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Rainforest
By Kelly

I teach an elective course in my school to kindergartners and first graders. My theme is different types of environments. For the rainforest, I read a story to the children (I can't remember the name of it off hand). We
then made a list of the different types of animals found in the rainforest. Each child selected an animal to make. They drew the animals and then cut them out. While they were working on this, I had each child come over to me and place his or her hand into green paint. They then made a print on a large piece of butcher paper. These handprints served as the canopy of the rainforest.

A few students used craypas to draw the trunks of the trees. We then added the cut-out animals and made a really need mural of the rainforest. It is hanging in the hallway, and we have received many compliments on our Rainforest Mural.

Another project we did was making rainsticks. Each child decorated a paper towel tube using a rainforest theme. We then filled the tubes with different types of beans and pasta. We covered each side with foil and used rubberbands to secure it. This way, the children had something to take home.

Good luck, and have fun. This can be a very interesting unit to do with the little ones!