December 4, 2017 Toddler Science - Birds and Their Nests

Birds
by Kevin Henkes

A Nest is Noisy
by Dianna Hutts Aston

About Birds
A Guide for Children
by Cathryn Sill

A Nest Full of Eggs
by Priscilla Belz Jenkins











For our program today we talked about birds and their nests. Birds can be different colors, sizes and can build different kinds of nests.

For our craft we went outside to collect items to use to build our nests. We found leaves, dried grass, and soft greenery. We used a Q-tip to make eggs, then glued all the items we found outside to our plate to make a nest. Each child was given some feathers and a paper bird to add to their nest.

Saturday Morning Story Time - Elephant & Piggie!

If you missed this story time here is what we did:

*marks the books we read

Happy Pig Day!  by Mo Willems*
My Friend Is Sad  by Mo Willems*
Watch Me Throw the Ball!  by Mo Willems*

We started our story time talking about the noises animals make, like:
what sound does a cow make?, a dog?, a cat?, a pig?, an elephant?, etc

Then we played pig and elephant trivia.

When we read "Happy Pig Day" we talked about our favorite days to celebrate
When we read "My Friend Is Sad" we talked about different emotions
When we read "Watch Me Throw the Ball!" we had a challenge between children and their parents/grandparents to see who could toss a ball into a basket

Saturday Morning Story Time - Let's be Silly!

If you missed this story time here is what we did:

*marks the books we read

Silly Tilly  by Eileen Spinelli*
Animals in Underwear ABC  by Todd Parr
Bear in Underwear  by Todd H. Doodler*
If All the Animals Came Inside  by Eric Pinder
Such a Silly Baby!  by Steffanie & Richard Long*
Polar Bear's Underwear  by Tupera Tupera*
Vegetables in Underwear  by Jared Chapman

We glued silly mouth pictures to craft sticks

We listened and danced to "Shake My Sillies Out" from the album Car Ride Fun Kids Sing-Along by Nikki Loney