This rainforest information PowerPoint is a fun way to introduce your class to the topic. Ideal for KS1! Pets Pictures to Colour - These adorable colouring pictures will introduce children to a range of popular pets including rabbits, dogs, and hamsters. There are also some exciting, uncommon pets like snakes, spiders, and turtles.

Hand eye coordination - colouring is the perfect way to improve hand eye coordination skills by colouring certain sections without going over the lines. What's more, once children have finished colouring in their pictures, they would make a lovely addition to a themed display area. Why not pair them with our lovely rainforest display banner? Included in this resource are four different templates of rainforest leaves. All four templates include hand-drawn illustrations and provide plenty of spaces for your class to colour. The templates are easily customisable and allow your class to put their own creative spin on them. The set includes six jungle leaf templates each showing a very different kind of leaf in full colour.This resource would make for a wonderful mindfulness activity, as colouring in has been shown to help reduce feelings of stress and anxiety, all while helping children to concentrate at the same time! For more leaf templates, take a look at this set of Rainforest Leaves Display Cut Outs - they’re great for comparison with the Jungle Leaf Templates and can be used for comparing the different features and characteristics. If you’re making a display it would be interesting to decorate one corner with rainforest leaves and another with jungle leaves as a way of showing the floral diversity around the world. That depends on where in the world the jungle is! In South America you can find rubbers trees, balsa trees, aҫaí palms and many trees belonging to the Brazil nut and nutmeg families.

Once children have completed these lovely pictures, they can be used as posters or home decorations! You could also use these animal colouring pictures for kids to support your child’s learning on wild animals and the jungle habitat. Why not get children to annotate each picture with names and descriptions of the animals? Do you have a budding artist in your home? Do your kids just love getting everything out of the craft box, creating a masterpiece and then leaving you to hoover up so much glitter you wonder how it all fits in that tiny bottle in the first place? Say no more. There should be some spectacular rainforest art on the way! You might like to include them in your lessons or class display on the work of French artist Henri Rousseau. Teach more using our Jungle Leaf Templates with these resourcesFor more activities on leaves, take a look at this British Trees Identification Photo Sheet. Children can compare the photos to the Jungle Leaf Templates. This activity sheet is perfect for using on nature walks as a way of getting children used to paying attention to their environment and understanding what they see. Why not challenge yourself with our fun Winter Maze Multiple Choice challenge! Or why not warm up with this fun Winter Maze Puzzle after your children have been playing outside! Why not explore the natural world with this fun Animal maze puzzle. Or go into outer space with this exciting Space Maze puzzle. You could also learn even more about the tropical habitat by using our What Plants Grow in the Rainforest Display Posters! Featuring a variety of rainforest animals - such as snakes and leopards - for children to colour in, this resource is perfect to use to support your teaching on the rainforest and rainforest animals. You could even use this versatile resource to begin a class discussion at the beginning of teaching this topic - can children name any of the animals in the picture? What do they already know about the rainforest?

This resource is part of our mindfulness colouring range, designed to instil a sense of calm and provide children with a relaxing activity to help them de-stress and unwind. You could use it at the end of the day to help children wind down for the evening. Do you have more animal colouring pictures for kids? Simply take a look around these intriguing maze puzzles. Just try not to get lost or walk into a dead end on the way: This is a great opportunity for you to explore the fabulous world of rainforests with these wonderful rainforest-themed puzzles: You may wish to encourage children to use different materials to make their colouring experience even more engaging! They could try using dabber pens or even coloured pom pom balls to colour the image and reveal the scene. Give it a try! Once they're complete, they're ready to hang on the fridge for passers by to go 'ooh and ahh'. Fine motor skills - all the little muscles in the wrists, hands and fingers of a child are developed when colouring. It also helps a child learn the correct way of holding a pencil or pen.You can space out your child’s day with one of these colouring templates. There are four templates included, so you could space them out across the week too. This will give your child something to really look forward to. By the end of the week they will have a beautiful looking set of leaves! The benefits of colouring for children