Hobbies And Interests
Rainforest Charades
Print out pictures of creatures that are found in the rainforest and hang them around the room. Teach kids about each animal so they have some idea of the creatures they will be acting out and guessing. Print out a second set of smaller pictures, then glue them onto index cards. Write the name of each animal on the cards. Give each child a turn drawing a card and acting out the animal on it. The rest of the players have to guess which animal they are. The person who guesses correctly gets to pick an animal to act out. The game can go on as long as you'd like.
Rainforest Musical Chairs
Count how many kids are playing. Set out the same number of chairs minus one. Instead of music for this game, get a rainforest or rain soundtrack. Give all the kids small spray bottles filled with water. As the rain soundtrack is being played, the kids will walk around in a circle, spraying one another with the bottles. This will add to the fun and confusion. At an unexpected time, stop the soundtrack. Each child will need to find a seat and stop spraying water. The child who doesn't have a seat is out. Remove another chair and continue the game. The last person who finds a seat is the winner.
Build the Rainforest
Hang a big green piece of paper on a wall. In a bin, put different images of leaves, butterflies, bugs and animals, and green crepe paper streamers for vines. Line up the children and give each a piece of tape. While blindfolded, each child picks an item from the bin and attaches it to the green paper. Keep going until each child gets a turn being blindfolded and a "rainforest" is created.
Rainforest Obstacle Course
Use cones, hula hoops, sprinklers and other related objects to create a rainforest obstacle course. Set up cones for the children to zigzag through. Place hula hoops so the kids can jump from one to the other. The end of the course can be running through the sprinklers.