It
was springtime and mother and father bird decided to
build
a nest. Who can tell me some of
the things they
might
have used to make their nest?
(Fold
the paper in half and cut a semi circle.)
Mother
bird sat on the nest and laid a beautiful egg.
(Open
the nest to reveal the egg shape.)
Now,
mother bird could not leave the egg.
She had
to
sit on it and keep it warm and safe.
Even when it
rained
and the wind blew hard, mother bird had to sit there
and
protect her egg. Fortunately, two
little bugs who
lived
in the tree made friends with mother bird and
kept
her company. This is one little
bug. His name was _____.
(Use
a child’s name in the class.)
(Draw
a little dot for the bug.)
This
is the other little bug. Her name
was _____,
(Use
another child’s name in the class.)
(Draw
another little dot on the opposite side.)
One
day as mother bird was sitting on the egg, she heard
a
little cracking sound. She looked
down and saw a little
crack
in her egg.
(Cut
a little slit on the fold slanted toward the eyes.)
Then
she heard a great, big cracking sound.
(Cut
around the eye and slit as shown stopping before
you
get to the end of the egg.)
And
guess what mother bird saw coming out of the big
crack
in her egg? She saw her baby bird!
(Open
the egg and bend up the beak as shown.)
Hint! You can also cut this story out of a
paper plate.
