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Chimpanzee Theme Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities and Crafts
Young children will have fun making an easy and fun craft of a chimpanzee. During the assembly process many skills and educational themes can be addressed. Other printable support materials and links to related activities are provided. Let's get started.
Activity > Learning about Chimpanzees > Endangered
1. Science and social studies objectives:
- Define and understand the terms:
- extinct: to die out, there aren't any left alive.
- endangered species: when an animal or plant species is in danger of becoming extinct. - Understand that people need to respect animal and plant life, natural resources and habitats.
- Identify ways people help protect these living things so that they are not endangered or become extinct.
- Identifying an endangered animal: the chimpanzee.
- Identifying at least one endangered animal in your geographical area, country or region. Learn a few facts about this animal.
- Ask the children if they have ever seen a real chimpanzee and discuss comments.
- What do they know about chimpanzees..
- Do they have a favorite story, TV or movie ape character.
2. Discuss some simple facts about apes and the chimpanzee:
- An ape is a mammal in the group of primates, which includes chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, and orangutans.
- Apes do not have tails.
- They have very flexible hands and feet.
- Apes live in the forests in Africa and Asia (two continents)
- The chimpanzee is an ape that lives in African rain forests. They are related to, but smaller than gorillas.
- Chimpanzees are very intelligent and sometimes use tools to get food.
- Chimpanzees living in the wild are endangered.
- We need to take care of apes, because many are critically endangered (review and define) and could become extinct (review and define).
- People around the world are dedicated to protecting apes and their habitats and unique forests.
- Online resource > National Geographic Kids > Endangered Apes: mountain gorilla, chimpanzee, orangutan, and white-handed gibbon.
Children will enjoy this fun image. Skills: Problem solving, bilingual English and Spanish. The default puzzle is 6 pieces. Click on the change cut button to change shape and number of pieces.
Activity > Chimpanzee and apes coloring pages for puppets and display
These coloring pages can be printed on sturdy card stock paper to make puppets. Color, cut out and attach a craft stick to the back.
All
you need is a printer, paper or construction paper, glue stick,
scissors and something to color with.
Before craft assembly conduct some of the learning activities suggested for the craft which may include: identify colors, number and count the craft templates.
Skills developed during craft assembly: Scissor cutting and coloring are precursors to handwriting, problem solving, fine motor skills.