Rainforest Animals
Name and recognise iconic rainforest animals — jaguars, toucans, sloths, poison dart frogs, howler monkeys, macaws, and butterflies — and know which layer of the rainforest each lives in
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“Can your child name at least five animals that live in the rainforest and tell you something about each — like a toucan's big colourful beak or a sloth hanging upside down in the trees?”
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- Activity. Name and recognise iconic rainforest animals — jaguars, toucans, sloths, poison dart frogs, howler monkeys, macaws, and butterflies — and know which layer of the rainforest each lives in
What to notice. Name at least five iconic rainforest animals such as jaguars, toucans, sloths, poison dart frogs, and howler monkeys • Match at least three animals to the rainforest layer where they live (e.g. monkeys in the canopy, jaguars on the forest floor) • Describe one distinctive feature of each named animal
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Can your child name at least five animals that live in the rainforest and tell you something about each — like a toucan's big colourful beak or a sloth hanging upside down in the trees?
Name and recognise iconic rainforest animals — jaguars, toucans, sloths, poison dart frogs, howler monkeys, macaws, and butterflies — and know which layer of the rainforest each lives in
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- Name at least five iconic rainforest animals such as jaguars, toucans, sloths, poison dart frogs, and howler monkeys
- Match at least three animals to the rainforest layer where they live (e.g. monkeys in the canopy, jaguars on the forest floor)
- Describe one distinctive feature of each named animal
“Can your child name at least five animals that live in the rainforest and tell you something about each — like a toucan's big colourful beak or a sloth hanging upside down in the trees?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Rainforests
- Age range
- Ages 5–7