Letter of the Day- B and E (for bird and egg)
Did you know that birds are really special? They fly freely in sky. They sing beautiful songs. Birds hatch from eggs. They have feathers and wings, and they have beaks.
Song: Little bird, little bird
(two children stand in the middle holding hands, with their hands up high forming a bridge. The other children run under the bridge while we sing the song. At the end of the song, the two children in the middle let their hands down, in order to catch one of the kids in their arms).
Little bird, little bird fly through my window
Little bird, little bird fly through my window
Little bird, little bird fly through my window
Find molasses candy
Fly through my window, my little bird
Fly through my window, my little bird
Find molasses candy
Insert different types of birds in the place of "little bird" such as:
Blue Heron
Duck
Swallow
Sparrow
Starling
Crow
Eagle
Raven
Quail
Pigeon
Dove
Hummingbird
Chiadee
Game:
Duck, duck goose
Story: Tell the life cycle of the duck with the paper bag puppets. Give each child a puppet and tell the story from reproduction to reproduction. Have the children stand in front and hold up their puppet while you tell the story.
Role play: Let's pretend to be birds! Fly, build a nest, sit on eggs, catch worms, sit on a branch, call like a bird, etc.
Poem:
There's a wide eyed owl
With a pointed nose
Two pointy ears
And claws for toes
He lives high up in a tree
And when he looks at you
He flaps his wings and says...
"Whoooo whoooo!"
Books:
Birds
No Two Alike
