Best Rainforest Printables for Kids

Rainforest animals have always made an interesting topic for kids to study; hence, why I wanted to share my roundup of the best rainforest printables for kids. From the rain forest and forest floor to poison dart frogs and tree frogs, your kids will love learning about this part of the world. Using rainforest printables is a great way to introduce kids to this topic and teach a variety of concepts. Below are just a few ideas to help you do just that.

Best Rainforest Topics for Young Children and Older Students

When you’re homeschooling multiples, chances are you may be teaching children that range between many ages and grades. When it comes to learning about rainforests, the sub-topics within can be dialed up or down to meet your child’s unique needs. Below is a non-exhausted list of rainforest topics to consider studying:

• tropical rainforests
• Amazon rainforest
• tropical plants
• food chain
• plant species
• rainforest plants
• rainforest trees
• rainforest habitat
• jungle animals
• tallest trees
• exotic plants
• amazing animals

These topics can end up being a semester-long study depending on how deep you’d like to go. I personally like to follow the lead of my kids and if they stay interested in something, we go with it. When I notice them getting bored, we move on to something else. It also helps to have a variety of resources and activity sheets on hand to keep things fresh. 

How to Create Rainforest Themed Lesson Plans

Choose a theme.

Whether you want to start with South America or spider monkeys, choose a topical theme. This will help when knowing what resources you want to pull together. One key piece of advice here, the more narrowed down your topic, the more interesting and fun it can be to teach and learn about it. 

Decide on a time frame.

Although this can totally change, it’s a good idea to have a time frame in mind for organizational purposes. Trust me, you can thank me later. Younger children typically do not stay as engaged as older kids so keep this in mind as well.

Gather resources.

Taking into consideration the learning levels of your children, begin pulling together a variety of resources. With a topic like rainforests, you may want to start with fun facts printables, an emergent reader, and other great books that have lots of colorful pictures. Then, add educational videos, a good coloring book or two, and hands-on projects.

With these ideas in mind, let’s look at some of my best rainforest-themed products. Oh, and they’re all FREE!

Free Rainforest Printables for Kids

Rainforest Mini Activity Pack

The rainforest is a fascinating and amazing part of the world. From the animals to the vegetation, there is so much to explore. Use our FREE Rainforest Mini Activity Pack to introduce your kids to this part of the world and start exploring together!

This mini pack includes a word search, dot games, a drawing activity, a writing activity, and some coloring! Be sure to scroll to the bottom to download yours!

More Rainforest Activities for Kids

Rainforest Animals Emergent Readers

Studying the Rainforest this year? Get your little ones excited with these fun Rainforest Animals Emergent Readers! These fun Emergent Readers are geared toward Preschool – Kindergarten readers. Includes 4 levels of readers in full color and/or black and white for fun, colorable pages.

Rainforest Tot & Pre-K Pack

Little ones will LOVE this fun-filled puzzle & activity pack all about the Rainforest Animals. This 34-page pack is geared toward children ages 2-5 years old. Included in this pack: wall word signs, prewriting practice, clip cards, beginning sounds, first letter coloring page and tracing word practice and Read, Trace, Build & Write mats, 3-part cards, what comes next, which one’s different, patterning practice and roll & graph game, 4-, 5- and 10-piece puzzles and dot marker pages.

Rainforest Puzzle Activities

Kids can learn about different Rainforest Plants & Animals with this fun-filled puzzle & activity pack! Includes 28 total pages of puzzles and activities! Kids, ages PreK-5th, will enjoy these puzzles & activities as they learn more about the rainforest. Includes crosswords, matching, Sudoku, and MORE!

Rainforest Writing Activities

If you’re learning about the Rainforest this year, grab these 63 pages of FREE Writing Activities!!! Includes copywork, writing prompts, preschool letters, early manuscript, cursive, and more.

Rainforest Coloring Pages

Do you know the animals that live in the rainforest? Here are some fun Rainforest Coloring Pages. This set includes 92 total pages in 4 different handwriting styles.

Rainforest Notebooking Pages

There is so much to learn about the Rainforest and these Notebooking pages are PERFECT to record it all down. Includes 150 pages of templates. Notebooking pages are a GREAT way to help kids remember all they have learned about a particular person or subject.

Rainforest MEGA Activity Pack

Get all of these and MORE in our Rainforest MEGA Activity Pack! This nearly 700-page MEGA pack is crammed full of fun learning activities to help jump start, add to, and even complete your rainforest unit study! Add this pack to your learning library today!

Final Thoughts

As you begin studying rainforests with your kids, remember that you can take whatever approach that best fits your family. There are many amazing creatures and groups of people that can be discovered by studying rainforests and the learning doesn’t have to stop! I’d love to hear from you. Have you studied rainforests in your homeschool yet? If so, what has been your favorite topic so far? Let me know in the comments below.