Showing posts with label Birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birds. Show all posts

Monday, July 2, 2012

The Rest of Bird Week

Wednesday
 Melodie loved watching all the bird songs on youtube.  Then we read this book:
This is the second Just Ask book we've read and we really enjoy them. After reading about why birds sing, we listened to bird sounds on the Canadian Museum of Nature website. It's actually a matching game. Mel enjoyed it so we did all four habitats.
 For the craft we were going to make bottle cap birds. I even saved bottle caps, but I couldn't find small bottle caps. They were all the same size, which would have made pretty silly looking birds. So Melodie cut out circles instead.
With the extra feathers she made a random picture.
 She played to games on the computer and liked both of them. Shapes: Starfall and letter matching: abcya.com. The letter matching was too easy for her, so she chose some other games to try on that website too.
Thursday
  We made two kinds of bird feeders. One kind was out of toilet paper rolls and one was out of bagels.

 I haven't been feeling well all week. She's in her swim suit because this was after her swimming lessons, but before going to a friends' house (they have a pool) that were going to watch her while I went to the doctor. On Friday we didn't get a chance to do anything (I was so bummed because the fun food was so cute!) because after swimming lessons I had to go back to the doctor (auntie watched her) and then she had tap. After that she wanted to stay with her auntie the rest of the night. Well, maybe we can do the fun food another time just for fun.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Birds Week

Just a preview of next week (the last week in June).

A possible field trip would be to the Magnolia Bird Farm. Has anyone been there?

I'm not sold on Dumbo as my movie...but it has a magic feather. My other option was Chicken Little (which Mel loves). I guess we'll see how I feel on Wednesday.

Monday
(eggs)
(gospel lesson)
prepare Elijah fed  by the Ravens FHE together
Reading and Computer: Chicken Stacker at Between the Lions
Writing: ABCs on birds
Math: worksheets from Dollar Tree workbooks
Craft: paint bird house (this is a bird house she made at Home Depot a while ago)
Science: watch video of chick hatching
Tuesday
(feathers)
(movie) Dumbo
Reading: What makes birds different from other animals? from Kidzone
Writing: Label types of feathers and parts of a feather (worksheets from ASU Life Sciences)
Math & Computer: 2D and 3D Shapes from Starfall (not bird themed)
Craft: feather painting (instead of using a paintbrush, use a feather)
Wednesday
(Flightless Birds)
Reading: "Why Do Birds Sing?" from the library
Writing: Upper case and lower case matching from abcya.com (not bird themed)
Math: worksheets
Craft: bottlecap birdies (Meet the Dubiens)
Science & computer: Listen to different bird songs online (Canadian Museum of Nature)
Thursday
(Birds that Fly)
Reading & Writing: Write a bird word (for example: fly) then look for it when reading a book. Different word for each book.
Math: worksheets
Craft: Make bird feeders Here's a few ideas: The Crafty Classroom, No Time for Flashcards, Under the Table and Dreaming, Working Mother in Zion, The Moffat Girls
Science & Computer: How do birds fly (Canadian Museum of Nature) and Airborne Experiment on Wonderville
Sorting Board: Birds that Fly/Flightless
Friday
(Fun Foods)
Breakfast: scrambled eggs and peacock fruit (Canadian Family)
Lunch: Bird's Nest Egg Salad (Taste of Home) and grape bird's nests (The Adventures of Bear)
Dinner: Chicken (ha, ha!) and Chocolate Bird's Nests for dessert (Mama Jenn)
Reading: library books
Writing: worksheets from All Kids Network - Missing vowels and Word Scramble
Math & Computer: Weight at PBS Kids

Some fun extras if we have time:
Create a bird computer game
Sesame Street Pigeon Trouble computer game
For older kids I like this website (KidWings). I thought it might be too old for Mel.
Some of the worksheets from All Kids Network are for younger kids.
This Count the Chicken game is good for younger kids.