Preschool Birds Unit
Learn about the lifecycle of a chicken, as they hatch from their eggs and grow from chickens into adults. Learn about different kinds of birds and their eggs. Explore flightless birds around the world. Understand different bird body parts. Practice counting and colors.
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Bird Calls
Listen to the bird calls on the video and see if you can guess which bird made them. Print out the bird call cards to help your child guess. They can point to the card they think it is.
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Can You Guess the Bird Calls?
Guess the birds by using the sounds. This video will play a short clip of common bird calls and you have 10 seconds to guess it. It will then show you the bird making the sound. This video is great for kids and adults alike. Your dog might also enjoy this video, I know mine did. Have fun listening to chirps, caws, honks, tweets, quacks, gobbles, clucks, and cock-a-doodle-dos.
Owl Whistle
Songbird Call
Duck Call
Turkey Call
Chicken Lifecycle
Learn about a chicken's lifecycle as it grows from an egg into a chick and eventually into an adult chicken. Included is an easy-to-read text, chicken puzzle, egg math, and more.
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Chicken Model
Puzzle
Chicken Lifecycle Craft
Have your child make the chicken lifecycle out of clay. You can label a plate with the stages. Then have your little one place their finished models on the matching labels. Need clay, try this.
Chicken Threading Craft
Have your child draw a chick face on the paper plate. Discuss the parts of the face: eyes, beak, and feathers. Older kids can make sure to include the nostrils and talk about how the ears are small holes hidden by the feathers. Once your child is content with the design, hole punch some holes around the edge and have them lace yellow pipe cleaners through. You can talk about how the fuzzy feathers on baby chicks are called down.
Chicken Nesting Dolls
Take one piece of paper and cut it in half. Then cut one of the halves in half. Then cut one of those in half. Take the half sheet, the quarter sheet, and the eighth sheet to make nesting cylinders. Draw a chicken in the middle of the largest sheet, an egg on the second largest, and a chick or embryo on the smallest. Label the pictures. Roll up and tape or glue each tube. You can put them on a string or leave them like that. Use preposition words when playing with them.
Stuffed Toy
Egg Shape Toy
Flightless Birds
From ostriches to penguins, learn about birds that can't fly. Included are a poem, sorting activity, geography practice, and a math puzzle activity.
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Wooden Ostrich
Emu Stuffed Toy
Penguin Toilet Paper Roll
Make a penguin out of a toilet paper roll. There are many types of penguins. Show your child some photos of different kinds and get creative with how to make them.
Here is a useful graphic https://www.animalspot.net/penguin
Ostrich Craft
Make an ostrich with paper. Ostriches have long feathers. Have your little one practice making this texture by cutting the paper. If they are able, they could also try rolling the paper.
Dodo Bird Hunt
Show your little one photos of dodo birds. Explain that they went extinct because they could not fly and people hunted all of them. Talk about what the birds could have done instead of flying to hide from people. Print off 10 dodo birds and hide them around the house. Have your child hunt them down, and practice counting as they do.
Penguin Balance
Cassowary Figurine
Bird Bodies
From ostriches to penguins, learn about birds that can't fly. Included are a poem, sorting activity, geography practice, and a math puzzle activity.
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Bird Parts Activity
Bird Puzzle
Bird Layers Craft
Using cardboard, cut out the shape of a bird. Cut up the parts of the bird so they can be put back together. For older kids, make the bottom layer of the inside of the bird. For younger kids, make it the same as the cut-up layer so they can match.
Bird Coloring Book
Bird Anatomy
Make Wings
Using paper, cardboard, feathers, or whatever else you have around the house, design a pair of bird wings. Explain that humans can't fly with wings because we are too heavy. Birds have hollow bones so they are lighter.
Beaks and Talons
Pretend you have a beak and talons, try to move stuff from one side of the room to the other using only your beaks and talons or claws. Make sure to practice using the vocabulary.
Bird Eggs
This lesson includes an easy-to-read text about different bird eggs with real photos so kids can see the various types of eggs. The eggs are a mixture of different colors, shapes, and sizes. They can compare the different types of eggs. Incorporate math with two egg and nest counting activities. Practice cutting out different eggs and putting them in the correct nest. Color a nest and write the number of eggs inside. Practice with superlatives by comparing the biggest bird in the world to the smallest. There is a worksheet where kids can practice comparing two birds to determine which one is bigger. Early finishers can color a bird coloring page.
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Colored Bird Eggs
Bird Figurines
Egg Dying
Dye hard-boiled eggs with whipped cream and food coloring. Make sure to leave the cream on for a while to soak in so the colors really stand out.
Pompom Scoop
Make a nest out of brown paper. Put some numbers on the nest. Have your child practice their grip as they move yellow pompoms onto the nest.
Make a Real Nest
Pretend you are a bird in the yard. What can you find to make a nest? Can you see any bird nests in your yard or local park?
Bird Nest Sort
Wooden Eggs
Bird Habitats
This lesson includes an easy-to-read text about different bird habitats with real photos and vocabulary including forest, arctic, jungle, savanna, city, and desert. There are vocabulary cards with helpful photos and definitions. Included is a bid sort where students can practice cutting and sorting where the birds live. Practice colors by coloring some birds. Sing a song about ducks or read it as a poem. Students can work on understanding the use of a grid by drawing an owl. There is an owl coloring page for early finishers.
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Birdhouse Kit
Bird Tree Puzzle
Bird Balance
Birdhouse Color Sort
Bird Watching
Go on an adventure outside to see how many birds you can spot. Where are the birds? Take photos of the birds. Then look through the photos and make a list of where you see the birds. Where do most birds live in your area?
Make the Habitats
Using a cardboard box, make some different bird habitats. You can make little birds for the habitat or buy some figurines. Add paint and natural elements from the outside.
Take a Trip
Now is the perfect time to visit your nearest aviary, ethical zoo, botanical garden, park, or wherever else you can find lots of birds in your area.
Bird Egg Alphabet
This printable document contains the capital and lowercase letters of the English Alphabet. There are nests and eggs for each letter. Each set of eggs is unique so you can also do comparing and sorting activities. It helps promote the discussion about how different birds have different kinds of eggs.
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Bird Stuffed Toys
Bird Puzzle
Woodpecker Toy
Peacock Toy
Bird Cards
This printable document contains cards for different types of birds. Each card has the word in large print with a font that is easy to read. There is a large photo with no background to help with vocabulary acquisition.
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Bird Balance
Bird Blocks
Hello, World! Birds
Birds and Colors
Bird Themed Letter Practice
This printable document contains the capital and lowercase letters of the English Alphabet. The letters included in this set are F, B, and Q. Each letter has tracing practice and a coloring sheet, there is also a worksheet where students can practice identifying words that start with the correct letters.
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Grey Bird Puzzle
Bird Cage
Penguin Puzzle
Chicken Lifecycle
