Feathery Bird Friends

Daily Question: Do you like birds? Do you like bird feathers?
When we were signing in, I asked Hugh the daily question. He replied, "I like Bluejays and Grosbeaks!"
Toys: Fisher Price Grow with Me Dogs, Large ABC/123 foam puzzles, animal sounds puzzle and animal puzzles.
Books: One Hungry Monster: A counting Book in Rhyme
Hugh and Nathan enjoyed putting the number puzzle together. All students helped put the large ABC puzzle together (and sing the ABC many times!).
F is a foolish flamingo who follows another bird far away where it is cold. She sings (f f f ) (fa fa fa) as she rubs her arms up and down trying to get warm.
Snacks: Ginger Snaps and dried apples. Pumpkin cookies and bottled waters.
Preschool Insight: We listened to the Little Red Hen while eating our snacks. When it was over, Hugh responded of the Little Red Hen's behavior, "That's not very nice!" (that she did not share her cake). We had a discussion about what the hen was teaching her friends and also what Jesus would do. Such a sweet age!

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Feathery Friend Books:
Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins
Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri
Nature Club:Birds by Peter Gill
Little Quack by Lauren Thompson and Derek Anderson* (Early Math Concepts)
Fur and Feathers (Head to Tail) by Theresa Greenaway
Friends of a Feather by Arlen Cohn and Don Sullivan
First Song & Action Rhymes by Jenny Wood, Ill. by Chris McEwan
Bird: Eyewitness Books by Knopf
The Wild Swans by Hans Christen Anderson, Retold by Amy Ehrlich, Ill. by Susan Jeffers
The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone (audio)
The Little Red Hen Pictures by Lucinda McQueen (Scholastic audio CD)
"If I was a little Bird" Learning Rhymes: First Songs & Action Rhymes by Jenny Wood, p. 46-47
Feathers for Lunch by Louis Ehlert