Give your classroom decor a boost with a rainforest themed mural highlighting what class members learned through their five senses—taste, touch, see, smell, and hear. Scholars create a rainforest filled with trees and animals using their artistic abilities, bodies, and craft supplies. 

Concepts

rainforests, colombia, murals, forest layers, the tree canopy, the understory, animals, rainforest animals, crafts

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Send a letter home with families asking for material donations to complete the mural 
• Invite parents and guardians to visit the class for a mural unveiling  
• For pupils who are interested, create mini-murals with material scraps on small pieces of construction paper 

Classroom Considerations

• Requires a variety of craft supplies 
• This lesson is the last of six from the Rainforest Alliance early childhood activities

Pros

• Comes with a picture example of a completed mural 
• Lesson directions are clear and written in detail 

Cons

• The link to help build tree frogs no longer works