I have 19 hands-on rainforest activities for kindergarten. Too, grab more kindergarten activities on my kindergarten homeschool curriculum page.
And learning about the rainforest is a fun subject to cover for any grade including kindergarten.
Too, teaching children at the kindergarten age should include hands-on activities and should be play-based.
Kindergarten learners can discover the rainforest through their senses. And the word “rain forest” denotes the fact that these are the some of the world’s wettest ecosystems.
While exploring nature, they learn through the sense of smell, hearing, taste, and touch.
So, you’ll want to include learning through the senses and a full immersion into the world of nature.
If you have room in your learning space, create a play-based Amazon theme area. Make the jungle come alive through music and props.
Amazon Rainforest Animals
First, begin with what kids this age love and that is animals.
There are many Amazon rainforest animals which your child can focus on.
A few animals which can ignite your child’s love for the wealth of the life that lives in the rainforest are:
- Jaguars
- Toucans
- Iguanas
- Giant Ant Eaters
- Kinkajou also called honey bears
- Harpy Eagles
- Piranhas
- Sloth and
- Butterflies
- Red and Green Macaw
Besides the animals are really what excites your kids when learning about the rainforest.
You’ll love the page I have here Rain Forest – Animals of the Amazon where your children can see more pictures.
Rainforest Activities
Next, I have many rainforest activities for kids of all ages, but your kindergarten aged children will love putting together this fun lapbook.
Actually, my lapbooks are for multiple ages and are mix and match. Not all kids, especially kindergarten are on at the same level. That is perfectly normal.
Kids this age can be reading beginning chapter books, and some are still learning letter sounds. All of this is well within the range of normal for this age.
The point is kids love learning and this is the time for projects.
For example, look at these free Amazon rainforest lapbooks.
Look here to read about my free Amazon Rainforest Lapbooks.
Other Kindergarten Resources
Look at some of these other kindergarten resources.
- How to Create the Best Homeschool Schedule for Kindergarten (free printable)
- 60 Favorite Top Homeschooling Materials for Kindergarten
- 10 Affordable and Complete Homeschool Kindergarten Curriculum
- How to Effortlessly Blend Kindergarten Homeschool Subjects & Life
- BEST Free Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum With A Gentle Approach (List)
- Delightful Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum Which Promote a Love of Learning
- 21 Fun All-In-One Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum
Look at the 19 crafts below. I know you’ll find one or two that will add some fun to your child’s learning day.
Rainforest Activities
Kindergarten learning should be about hands-on crafts, moving, singing and learning that is play- based or crafts.
These rainforest crafts can be done by all your kids but especially your kindergarten aged children.
Well, we have a super duper special and EASY Bird Finger Puppet Origami project for you. These are so easy, and so fun to turn into doodle birds, that you will wonder **where** they have been all your life! So fun.
Rainforest crafts for kindergarten encourages creativity, fosters imagination, and strengthens fine motor skills. Crafts are part of teaching how to homeschool kindergarten.
Looking for a fun craft project for kids with Toilet Paper Rolls? Why not make a Macaw craft!
If you need a fun craft to go with a rainforest theme try out this cute handprint parrot craft.
Your kids are going to have fun naming capital and lowercase letters as they “feed” the sloth in this Sloth Letter Recognition Activity.
Your preschoolers and kindergartners will have a blast with this Rainforest Collage for Kids. This process art activity is perfect for encouraging creative thinking, problem-solving, and of course fine motor skills.
Try this Fun Art Project – Butterfly Symmetry Painting. It is easy, and fun and kids will love the unique result every time.
Encourage creative thinking, problem-solving, and fine motor skills while learning about the rainforest with this Lotus Flower Process Art for preschoolers and kindergartners! You’re definitely going to want to check it out!
Does your child know most of his letter sounds? Are you wondering what to work on next? If so, it’s time to play with those sounds and how they work together to make words.
Come play to learn in preschool or Kindergarten with FUN Tree Frog Math Games to encourage developing skills.
Are your kids learning about the rainforests? Then, grab these free printable Rainforest Animal Letter Maze Worksheets.
This Rainforest Process Art is a wonderful way to encourage creative thinking, problem-solving, and of course fine motor skills. You’re definitely not going to want to miss it!
Explore a variety of fun art-making styles with this climbing paper tree frog craft for kids that sticks to smooth surfaces using the magic of suction cups to mimic the real thing!
Inspired by green (the ultimate color of spring!) our cardboard chameleon craft and DIY fascinator start with an incredibly fun process your kids can try as a stand-alone chameleon art activity.
Spring and summer weather is grand for heading outside to go on an exciting mini backyard safari – no jeep necessary!
We never tire of Origami Corner Bookmarks – they are so fun and easy to make and are a great easy STEAM project to get kids started on origami – looking at angles and symmetry and the great things you can make. Then learn how to decorate your origami bookmark and turn it into a fun DIY Sloth Bookmark Corner! And who doesn’t LOVE a Sloth Craft?!
So as our love affair with this humble craft material continues, we share with you today the Toilet Paper Roll Frog Craft! A perfect little TP Roll Craft for Spring.
Squawk! This Cardboard Tube Parrot Craft is a fabulous Summer bird craft for kids.
