| Let's go for a safari ride in the jungle with our | | | | -alligators (eat meat or other animals) |
| preschool class. It will be so much fun! | | | | -rhinoceros (eat plants) |
| Here are some ideas on how to get your jungle | | | | -birds (eat insects and seeds) |
| theme started and some ideas to keep it going | | | | -hippopotamus (eat grass)...etc. |
| for as long as your Pre K class is interested. | | | | What does a jungle look like?: |
| Pre K Jungle Theme Ideas: | | | | -have books and pictures that have real life |
| -introduce the word jungle and give a brief | | | | images of the jungle |
| description of what it is | | | | -have the children explain what they see in the |
| -have books in library and read books on the | | | | pictures and talk about the pictures with the |
| jungle (age appropriate) | | | | children(check our site for coloring pictures or |
| -have jungle pictures posted around the | | | | games which include jungle animals) |
| classroom | | | | Explaining where the animals live in a jungle?: |
| -have jungle animal toys on the toy shelf | | | | -the animals will find homes within their habitat |
| -have jungle themed puzzles | | | | (the jungle) which they make into a home for |
| -play jungle music | | | | them and their families. |
| What animals live in the jungle and what do they | | | | -this could be a nest, a den, a burrow, under a |
| eat?: | | | | rock, in a hollow tree trunk, etc. |
| -panthers (eat meat or other animals) | | | | -you can have a jungle themed dramatic play |
| -snakes (eat rodents or frogs, some large snakes | | | | center |
| eat large animals) | | | | -make a car out of a box |
| -bears (eat fish, nuts, berries, honey, leaves) | | | | -get some safari looking hats |
| -monkeys (eat fruits) | | | | -children's binoculars |
| -zebras (zebras eat tall grass) | | | | -pretend cameras |
| -giraffes (eat leaves off of tall trees) | | | | -post jungle animals on the wall and watch your |
| -elephants (eat leaves from trees, shrubs, and | | | | pre k children go on a jungle safari |
| shoots) | | | | Have fun in the preschool jungle! |
| -cheetahs (eat meat or other animals) | | | | |