Spring has finally arrived and with it come the birds! This week’s Explorastory was all about our feathery friends.
Books:
“Birds” by Kevin Henkes
“Little Green” by Keith Baker
“Feathers for Lunch” by Lois Ehlert
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Rhymes:
I used two bird puppets to present this rhyme, while the kids followed along using their hands. The original rhyme is “Two Little Blackbirds,” but since I had brown birds I recited it as “Two Little Birds”
Two Little Birds
Two little birds sitting on a hill
One named Jack, one named Jill
Fly away Jack, fly away Jill
Come back Jack, come back Jill
I Saw a Little Bird (we stood up and did the actions to this one together)
I saw a little bird go hop, hop, hop
I told that little bird to stop, stop, stop
I went to the window to say “How do you do?”
He just shook his little tail, and far away he flew!
Art:
We made bright, sparkly peacocks. I gave the kids a peacock body shape (from http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/animals/birds/peacock-craft.asp), which I had cut out from blue construction paper. We gave our peacocks beaks and feet cut out from orange construction paper and decorated them using feathers and rhinestones.
Have you seen a prettier bird?