EHS Jungle Animals

Changes to Environment

Rain stick

Animal print paper

Jungle Animal Masks

Books about jungle animals

Jungle Animal Paper plates

Stuffed Animals (jungle)

Plastic Animals (jungle)

Puppets (jungle)

Different Colors of Tissue Paper

Binoculars (can make using toilet paper rolls)

Jungle animal stamps

Jungle animal cookie cutters

Jungle animal stickers

Jungle print material

Jungle animal costumes

Jungle hat and vest

Jungle vehicle

Water Table: blue green water, crocodiles, large smooth rocks, fake greenery, canoes, etc

Sensory Table: fake greenery, dirt, jungle animals, large smooth rocks, sticks, etc

*allow children to wear jungle hat and vest while playing in this center

Teaching Concepts for Indoor Experiences

1. Look at pictures of a jungle using magnifying glass talk about what you see

2. Look at pictures of animals that live in the jungle as well as types of plants, etc

3. Look at pictures of where the jungle animals live (in a tree, hole in the ground, nests and types of nests, etc)

4. Decorate vests cut out of brown paper bags

5. Color and decorate a paper plate, draw a spiral on plate then cut on line to make a snake

6. Snake tracks (run yarn, no longer than 12inches, through paint or sand)

7. Tiger stripes (let children glue black strips of paper onto orange paper), count the stripes

8. Paint an egg carton green to look like a crocodile

9. Make a jungle mask with paper plate

10. Turn the rainstick up and down, listen to the sounds

Teaching Concepts for Outdoor Experiences

1. Animal parade

2. Nature Walk using binoculars

3. Animal find

4. Pretend to be a monkey swinging from a vine through the “jungle”

5. Stomp like an elephant

6. Rain dance

Teaching Concepts for Music Movement Wellness IMIL

1. A Little Monkey

A little monkey likes to do just the same as you and you:

When you stand up very tall, Monkey stands up very tall.

When you go to throw a ball, Monkey goes to throw a ball.

When you try to touch your toes, Monkey tries to touch his toes.

When you wrinkle up your nose, Monkey wrinkles up his nose.

When you jump up in the air, Monkey jumps up in the air.

When you sit back on the floor, Monkey sits back on the floor.

2. I’m Being Swallowed by a Boa Constrictor