Jungle Lesson Plan for Preschool and Homeschool Classrooms

Take a walk on the wild side with your students while studying the jungle with these fun, exploratory lessons. The activities in this lesson work well with small and large group preschool settings and also in homeschool settings.

Jungle Habitat Match

Put several plastic jungle animals in a container (such as a shallow plastic under bed storage tub) that you can create a mini jungle habitat in with a pool of water, dirt, and fake plants. Let students place the animals in the correct habitat. Some animals you may want to include are: frogs, gorillas, monkeys, snakes, parrots, toucans, caimans, turtles, and jaguars.

Binoculars

Let students decorate two toilet paper tubes that have been attached together. Poke two holes at one end to thread a ribbon through for a neck strap. Tape up several pictures of jungle animas around the room for students to "find" in their binoculars.

Safari Map

Use the inside of a brown grocery bag as a safari map. Show students a few samples of maps and let them draw their own. As you learn about different jungle animals and plants, give the students a sticker with that animal or plant to attach to their maps. Stickers can be made by printing images onto blank address labels if stickers can't be found.

Rain Sticks

Pre poke holes in a wrapping paper or paper towel tube. Help students put small sticks through the holes and keep them in place with glue or masking tape. Let students decorate their sticks with paint, stickers, and/or markers. When they are finished tape one end of the stick closed, add a handful of rice, and tape the other end closed, too. Show students how to make rain sounds by turning the rain stick over.

Song: Do You Know the Jungle Animals?

Sing this song to the tune of "Do You Know the Muffin Man" and substitute in the other jungle animals you have learned about during this unit. Song from everythingpreschool.com.

Do you know the slimy snake, the slimy snake, the slimy snake
Oh do you know the slimy snake that lives deep in the jungle?
Do you know the chimpanzee, the chimpanzee, the chimpanzee
Oh do you know the chimpanzee that lives deep in the jungle?
Do you know the wildebeest, the wildebeest, the wildebeest
Oh do you know the wildebeest that lives deep in the jungle?
Do you know the crocodile, the crocodile, the crocodile
Oh do you know the crocodile that lives deep in the jungle?
Do you know the mountain lion, the mountain lion, the mountain lion
Oh do you know the mountain lion that lives deep in the jungle?

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