I am so excited about this unit study! We are reading a fabulous book called The Great Kapok Tree.
The best part about this unit study is that there is a wonderful unit already written up for me on Homeschool Share! There is SO MUCH good stuff there, I don’t really have to add anything to it!! How great is that?!?! 🙂
The kids woke up to a rainforest display table this morning! I set up the books we’ll be reading, chocolate, and various fruits/spices/foods from the rainforest as well: avocado, banana, grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange, pineapple, sweet potato, chili powder, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, vanilla, coconut, cashews tea, gum…FUN!! I think the kids will have fun learning about all the things that grow in the rainforest. I’d like to taste test most of these fruits throughout the week, too!
This unit also comes with a wonderful lapbook to go along with the book. If you want to take a peek at Ami’s blog, her son recently did this unit study and their lapbook looks great!Other books we’ll be reading with our rainforest unit:
And guess what we will be following this unit with?? Well…thinking along the lines of FOODS that grow in the rainforest…a CHOCOLATE UNIT STUDY!! yipeee…another GREAT and FREE unit from HSS!