Did you hear a happy, little chirp when you walked outside this morning? It's almost springtime and the birds are busy singing and building nests.
Birdies
(Happy Everything
CD)
Way up in the sky (Put
hands in arm pits and flap arms
The big birdies
fly. like
a bird.)
Way down in the
nest (Make
a nest by cupping hands.)
The little birds
rest.
With a wing on the
left, (Wiggle
left arm like a wing.)
And a wing on the
right, (Wiggle
right arm like a wing.)
The little birds
sleep (Put
head down on palms as if sleeping.)
All through the
night.
SHHHHHH! (Put
finger over lips.)
DON’T WAKE UP THE
BIRDIES!
Then up comes the
sun. (Put
arms over your head.)
The dew falls
away. (Bring
down palms.)
Good morning! Good morning! (Put open palms around your head.)
The little birds
say.
*This is the perfect song to demonstrate the exclamation point!
Sing and Act
- Let children dramatize this song. Choose one child to be the mother or
father bird. Let the other
children be the baby birds.
Paper Plate
Birds and Nests - Let
children make birds or nests out of paper plates similar to the ones in the picture.
Bird Nest Snack
- Give each child a Rice
Crispie treat to mold into a nest.
Put a few jelly beans in the nest and place a marshmallow “peep” on top.
Flip Book
– Make a flip book of
“What’s in the Egg?” Fold a sheet
of paper in half lengthwise, then fourths and eighths. Open and cut the crease to the middle
fold. Fold in half to make 4
little flaps. Children draw 4 eggs
on the front of each flap. Open
the flaps and challenge children to draw 4 different things that might come
from an egg. When they hold this
book up to the light, they will see their little critters inside the egg.
Lunch Sack Nest
– Open a paper lunch sack and roll out and down until you reach the bottom and
it looks like a nest. Children can
roll play dough eggs for the nest, or they can make a paper bird for the nest.
