THE JUNGLE! BOREDOM BUSTER FOR 1:1 OR IN-ROOM

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ACTIVITY DIRECTORS’ QUICK GUIDE

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How to Use this Activity Packet

Step 1: Print pages 4 – 22 to leave with residents.

Step 2: Log into your Eversound Member account for access to ondemand recordings. Recordings include a variety of topics includingpresentations from zoos, animal keepers, aquariums, museums and more.

Step 3: Use this PDF guide on how to get set up with on demandrecordings in your community, on your laptop, tablet or other multimediadevice.● Getting Started with On Demand Recordings

Step 4: Review a few of the available listings on the next page and workwith your residents to see which presentations they would be interestedin learning about! Note this is just a sample of our library, find the restwhen registering!

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Recommended Eversound Basic & Premium Programs

Program Details What Is It About?

Large JungleCats

You can find thisDementia-friendlyprintout here

Explore what leopards, lions, and tigerslook like and see how their differencesmake it easy to identify each big cat.

Trivia: Birds,Bees,Beatles

You can find thisguided trivia programhere

Play Eversound’s trivia game! 3 categorieswith 5 questions in each category. Play forfun or make it a competition.

BrazilianFruits

You can find thisvideo program here

Join Moriah Smith for another lesson inbasic Portuguese. Today you will see andlearn about fruits in her Brazilian gardenand join her in her Brazilian/Americankitchen to explore making Mousse demaracujá (Passion Fruit Mousse).

Tissue PaperFlowers

You can find thisprintout here

Create a bloom that won’t wilt! It is nice tobe able to decorate your community withflowers but real ones only last so long.Creating and hanging paper flowers is aneasy way to brighten your neighborhood!

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THE JUNGLE!

“The jungle is dark but full of diamonds.”

—Arthur Miller

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“Jungle” Crossword – Answers pg. 21

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Sudoku – Answers pg. 22

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Word Jumble – Jungle Animals

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Reflections

Have you ever been to a jungle?

What is your favorite animal from the jungle?

What is your favorite movie that is placed in the jungle?

What fascinates you most about the jungle?

Share your thoughts on how we can protect the jungle.

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Trivia!

1. The word ‘jungle’ comes from a Sanskrit word, but what does it mean?

a. Wet forest

b. Green land

c. Uncultivated land

d. Place of tigers

2. Sloths live in jungles in Central and South America. Roughly how much time

do sloths spend sleeping?

a. 5 hours

b. 12 hours

c. 20 hours

d. 30 minutes

3. What percent of the world's animals live in a jungle environment?

a. Over 20%

b. Over 50%

c. Over 80%

d. Over 5%

4. Parrots are the only birds that can eat with their feet, true or false?

a. True

b. False

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5. What’s the difference between a rainforest and a jungle?

a. Rainforests only occur in Africa

b. Jungles have fewer trees and more sunlight

c. Rainforests get more rain

d. Jungles are bigger

6. Who wrote ‘The Jungle Book’?

a. JK Rowling

b. CS Lewis

c. Jacqueline Wilson

d. Rudyard Kipling

7. Where do tigers live?

a. Africa

b. South America

c. Asia

d. Southern Europe

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8. What percentage of the earth is covered with jungle and rainforest?

a. 6%

b. 15%

c. 30%

d. 40%

9. Jungle is characterized by___?

a. Wild tangles

b. Dense forest

c. Webs of vegetation

d. All of the above

10. Are jungles and rainforests the exact same?

a. Yes

b. No

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The Real Life Mowgli from The Jungle Book

Did you know that The Jungle Book was

inspired by a true story? It’s true! Dina

Sanichar, “the Indian wolf-boy,” was a feral

child living in the 1800s, raised by wolves.

The true story isn’t as entertaining as the

book and the movie. It’s much more tragic.

Dina was just one of many feral children

who were found in India at the time. In

fact, the country seems to have a long

history of children raised by all different kinds of animals, like dogs, panthers, and

apparently even chickens.

Dina Sanichar was discovered in 1872 by hunters in Uttar Pradesh. The boy walked

on all fours, following a pack of wolves. Upon being discovered, the boy, with his

wolf companions, retreated into their den.

Watching, the hunters were intrigued and terrified. Because the mysterious child

had piqued their interest, the crew determined they would try to get their hands

on him. First, they tried to get the child and the wolves out of their cave by setting

a fire. The wolves soon came out with the child, so the hunters killed all the wolves

and captured the boy to take with them. At the time of his rescue, Dina was

believed to be about six years old.

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The hunters took the boy to a local orphanage on a Saturday. There he was

baptized and named Sanichar, or “Saturday” in Urdu, because that’s when he

arrived. The child had many struggles along the way. The head of the orphanage,

Father Erhardt, suggested Dina had a very low intelligence level because he did not

appear to reason. In addition, he never learned to speak, read, or write, even

though the instructors at the orphanage tried to teach him. Dina communicated

simply by making animal-like noises and walked on all fours for a long time.

Eventually, Sanichar learned how to walk on just two legs, but he continued to

dislike wearing clothes, far preferring to be naked like he was in the jungle. At first,

he even refused to eat any cooked food and spent time sharpening his teeth on

bones.

However, despite not seeming very human, he did manage to make a friend. In the

orphanage with him, there was another feral child. Because both boys grew up in

the wild, they had difficulty relating to people, but they managed to bond with

each other.

Sanichar did pick up one (bad) human habit! He was a smoker. It is possible that his

smoking later caused him to develop tuberculosis.

Overall, Dina’s development was abnormal. After a decade of no longer living in

the forest, he showed signs of extreme anxiety, was just five feet tall, had oversized

teeth and a low forehead. He passed away at 29 years old in 1895 from

tuberculosis.

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Stories about these feral children in the jungles, raised by animals, inspire writers

and poets like Rudyard Kipling, who wrote The Jungle Book. The author never

identified the Mowgli character in the book as based on Dina Sanichar, but many

aspects of the story line up. Plus, the timeline is right because the book was

published about 20 years after the boy’s discovery by the hunters. But Mowgli left

the jungle happily, unlike Dina. After his first 6 years spent living in the jungle, it

was impossible to rewire his thinking and join society. So, for the rest of his life,

Dina Sanichar continued living a tragic life.

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Art Prompt

Want to draw outside the lines? Turn this page over and create anotherJungle Masterpiece!

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Matching Game! Jungle Movies And Their Release Date

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Fun Jungle Facts

1. Half of the animal plant and animal species live in rainforests.

2. In the New Guinea jungles, the Korowai people live in tree houses 45m high off

the ground.

3. Australia’s jungles have flowers not found anywhere else in the world.

4. In the Tasmanian jungles there are pine trees as old as two thousand years.

5. On the island Dominica in the Caribbean there is a rainforest lake that is 88

degrees celsius.

6. Jungles have existed on earth for millions and millions of years, making them

the oldest ecosystem on earth.

7. Jungles are so dense with trees and vegetation that only 1% of the sunlight

makes it to the floor.

8. It is estimated that 50 million people live in jungles and call them home. Their

food is being eliminated by deforestation.

9. The rainforest canopy can be so tickly grown that a raindrop can take 10

minutes to travel to the floor.

10. Chocolate, coffee, rice, tomatoes and bananas all originated in jungles.

11. Jungles will be extinct in about 40 years if deforestation is not halted.

12. Jungles are considered to be ‘carbon sinks,’ which means they absorb more

carbon than they release.

13. It is estimated that one quarter of all the medications used today originated

in some way in the rainforest.

14. It is estimated that roughly 20% of the freshwater in the world is found in

the Amazon Basin.

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CategoriesName an item that fits in each category and starts with the corresponding

letter!

W I L DName a jungleanimal

Name acountry with ajungleenvironment

Name a moviethat has ajungle

Name a songabout thejungle

Name a jungleplant

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Word Search

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ANSWER KEY

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Crossword Answers

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Sudoku Answers