Your Global Sprouts Venezuela kit is designed to make cultural learning fun, meaningful, and easy to incorporate into your child’s routine. This Venezuela lesson plan breaks the kit down into simple weekly activities that help your child explore Venezuelan culture through hands-on learning, play, and conversation.

Children learn best through repetition, exploration, and storytelling. These activities are designed to take about 10 to 20 minutes and can easily fit into your daily routine. Encourage your child to ask questions, repeat new Spanish words, and explore materials freely. The goal is curiosity and discovery.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

At the end of the month, your child is expected to:

• Practice Spanish vocabulary and counting

• Explore Venezuela’s ecosystems, including jungles, rivers, beaches, and mountains

• Learn about famous landmarks like Angel Falls, the tallest waterfall in the world

• Discover unique animals such as macaws, capybaras, crocodiles, and pink river dolphins

• Strengthen fine motor skills through tracing, coloring, and crafting

• Build early literacy skills, including recognizing the letter V for Venezuela

• Practice early math skills through counting, tracing numbers, and game play

• Develop cultural awareness through music, food, and daily life in Venezuela

MATERIALS:

• Global Sprouts Venezuela Kit

• Passport to Play

• Crayons or markers

• Paper

• Scissors

• Glue

Optional sensory materials:

• Fabric or soft textures for exploring Basotho blanket materials

• Play dough or blocks to build a rondavel house

• Water play materials to explore water conservation

DRIVING QUESTION:

How do Venezuela’s landscapes, animals, and traditions make the country unique?

INTRODUCTION:

This month your child will explore Venezuela, a colorful country in South America filled with rainforests, rivers, beaches, and mountains.

In this adventure, children travel with Globee and meet new friends Mariana and Diego. Along the journey they discover bright macaws flying through the sky, giant tabletop mountains called tepuis, the Orinoco River, and the famous Angel Falls.

Children will also learn Spanish words, explore animals that live in the jungle and river, discover Venezuelan music played on the cuatro guitar, and try a traditional snack called catalinas cookies.

Children learn best through play, conversation, and hands-on exploration, so encourage your child to ask questions, repeat new Spanish words, and talk about what they notice.

Parent Tip:

Pause during the lesson and ask questions like:

• What colors do you see in the macaws?

• What do you think a waterfall sounds like?

• How might animals live in the jungle or river?

These conversations help children build observation and language skills.

DEVELOPMENT:

The Venezuela adventure introduces children to a country filled with diverse ecosystems and vibrant culture.

Children will explore the jungles, mountains, rivers, and beaches of Venezuela while learning about animals like macaws, crocodiles, and pink river dolphins.

They will also practice Spanish vocabulary, trace numbers, identify landscapes, and complete creative activities such as coloring animals, building scenes with stickers, and playing interactive games.

Cooking and music also play an important role in the learning experience. Children will learn how families in Venezuela enjoy foods like arepas and catalinas cookies and discover how music from instruments like the cuatro guitar fills celebrations with rhythm and joy.

Sensory Learning Ideas:

Young children learn best through hands-on exploration. You can extend the lessons by:

• Listening to Latin music or guitar sounds while learning about the cuatro

• Creating a jungle sensory bin with leaves, toy animals, and rocks

• Pretending to travel to Angel Falls in an airplane with Globee

• Baking catalinas cookies together and smelling the cinnamon and spices

These activities help children connect culture with real-world experiences.

WEEK ONE

Focus:

Where is Venezuela and what makes it special?

Activities:

• Read the Venezuela adventure story with Globee and meet Mariana and Diego.

• Discover Angel Falls, the tallest waterfall in the world.

• Locate Venezuela on a world map.

Discuss:

• What do you think a giant waterfall looks like?

• How might the jungle be different from where we live?

Vocabulary:

Venezuela, waterfall, macaw, jungle

Parent Tip:

Encourage your child to imagine flying with Globee to Venezuela and draw what they see from the airplane window.

WEEK TWO

Focus:

What animals live in Venezuela?

Activities:

• Find animals in the jungle scene activity

• Count colorful birds in the rainforest

• Learn about animals such as capybaras, macaws, and crocodiles

Literacy & Math:

• Trace the letter V for Venezuela

• Practice counting using Spanish numbers

Discussion:

• Why do birds in the rainforest have bright colors?

• Why might animals live near rivers?

Vocabulary:

Capybara, river

WEEK THREE

Focus:

What landscapes and ecosystems exist in Venezuela?

Activities:

• Learn Spanish words for ecosystems like playa (beach), montaña (mountain), cascada (waterfall), and jungla (jungle)

• Trace and practice saying the words aloud

• Explore the concept of tepuis, the flat-top mountains found in Venezuela

Discussion:

• Which place would you like to visit most: the jungle, beach, or mountains?

• What animals might live in each environment?

Parent Tip:

Encourage children to act out each environment. Pretend to climb mountains, swim in rivers, or explore the jungle.

WEEK FOUR

Focus:

What foods and activities are popular in Venezuela?

Activities:

• Bake Catalinas cookies, a sweet cinnamon snack loved by Venezuelan children

• Play the Stack jungle board game with friends or family

• Learn that baseball is a very popular sport in Venezuela

Discussion:

• What foods do families share together?

• What games do you like to play with friends?

Sensory Exploration:

Cooking together allows children to touch, smell, and taste new foods while learning about culture.

REFLECTION

Focus:

What have we learned about Venezuela?

Activities:

• Practice Spanish numbers again

• Review animals, landscapes, and foods from Venezuela

Encourage Storytelling:

Ask children:

• What was your favorite part of our trip to Venezuela?

• Which animal did you like best?

• Can you say a Spanish word you learned?

Children Can Also:

• Draw their favorite Venezuelan animal

• Pretend to visit Angel Falls

• Retell the story of Globee’s adventure

Repetition helps young children remember what they have learned.

Project Wrap-Up

Host a mini “Venezuela Adventure Day” where children can share their drawings of jungle animals, play the stack game, practice their Spanish words, and talk about what they learned about Venezuela’s landscapes, wildlife, and traditions.

Celebrating the adventure helps children feel proud of the discoveries they made while exploring a new culture.