I am teaching my 3 year old his ABC’s & incorporating items that start with the letter B, so we are learning about birds this week and for my 5 year old for Science he is learning about birds. (this was a 2 week lesson)
Recycled bird feeder
The boys painted each of their gallon milk jugs
For fun………..
Giant birds nest at the zoo
How to make:
Trace child’s foot and hand 2X), fold hand (wings) and glue
glue beak & eyes (the eyes I used were from my hole puncher) then glue a popsicle stick to it!
my preschooler’s bird
Science
My kindergartner has been learning more about the science of birds like the parts of a feather. We took 2 feathers (peacock & duck) and looke at them underneath a microscope. JJ wrote down his observations and then drew the feathers than we went over the names of the different parts of the feather.
I love it – we did the pinecone bird feeder and were amazed how many cardinals came over for a visit! Which reminds me – we need more seeds for the milk jug! we upgraded!
Stef
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love the bird hand and footprint craft..will keep that one in mind!
Very creative Home school. I like the little tree with the birds on it. Your kids did a great job on the bird feeder
That looks like fun! I did a “Letter of the Week” curriculum I pieced together a few years ago. It was a lot of fun. I think you’re a little more creative with it than I was! 🙂
~Jennifer
Such memorable, meaningful activities for little ones are sure to increase retention! And I LOVE the giant bird nest!! That is so fun!
Love all the homeschooling resources. You are very creative!
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I love the milk jug bird feeder -i’m definitely making that with my little guy! I’m your newest follower via Thursday Blog Hop -please follow me back 🙂
Great bird unit! I love the way you incorporated so many curricular areas. And the giant bird’s nest at the zoo is awesome!
Deb @ LivingMontessoriNow.com
We are doing about a 9-week bird study over at Journey to Excellence. We will definitely be adding the milk jug bird feeders and feather study. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing the links and photos. We’ll be studying birds in the next few weeks, so I’m taking some notes. 🙂
That is awesome! What a great lesson. What a great field trip too. So Much fun! Great pictures!
Thanks for linking up to Craftify It Thursday!
Jennifer
That giant nest is awesome!
We’re about to start studying feathers this week as well.