Bird Storytime. Window Decorations: Tree covered with birds

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Bird Storytime Window Decorations: Tree covered with birds Schedule: Welcome Hokey Pokey Introduction to

wings. This is the way we flap our wings just like a bird This is the way we scratch for worms.

This is the way we soar really high, just like a bird Read: Wow Said the Owl by Tom Hopgood Birds by

1 Bird Storytime Window Decorations: Tree covered with birds Schedule: Welcome Hokey Pokey Introduction to Topic show pictures of birds The Bird Song This is the way we flap our wings, flap our wings, flap our wings. This is the way we flap our wings just like a bird This is the way we scratch for worms. This is the way we peck for our food. Soar really high, soar really high, soar really high. This is the way we soar really high, just like a bird Read: Wow Said the Owl by Tom Hopgood Birds by Kevin Henkes Little Birds Sing (Tune: London Bridge) Little birds go tweet, tweet, tweet tweet, tweet, tweet tweet, tweet, tweet

2 Little birds go tweet, tweet, tweet Little Owls go who, who, who who, who, who who, who, who Little Owls go who, who, who Little ducks go quack, quack, quack Quack, quack, quack Quack, quack, quack Little ducks go quack, quack, quack Bird Through my Window Through my window. Through my window. Through my window Watch the bluebird fly. Robin, robin robin, robin robin, robin Watch the robin fly Fingerplay: Two Little Birds (hand out 2 birds on popsicle sticks props to each kid) Two little birds sitting on a hill (hands behind back) One named Jack and one named Jill (bring fingers in front) Fly away Jack Fly away Jill Come back Jack Come back Jill Two little birds flying through the clouds One is Quiet and the other is Loud Fly away quiet fly away loud come back quiet come back loud

Two little birds watch them go one is fast and the other is slow fly away fast fly away slow come back fast come back slow Read: Mama Built a Little Nest by

flap it all about That s what it s all about! Caw Caw!

3 Two little birds watch them go one is fast and the other is slow fly away fast fly away slow come back fast come back slow Read: Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward Have You Heard the Nesting Bird by Rita Gray Birdy Pokey You put your right wing in You put your right wing out You put your right wing in And you flap it all about That s what it s all about! Caw Caw! You put your right claw in You put your right claw out You put your right claw in and you shake it all about You put your beak in You put your beak out You put your beak in and you poke it all about You put your whole self in You put your whole self out You put your whole self in

4 And you shake it all about Craft: Binoculars - Bird pictures taped around the playground for them to use the decorated binoculars for birdwatching after the storytime Take Home Activity: Bird Scavenger Hunt (at end of document) Resources: AllKidsNetwork. (2012). Binoculars craft. Retrieved from Gray, R. (2014). Have you heard the nesting bird. Boston, MA: HMH Books for Young Readers. Henkes, K. (2009). Birds. New York: Greenwillow Books. Hopgood, T. (2009). Wow! Said the owl. New York: Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux. Inspiration Laboratories. (2015). All about birds scavenger hunt. Retrieved from Leah. (2010). Two little blackbirds. Toddler Storytime: Stories, Songs, and Rhymes. (Weblog). Retrieved from Preschool Education. (2015). Music & songs: seasons>spring. Retrieved from Ward, J. (2014). Mama built a little nest. La Jolla, CA: Beach Lane Books.

BIRD IN A TREE LOOK FOR BIRDS Mark what you find BIRD IN A NEST BIRD FOOD Look for things birds eat BERRIES FLYING BIRD A BIG BIRD A SMALL BIRD SWIMMING BIRD BIRD

5 BIRD SCAVENGER HUNT Look around outside to find birds, nest materials, bird food, and other things related to our feathered friends. See how many things you can see or hear. BIRD IN A TREE LOOK FOR BIRDS Mark what you find BIRD IN A NEST BIRD FOOD Look for things birds eat BERRIES FLYING BIRD A BIG BIRD A SMALL BIRD SWIMMING BIRD BIRD CARRYING SOMETHING BIRD EATING INSECTS SEEDS WORMS HOW MANY BIRDS DID YOU SEE? FISH BIRD NESTS Look for nests and things birds use to make nests NEST IN TREE DRIED GRASS SMALL STICKS PINE NEEDLES BIRD SINGING BIRD CALLING BIRD SOUNDS Listen for birds WOODPECKER PECKING DRAW A BIRD YOU SEE MOSS MUD HOW MANY NESTS DID YOU SEE?

Lesson: Feathers in the Forest

Lesson: Feathers in the Forest Topic/Essential Question: How do trees provide food and homes for birds? Unit: Why Are Trees Terrific? Kindergarten Environmental Literacy Content Standards: Science 3.0