A tropical rainforest is such a unique environment that we could study it for weeks. Here is a quick fun fact: Rainforests cover less than 2% of the Earth’s total surface area, yet they are home to 50% of the Earth’s plants and animals. Writing TimeWrite your nameWrite the date: 4-23-20Write the word of the day: WILDRemember: -Names can be all upper case, or can start with upper case and then use lower case. -Word of the day will help reinforce the weekly theme and provide practice writing letters that may not appear in your child's name. Parents can talk about the word and encourage a story or drawing. -Parents, your children may need help with these tasks, so feel free to practice along with them. Your child may need you to write their name or the date lightly and have them trace or copy it. Circle TimeToday we're going to talk about a new word → CLIMATE. The climate is the average pattern of weather conditions (rainy, sunny, cloudy, etc) over a long period of time. Climate isn’t weather---weather changes every day and climate is a pattern! A tropical rainforest climate is a TROPICAL climate because it is closest to the equator. Global climates are often divided into five types: tropical, dry, temperate, continental and polar. Being close to the equator means that there is more direct sunlight hitting the land and the sea. The average temperature for a tropical rainforest is 70-85 degrees F; which is pretty hot. It is like summer every day! . What also happens is the warm air causes the water from the ground, lakes, rivers, and oceans to evaporate into the air making water vapors. As these water vapors rise (moves away from the warm land), they meet the cool air. When warm meets cold, condensation takes place and the vapor creates droplets and clouds form. The clouds then produce rain. It rains alot in a tropical rainforest; the rain amount ranges from 80 to 400 inches a year. Wow! Sometimes it rains so hard, that is rains 2 inches an hour. Just to compare that to Oregon’s rainfall for the WHOLE YEAR, which is 43 inches. Rainforests provide alot of people with food and spices. Fruits like Bananas, Oranges, Lemons, Guava, Figs, Mangos, Passion Fruit. And spices such as Black Pepper, Nutmeg, Allspice, Vanilla, Ginger, Cloves (see below). This is just a few! Do you have any of these items in your kitchen?? [Your fruits may have been grown locally ... just like the rainforest provides crops for the people in that area.] Daily Activity - Rainforest In a BottleTo explore the moisture and humidity of a rain forest even more, today we are making a rain forest in a bottle presented by Teacher Beatriz. After creating your rain forest "scene," you will spray or pour water on the "ground." Then wait a day or so to see if your water has evaporated into the air and created rain droplets, or moisture on the inside of the bottle. Your rain will drip down and water the materials you choose - kind of like a real rain forest! Materials:
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Daily Book JournalThree times a week, help your preschooler to pick out a book and read it together. Then, help your preschooler to create a journal entry using any of these same options from our book bag job.
Fun Activities1. Go on a nature hike in a forest (like Noble woods) and see if you can spot any wildlife. 2. Cozy up and watch a documentary about rainforests on your TV (Disney + and Netflix have many) 3. Go on a bike ride to our lending library that we have at Little Jags Preschool Book Reading by our TeachersJoin , Ms. Anne as she reads A Mountain of Friends by Kerstin Schoene SurveyAdventures of our Friends
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