Amazon Interactive.
  • Lesson Plan: Rainforest Adaptations.
  • Food Chains in the Amazon.
  • Guide to Fruit in Brazil.
  • Design a Rainforest Postcard.
  • Creatures of the Amazon Rainforest 
  • Trekking in the Amazon.
  • Rainforest Tree Root Systems.
  • Layers of the Rainforest – fine motor skills.
  • Journey into Amazonia – teacher resources.
  • Rainforest Curriculum.

Flora of the Amazon Rainforest

Trees of the Amazon Rain Forest

  • Açaí Palm Tree.
  • Cacao Tree Facts.
  • How Chocolate Is Made – Video.
  • Chocolate Unit Study.
  • Bacuri Fruit.
  • Video of Bacuri Palm. Spanish
  • Jaboticaba (Brazilian Grape) Facts.
  • Jaboticaba Video.
  • Sandbox Tree.
  • Sandbox Tree – video.
  • Kapok Tree.
  • Kapok Tree – video.
  • Wimba Tree.
  • Palm Leaf  Printable Template.
  • Layers of the Rainforest.
  • Moriche Palm (Buriti).
  • Cupuacu Facts.
  • Jaca (Jackfruit).
  • Jaca Tree Video.
  • How to Clean and Eat Jackfruit.
  • Brazil Nut Tree.
  • Harvesting the Brazil Nut – video.
  • What is kapok?
  • Kapok Fiber – video.
Our Journey Westward

Plants of the Amazon Rain Forest

  • DIY Rainforest Terrarium.
  • Jambu (Toothache) Plant.
  • Maracuya (Passion) Fruit.
  • Passion Fruit Mousse Recipe.
  • Do Medicines Grow on Plants and Trees.
  • Bougainvillea.
  • Bougainvillea Tips and Facts.
  • Amazon Rainforest Plants.
  • Passion Flower.
  • Guarana Shrub Facts.
  • Guarana Fruit Picture.
  • Heliconia (Parrot Flower).
  • Bromeliad Facts.
  • Bromeliad Photo Gallery.
  • Red Passion Flower.
  • Amazon Water Lily.
  • Amazonian Giant Water Lily – video.
  • Hot Lips Flower.
Our Journey Westward

Fauna of the Amazon Rainforest

Birds of the Amazon Rain Forest

  • Toco Toucan Coloring Printable.
  • Learn About the Toco Toucan.
  • Macaw birds in the Amazon.
  • How to Draw a Parrot.
  • Toucan Pattern Sheet.Scroll down to the study guide.
  • Great Curassow.
  • Make a colorful Macaw craft.
  • Printable Blue Macaw craft.
  • Rufous Motmot.
  • Rufous Motmot babies – video.
  • Cinereous Mourner – video.
  • 10 Birds of the Amazon.
  • Video – 10 Birds of the Amazon.
  • Toucan Worksheet.
  • Make a Perched Parrot Decorative Chair.
  • Amazonian Royal Flycatcher images.
  • Balancing a Parrot Craft.
  • Animal Corner – Scarlet Macaw.
  • Harpy Eagle mom and hatchling.
  • How to Draw a Realistic Toucan – video.
  • Rufous Motmot – video.

Mammals of the Amazon Rain Forest

  • Anteater. Giant Anteater Facts.
  • Anteater Worksheet.
  • Color a Jaguar.
  • Another Jaguar coloring page.
  • How to ‘Speak’ Squirrel Monkey.
  • Squirrel Monkey – video.
  • Sloth Unit Study.
  • Sloth – video.
  • Sloth Facts.
  • Giant River Otter – video.
  • Giant River Otter Facts.
  • Spider Monkey – video.
  • Monkey Grid Game – math.
  • Anteater Craft.
  • Silky Anteater Facts.
  • Capybara Facts.
  • Capybara Video.
  • Meet the Jaguar.
  • Looking for Jaguar: A Teacher’s Guide.
  • Jaguar – video.
  • Squirrel Monkey.
  • More Sloth Facts.
  • Sloth Coloring Page.
  • Giant River Otter – video.
  • Howler Monkey Facts.
  • Howler Monkey – video.


Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon Rain Forest

  • Glass Frogs.
  • Glass Frogs of Amazon.
  • Tree Frog Craft.
  • Origami Frog.
  • Emerald Tree Boa Snake Facts.
  • Fer-de-lance Facts.
  • Fer-de-lance – video.
  • Poison Dart Frog Facts.
  • Blue Poison Dart Frog – facts and video.
  • Poison Dart Frog – video
  • Black Caiman.
  • Paper Plate Snake.
  • Bromeliad Tree Frog.
  • Expert Care for the Emerald Tree Boa.
  • Snake Finger Puppets.
  • Bushmaster.
  • Bushmaster – video.
  • Strawberry Poison Dart Frog.
  • Golden Poison Dart Frog.
  • Tree Frog Art Project.


Aquatic Life of the Amazon Rain Forest

  • Piranha Facts.
  • Red Belly Piranha – video.
  • Arapaima (Pirarucu) Facts.
  • Arapaima Faces Extinction.
  • Tucunare (Peacock Bass).
  • Amazon River Dolphin.
  • Amazon River Dolphin – videos.
  • Amazon River Bull Shark.
  • Tamoata Facts.
  • Giant Wolf Fish.
  • Wolf Fish – video.
  • Tambaqui Facts.
  • Manatee Lapbook.
  • Amazon Manatee – facts, pictures and videos.
  • Amazon Electric Eel Facts.
  • More Electric Eel Facts.
  • Electric Eel – video.

Insects of the Amazon Rain Forest

  • Stick Bug Craft.
  • How to draw a Monarch Butterfly.
  • Make a replica firefly habitat.
  • Rain forest Beetles.
  • Jewel Caterpillar.
  • Katydids.
  • “Flying” Spider of Amazon – facts and video.
  • Fishing Spider.
  • Blue Morpho Butterfly .
  • Blue Morpho Butterfly Craft.
  • Butterfly Life Cycle.
  • Creatures of the Amazon – Rhinoceros Beetle.
  • Glasswinged Butterfly.
  • Jewel Caterpillar – video.
  • Assassin Bug Facts.
  • Amazon Butterflies – video.
  • Brazilian Wandering Spiders.

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

Are you interested in more about the Amazon Rainforest?

  • 100+ Best and Free Tropical Amazon Rainforest Educators Resources
  • Rain Forest – Animals of the Amazon
  • Temperate Rain Forest Unit Study Enhancer (4 Printables)
  • Free Machu Picchu Mini Book & Completed South America Lapbook

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Free Carnivorous Plants Notebooking Pages & Easy Hands-on Science Activity

May 8, 2015 | 8 Comments
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Even though we school year round, as the formal school year ends, we tend to be more relaxed and skip about covering different topics.

Tiny was so young the first time I covered my Carnivorous Plants unit study.

Can you believe it was 2009 when I first did this lapbook with the older boys? Yikes.

Too, I chuckle at myself when I see some of my earlier printables in that unit study. That baby needed a facelift.

So today, I am sharing some free carnivorous plants notebooking pages so that Tiny can do these on his own while reading at the helpful websites I have listed below and so I can be inspired to update my unit study.

Carnivorous Plants Notebooking Pages @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus
Too, I found an easy hands-on activity on one of the websites listed below that helps Tiny to understand the slow digestive process by bacteria and digestive enzymes.

It required two easy ingredients we always have on hand:

  • a boiled egg
  • vinegar

It said to place a boiled egg in vinegar overnight to show how a pitcher plant digests its prey.

We took a picture after four hours and then we took a picture of the “digested” egg the next morning.

How Do Carnivorous Plants Digest their Prey @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Pretty easy, fun and gross way to see what happens to the prey of carnivorous plants.

Do this easy activity and grab my notebooking pages for a fun day of science.

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Look at these websites that will help your little researcher fill out the notebooking pages:

Julian’s Science Experiments.
Longleaf Alliance, which has the activity of placing a boiled egg in vinegar overnight to show how a pitcher plant digests its prey.
Power Point Carnivorous Plants. The rest of the answers can be found on this very informative power point presentation.

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