Rainforest Circle Time Songs, Layers of the Rainforest, Rainforest Animals

Get your students engaged and learning with these rainforest circle times songs! You'll sing several songs about rainforest layers, and learn about the fascinating plants and animals that live in each layer. Your young learners will sing and learn about anteaters, the blue morpho butterfly, leopards, sloths and more. You'll also find two versions of rainforest layer flip-flap pages your youngsters will enjoy making, rainforest layer headings, and rainforest animal vocabulary cards for students to sort. Perfect for circle time, morning meetings, and poetry journals, too!

What's included in Rainforest Circle Time Songs?

• 20 Songs and Rhymes in color and b/w + 2 BONUS Rhymes
• 2 differentiated Interactive journal Rainforest Layers flip-flap pages (2 pages each)
• 18 Vocabulary Cards in color and b/w
• 1 Rainforest Layer Poster in color and b/w
• 14 Rainforest Animal Posters in color and b/w
• Developmentally appropriate information for you to share about each animal/plant

Use the posters and vocabulary cards for accenting your anchor charts, rainforest animal booklet-making, visual cues while singing, writing prompts, and center time matching games.

Open the preview for a closer peek at what's included, including both of the interactive flip-flap pages. ♥

What topics are included in Rainforest Circle Time Songs?

• Rainforest definition
• Each layer is different
• Rainforest floor
• The understory
• The canopy
• The emergent layer
• Anaconda
• Anteater
• Blue morpho butterfly
• Bromeliads
• Gorilla
• Howler monkey
• Iguana
• Leafcutter ants
• Leopard
• Orangutan
• Piranhas
• Poison dart frog
• Sloth
• Toucan

How can you use Rainforest Circle Time Songs in your classroom?

• Use the songs during circle time and transition times
• Make a chart of a favorite song for shared reading
• Perfect for Poetry Binders or Poetry Journals
• Use during breaks to sing, clap, and get the wiggles out
• Finding vowels, capital letters, sight words, rhyming words
• Slip song pages in page protectors to create a class book for your library so kiddos can practice independently
• Clap rhythms to work on syllables
• Introduce new vocabulary
• Use the posters for anchor charts, booklet-making, and writing prompts
• Send home a song or two with the Parent Note for a home-school connection (hey, parents like to sing, too!)

What age group is Rainforest Circle Time Songs written for?

These songs were especially written for young learners in Kindergarten, and First Grade.

What do teachers say about Rainforest Songs?

My students loved learning about the rain forest and its creatures through these songs! Thank you! ~ Heather H.

I LOVE this resource for engaging the kids in learning and for Speech development!! ~ Melanie P.

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