Feathery Bird Friends

Feathery Bird Friends

Daily Question: Do you like bird feathers?

Toys: Foam blocks, ABC floor puzzle, farm floor puzzle, Fireman and feather boa dress ups, and fabric tents.

Snacks: French fries, french toast sticks and "fruit" (red grapes).

F is a foolish flamingo who follows a Falcon far away up North where it is freezing. She sings (f f f ) (fa fa fa) as she rubs her arms up and down trying to get warm.

We listened to the letter "F" song and danced around as if we had Feathers and were Flying. We practiced flying Fast and slow. 

I Spy Fs Around our Room: Feathers, friends, fun, fat, family, Frozen, flamingo, freezing

F the Flamingo Activity: Listened to the story song and colored and cut out our foolish, freezing flamingos.

Today we learned the difference between Fur and Feathers by reading the book Fur and Feathers. We learned that birds are the only animals that have feathers. They use them to fly, to be camp floured, or to look pretty for a boy or girl bird. We touched a Feather boa to see what a feather feels like. 

We then read Ten Fat Turkeys which counts down from 10 to none. We had fun putting down a finger each time a turkey did something silly and went away. 

F Circle Time/Show N' Teach:

Lena: fishing pole, fish

Anna: fried egg, fishing pole

Tanner: fresh strawberry hand sanitizer

Maelo: bird with feathers

Lukas: duck with feathers

Harris: bluey the blanket to keep him warm when fffreezing!

At the end of preschool we read Firefighters. We each got a red Firefighter hat to take home!

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, (46-47)
Feathers for Lunch by Louis Ehlert 
Bird Count and Bird Color by Alison Hill Spencer 
Firefighter