Birds in the Air!

On Tuesday, January 31, 2012 we will:

• Read "Seven Hungry Babies" by Candace Fleming
• Read "Owl Babies" by Martin Waddell
• Play "Birds Are Sleeping"
• Make bird nests and baby owls
• Review Shel Silverstein poem "Early Bird"

Oh, if you're a bird, be an early bird

And catch the worm for your breakfast plate.

If you're a bird, be an early bird-

But if you're a worm, sleep late.

Ideas for Home:

• Identify birds you have seen in your own yard. Check out http://www.birding.com/wheretobird/newhampshire.asp
• Each time we see a new bird, we print out its picture and hang it by the window where we view the bird feeder.
• Bird Seed Collage
  Use bird seeds to create a collage.
• Feather Painting
  Use different feathers as a paint brush
• Make a bird matching game from computer printouts.
• Print out bird pictures and hide them around the house. Have children find the birds and return them to their nest (a box, paper plate, whatever you have). Preschoolers love hide and seek games!

"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night."
           Edgar Allan Poe


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