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?
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