Today’s Activities
Listen/Read
Spring Theme: Birds and Nests
Listen to There is a Bird on Your Head!
What would you do if there was a bird on your head?
On your friend’s head?
If you could change the ending of the story, how would you change it?
Draw a picture to show your favorite part of the story.
Tell a grown-up why that is your favorite part.
For a fun and silly extension activity, cut and color these birds.
Find a bowl.
Rip up some newspaper.
Put the newspaper and the birds in the bowl, and tie it to your head!
Hee-hee! How silly!
Writing
After you design and build your bird’s nest, write 3 sentences explaining the steps you took.
Use the words, “First, ___. Next, ___, and Last, ___.
Leveled learning extension:
Print out and color this nest.
Add a bird and an egg.
Dictate a sentence about the nest to your adult helper.
Trace or copy the sentence.
Problem Solving: Number Stories
Use the birds you made in the art project to create and solve number stories (addition and subtraction facts within 5).
Math Extension:
Look at your birds.
How many beaks are in all?
How many feet, wings, eyes, heads, bodies?
Practice counting with this easter egg activity.
design and build
Design and build a bird’s nest.
Make 5 birds to go in the nest you will design. Use play-doh, pom-poms or other art supplies or paint or color them and cut them out.
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In-Hand Resources
Birds and Nests In Hand Packet
Teaching Tips
Accessibility Feature
Turning on transcripts for YouTube Videos [PDF]
Speech & Language
Focus on polite language: In the story “There is a Bird On Your Head!” the elephant is frustrated with the birds who built a nest on his head. When he used polite language, the birds removed the nest from his head. Using the words “Will you please…” or “Can I please…” can really help you get the answer you want!
Occupational Therapy
Activity of the Day: Go on a Picture Hunt. Try to find the hidden objects in this picture of a squirrel family taking a spring walk.
Click on the object in the picture to see if you are right!
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