Birds--Duck Pond Lesson Plan 4/27/20-5/3/20

Duck Pond Lesson Plan Birds

Week: 4/27/20-5/1/20--Birds

Group Activities	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Story Time Goal: For students to communicate through language	Big Fat Hen	Chirpy Chick	You’re My Little Chickadee!	Busy Chickens	6 Silly Chicks
Circle & Song Time Goal: For students to develop their literacy, numeracy and social skills through daily activities	Looking For  Birds Outside!	10:30 am Pastor Dave Children's  Chapel  FB Live	Bird Noises/10 Little Birds	5 Little Ducks	Old MacDonald
Sensory Time Goal: For students to develop fine motor skills	Plastic Egg Hunt	Bird Seed	Bird Call & Bird Sounds	Feathers	Outside  Time To  Watch The Birds
Art Time Goal: For students to develop hand eye coordination	TP Roll Tube Binoculars	Pine Cone Bird Feeder	Coffee Filter Peacock	Dough & Feather Sculpture	Handprint Chick
Gross Motor Time Goal: For Students to develop their muscles through movement	Playground/ Indoor Recess	Playground/ Indoor Recess	Playground/ Indoor Recess	Playground/ Indoor Recess	Playground/ Indoor Recess

Monday-TP Roll Tube Binoculars: Two TP Rolls or one paper towel roll cut in half, Tape(blue painters tape, masking tape, electrical, even hockey tape will work), hole punch, yarn or ribbon, glue or glue gun, markers/paint/crayons/stickers for decoration. Have your Duck decorate the tp/paper towel rolls with markers, crayons, paint. Let dry if painted. Glue the rolls together. Let dry if using liquid glue. Tape over both ends of rolls for support of binoculars. Now, punch one hole on opposite sides of the same end of the rolls. Thread string/yarn/ribbon through holes. The knot should be on the inside of the roll. Secure knowt with a piece of tape. 

Tuesday-Pine Cone Bird Feeder: This is a great project for Ducks and older siblings! I would recommend this as an outside project! It can get very messy!  Supplies: Pine Cone (doesn’t matter what shape!), Crisco/lard or peanut butter, bird seed, butter knife (metal or plastic), 12 inch piece of yarn/string, and a gallon size Ziplock type of bag. Optional: medium Gladware container and lots of paper towels/dish cloths for clean-up! Place birdseed into a gallon size ziplock bag. Tie yard/string to pine cone. Using a knife/spoon, have your Duck spread Crisco/peanut butter onto pine cone. Place the covered pine cone into a gallon size bag of birdseed. Zip it up. Now, have your Duck shake it! Pull pine cone out and put it onto a tree branch. Oh, did I say Bird Feeder? Squirrels love pine cone treats also!

Wednesday-Coffee filter Peacock: Supplies-coffee filter (white paper cut into a circle works!), blue/green/yellow/purple markers, ½ piece of blue or purple construction paper cut into a bowling pin shape, scissors, sticker eyes (or draw them), if you're using the coffee filter--you will need a water mister, glue, and several 2-3 layers of paper towels or newspaper.  Have you Duck color the coffee filter or white paper circle with markers. The more coloring on the page, the better! For the coffee filter only: Place the colored filter on paper towels or newspaper. Mist the filter 4-7 times until colors start to bleed. Take the filter off wet towels/paper and place on another dry towel. Let the filter dry (it will dry in about 15 minutes). Glue blue or purple bowling pin shape paper to the center of the dried filter/white circle. Add bird details!

Thursday-Feather Dough Sculpture: Supplies-playdough/model magic/salt dough, feathers

This is a great fun easy art project! Let your Duck smash, squish, roll, pinch some dough! Now the fun part, let them stick feathers into the dough. Yes, it’s that easy! Stress relief for everyone! Dough can get a little messy. The kitchen or outside patio table would be a great place for this project. If you don’t have any feathers, that’s ok! Use other items from around the house (dry pasta shapes, Legos, golf tees, etc). 

Friday--Handprint Chick: Supplies-paint color of your choice, paint brush, Half sheet of light color paper/cardstock, orange & black marker for details. Paint your Duck’s hand. Place painted hand onto paper/cardstock. Let the paint dry. Add details with markers. 

Other activites for the week:

1. Use those plastic Easter eggs one/two more times this week and go hunting for bird eggs. Great indoor or outdoor activity! 

2. Pastor Dave will have a special children’s chapel on Tuesday on FaceBook live through the St. Andrew’s FB Page or the NLC Public Page or the NLC Private “Active in the Neighborhood” Page. He would love to hear from everyone! Pastor Dave always acknowledges all the children watching with a personal “Hello!” shout out! 

3. Bird seed makes a great outdoor surpervised sensory bin project. Just dump some in a plastic store container or box, add some cups, spoons, tp/paper towel rolls, etc and let your Duck have some awesome sensory fun! Once your Duck is done, just dump the seed into your yard. Let the birds and squirrels do your clean up work! 

4. Go bird watching with your Duck and their new binoculars! What kind of birds will they see? Where are the birds perched? Are they large birds or small birds? Do the birds make any sounds? Do you have any bird nests around your home? Do you have bird feeders around your yard? What types of birds eat from it? 

Have great bird enjoyment this week! We truly miss our Ducks especially on “Bird” Week!