Winter Birds Study: Part 2

26 Friday Feb 2021

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This morning for our bird study we learned about ducks! To start we read Ducks! By Gail Gibbons and Elliot completed some worksheets on the letter D and the word DUCK. We also studied the life cycle of a duck, looked at its anatomy and various types of ducks. We practiced numbers with little cutouts and Elliot enjoyed creating a pond scene with a paper duck play set I cut out and laminated. All the beautiful duck study materials are from @stephhathawaydesigns. Happy Friday!

Winter Birds Study: Part 1

23 Tuesday Feb 2021

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Happy Tuesday! This week in our nature study the theme is a field trip but I wanted to teach Elliot more about birds, as we ease into Nesting Birds for next weeks study. So we started by reading A Place for Birds by Melissa Stewart and then practiced the letter B, colored a BIRDS letter sheet, completed a cut & paste worksheet, did some shadow matching, and practiced numbers with our count and clip cards (@sosimpleabeginning).We also looked at some birds in The Atlas of Amazing Birds by Matt Sewell, which is a gorgeous book, and Elliot had fun doing his birdseed activity (idea from @littlepinelearners) while we listened to many different bird sounds on my Merlin Bird ID app. The shadow matching worksheet is a new design from my bird unit which will be available to download for free this week! In the meantime, you can check out what I am offering now by visiting https://www.graystardesign.com/homeschool.

Winter Birds Study: Part 3

12 Saturday Dec 2020

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This afternoon Elliot and I read Feathers: Not Just for Flying by Melissa Stewart and learned about all the things feathers are good for and the different kinds that birds have. A really nice book thanks to our local library. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

Then we painted feathers with the book as a guide. He started out with one but then decided to just have fun with it. I enjoyed the art sesh a great deal and continued even after he was done. It has been a VERY long time since I painted and even though I was a little rusty, it only reminded me how much I love doing it. I think I’ll keep it up.

After he was done with his painting Elliot cut out a blue jay for us to add to our nature journal. Now it’s time to relax and enjoy this rainy cozy Saturday.

Winter Birds Study: Part 2

11 Friday Dec 2020

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Moving on with our bird study we started our lesson by reading Our Yard is Full of Birds by Anne Rockwell and then learned a little about a birds anatomy with Birds: Nature’s Magnificent Flying Machines by Caroline Arnold. Our project was to paste the name of each body part of the bird using a worksheet I got from Teachers Pay Teachers. Elliot wanted to also color it so he made it blue for his favorite bird, the blue jay. Then we practiced letters a bit.

To finish up our lessons today we read Sparrows by Hans Post & Kees Heij and finished making our bird nest. We also practiced numbers.