How to explore the Rainforest with children in a safe and educational way. Links to your National Curricula and tips on home schooling for parents and teachers.

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2. Rainforest is a truly multisensory experience. Your children will meet
unspoilt nature there and learn why it is important to protect it.
• Science
• Ecology
• Geography
• Biology
• Multisensory Experience
• Cultural Exchange
• Physical Development
• Reasoning
• Health & Safety
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Guanacaste, Costa Rica

3. Science
Examples:
• developing children’s
investigative skills
• rainforest as habitat
• specific weather
conditions in
rainforests
• comparing and
contrasting species
• endemic species and
plants
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Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica

4. Multisensory Experience
Examples:
• spotting
birds, lizards, snakes, butt
erflies, insects
• experiencing
colours, shapes, sizes, text
ures, temperature, smells
of nature
• collecting
sticks, stones, leaves, bra
nches
• sounds of rainforest:
waterfalls, wind, birds, ani
mals, branches
• recognising visual signs
and marks on the way
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Costa Rican crab

5. Ecology
Examples:
• endangered species
of the rainforest and
ways to protect them
• deforestation and its
impact on
environment
• respecting nature
whilst in the forest
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Miravalles, Costa Rica

6. Health & Safety
Examples:
• eliminate hazards of:
- poisonous plants
- insects & snake bites
- animal encounters
- slips, trips & falls
- deep waters
- slippery slopes, caves
• sun & wind
protection
• first aid box, mobile
phones and
emergency contacts
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Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica

7. More educational tips
and links to your
National Curricula in
MAD BATH IN THE
RAINFOREST
Costa Rica
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