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The Amazon Rainforest in Brazil is home to animals of different colors, shapes, and sizes. COLOR this picture to reveal a really vibrant place.
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CONNECT the dots in numeric order and SEE what your drawing revels. What rainforest animals appear?
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You can color the drawings you made. 05
Let’s LEARN how to DRAW Kooroo! Copy the picture using the grid lines as a guide. It is easier to copy one square at the time.
Kooroo 06
You can color the drawing you made. Just use this example as reference.
Kooroo
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Can you FIND the names of these Amazonian inhabitants in the picture? Look for these words: anteater macaw boa ocelot coati peccary frog sloth Kooroo tortoise
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V M H T O A V N S Q A X Y Q U
J N H M C N X M L K K W J R V
D G J B E T K U O H G B F H L
J Z R Y L E F D T Y R X K R T
X R F X O A K O H H W C M L O
N N J F T T O W D F A J L J R
S S V D F E O B W Q P D K D T
B A C K R R R T Y G B L Z W O
J T O D O P O Y J M O X T K I
N X A Z G E O O S X A H A A S
P F T M J C M M O K I C B V E
O V I P Q C G A X X G W B Z U
U V K B U A V C I Y F Z W Z J
E H B Y E R O A M T P E D F D
J N C T N Y Q W S C U Y V K V
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Can you NAME these animals that belong to the rainforest?
ACROSS 1. This animal spends a lot of time hanging upside down. 5. The life of this green animal starts in the water. 6. This bird has a big and colorful bill. 7. This cat has dark spots and stripes. 9. This animal is a primate with a very long tail.
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DOWN 2. The body of this animal is covered by a shell. 3. This feathered and colorful animal can mimic humans. 4. This animal doesn’t have teeth, but has a long tongue to eat. 8. This animal is very long and doesn’t have legs.
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Word list: Sloth, frog, toucan, ocelot, monkey, turtle, parrot, anteater, boa. 11
Kooroo likes to play HIDE and SEEK in the forest. Can you FIND him?
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UNSCRAMBLE the following words and DRAW a line linking the name to the correct animal.
RPITA
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CMANAI
TRYAA
OICTA
VRIER NDLPOHI
Look for these words: capybara manatee piranha tamarin tapir
PACARYBA
caiman tayra coati river dolphin
ANATEME
NIAPRHA
IMRATAN
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Kooroo has lots of friends. Today he is PLAYING with ocelot, anteater, macaw, boa and peccary.
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F I The letters in the word “friend� are HIDDEN in this picture. Circle the letters as you find them. 17
The Amazon Rainforest is the biggest forest in the world. Within the forest you can FIND many different habitats.
Forest floor
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Canopy
Can you HELP these animals go home by LINKING them to their environments?
River
Sky
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Oh no! Toucan was captured to be sold as a pet, HELP Kooroo SAVE him!
How many other animals can you count in this picture? 20
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The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world. Can you SPOT 5 differences between these 2 pictures of the Amazon Rainforest?
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When you find the differences, mark them with a circle.
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FILL in the blanks and LEARN more about Kooroo’s home!
The Amazon _________________ is full of world records. It has (noun)
the largest beetle, the titanus gigantus, which is 7 inches long. The _________________ monkey, the sagui, or pygmy marmoset, (adjective)
also lives in the rainforest. It grows to a length of only 6 inches and _________________ only about 0.2 pounds. (verb)
There are more species of _________________ in the Amazon (noun)
River system than in the entire Atlantic Ocean! At least one-third of the _________________’s bird species live in the Amazon (noun)
Rainforest. Home of some of our world’s most ________________ (adjective)
plants, animals, foods, and medicines, the _________________ (noun)
is the most powerful and _________________ natural resource (adjective)
on Earth. It keeps the _________________clean and the planet (noun)
from getting too _________________. It has been called “the (adjective)
lungs of the planet”.
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Use this words to complete the puzzle: air fish magnificent planet Rainforest
rainforest smallest valuable warm weighs
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Kooroo LIVES in the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, where people SPEAK portuguese.
ANTA
(un-tah)
TAPIR JACARÉ-AÇU
(ja-ka-reh-ahsu)
CAIMAN IRARA
(e-rah-rah)
TAYRA QUATI
(qua-chi)
COATI BOTO ROSA
(boh-toh-raw-zah)
RIVER DOLPHIN CAPIVARA
(ka-pi-va-ra)
CAPYBARA
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CONNECT these animals with their names and LEARN how to SAY it in a new language!
PEIXE-BOI
(pay-she-boi)
MANATEE SAGUI
(sa-gui)
TAMARIN ARARA
(uh-rah-rah)
MACAW LOBO-GUARÁ
(lo-bo-gua-rah)
MANED WOLF TATU-BOLA
(ta-too-boh-luh)
ARMADILLO RÃ
(hu)
TREE FROG
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These story is out of ORDER. Can you LINK the text to the right scene?
The pygmy marmoset got the KEYS from the sloth and got out off the TRUCK through a tiny opening. Outside, it moved very quick and opened the back DOOR before the hunter returned.
KOOROO was really happy.Everybody ran, jumped, and flew as fast they could! They were free!
Kooroo said goodbye to his new FRIENDS. They all went back to their FAMILIES where they felt safe and loved at HOME.
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_____________________________________________________ Kooroo Amazon Guardian
(date)
On this day, __________________________________
has successfully completed the Adventures with Kooroo Activity Book and has proven to be an Amazon Rainforest Specialist.
______________________________________________________ (child’s name)
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It is hereby acknowledged that
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Š 2013 Fauna Friends
www.faunafriends.org
ADVENTURES WITH KOOROO Part of a graphic design MFA thesis project
Written, illustrated & designed by Cecilia Bissoli Find out more on the web at faunafriends.org View more work by Cecilia at ceciliabissoli.com Graphic Design Dept. Chair: Mary Scott Department Director: Phil Hamlett Associate Dept. Director: Humer Wimmer Advisors: Michele Ranson & Carolina de Bartolo Copy editors: Andrea Parks & Mikael Dooha Printing & binding: Blurb Paper: Proline Uncoated Typeface: Tarzana