Owls and Winter Birds

Day 8 with Mother Goose Time was owls.  Elli worked on patterning with the provided cards.

She also worked on sorting this months manipulatives by shape on to the corresponding owl shaped cards.  

Elli loved making the owl puppet craft that went with today's lesson.  When Addie got home from school and saw it she asked to make one of her own. 

This week we also spent a day learning about winter birds.  During circle time I introduced the loving bees. Elli then worked on making a nest out of her blankets and pillows.  We put balloon eggs in the nest for her to check on throughout the day.  She loved playing in the nest.

Pretending to play the drum.

We played winter charades.  Elli and I took turns acting out the pictures on the provided cards.  

We talked about how birds use their feathers to stay warm, fly and even as camouflage.  Elli experimented with blowing feathers into the air and also throwing and catching them.  She used the feathers to make her own cardinal picture.

I hid a set of bird cards around Elli's room.  She ran around collecting them all and then worked on matching them with the second set.  She loved hunting for the birds.  

Pretending to be a sad bird.

We talked about what birds need to survive, and how some migrate in the winter.  Elli picked different basic needs cards and then we worked to solve the problem that was presented.  

I found a great book at the library to go with today's lesson.

We finished up the day with dance n' beats.  

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