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Let's make a blue jay (blue bird). All you need is a small paper plate, crayons, glue or tape, scissors and a pipe cleaner or paper strips.
What is the lesson (overall purpose)? To learn about blue jays and to be able to identify a blue jay.
MA Guidelines/Standards:
*Listen to a wide variety of age appropriate literature read aloud. Link to Beginning Reading 7.1, 8.3
*Engage actively in read-aloud activities by asking questions, offering ideas, predicting or retelling important parts of a story or informational book. Link to Understanding a Text 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5
*Relate themes and information in books to personal experiences. Link to Theme 11.1
*Use positional language and ordinal numbers (first, second, third) in everyday activities. Link to K.N.3
*Explore and describe a wide variety of concrete objects by their attributes. Link to K.P.1 (shape, color & size).
Learning Outcomes: To be able to identify a blue jay by what they look like &/or the sound that they make.
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
Blue Bird (tune): https://youtu.be/Hf3IHK6d3Zc
Blue Bird Fun Facts: https://youtu.be/NPta-zaYnaQ
My Baby Blue Jays: https://youtu.be/3bOJsGEy_JI
Blue Jay call: https://youtu.be/_6P7k4np0Js
Materials:
1 small paper plate
crayons
scissors
1 pipe cleaner (or paper strips)
glue stick (or tape)
Activity (Procedure):
Create your own Blue Jay
Activity Wrap Up:
Go outside in your yard (and play the blue jay calls-see link above). See if any blue jays will fly your way. Can you tell if the blue jays that you see are girls or boys (remember the boy ones are slightly larger in size)? Do they have full grown feathers or are they baby birds with fluffy downy feathers? What color blue are they (light or dark)? Use positional words to describe where you see the bird that you are looking at (I see it on top of the branch near the fence. etc.).
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment)
Read the book: My Baby Blue Jay (see link above). Talk about the life cycle of the blue jay. (egg to chick). Then talk about why they can’t fly when they are first born. They have wings, so why can’t they fly? When you are born, you have legs, but why can’t you walk (make the comparison). Have a discussion. How do you learn to walk vs. how does a chick learn to fly? Talk with your child about what they know about blue jays (watch the fact video-see link above). Can you recognize a blue jay if you saw or heard one?
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
Bluebird, BluebirdCircle GameBluebird, bluebird through my window,
Bluebird, bluebird through my window,
Bluebird, bluebird come through my window,
Oh, Johnny, I am tired.
Take a little girl,
and tap her on the shoulders,
Take a little girl,
and tap her on the shoulders,
Take a little girl,
and tap her on the shoulders,
Oh, Johnny, I am tired!
Bluebird, bluebird through my window,
Bluebird, bluebird through my window,
Bluebird, bluebird come through my window,
Oh, Johnny, I am tired.
Take a little boy,
and tap him on the shoulders,
Take a little boy,
and tap him on the shoulders,
Take a little boy,
and tap him on the shoulders,
Oh, Johnny, I am tired!
Helpful Hints: (Pitfalls & Solutions): If you don’t have blue jays near your house. Take a walk in the woods and see what if you can see any birds. Bring some bird seed with you.
Let's make a blue jay (blue bird). All you need is a small paper plate, crayons, glue or tape, scissors and a pipe cleaner or paper strips.
What is the lesson (overall purpose)? To learn about blue jays and to be able to identify a blue jay.
MA Guidelines/Standards:
*Listen to a wide variety of age appropriate literature read aloud. Link to Beginning Reading 7.1, 8.3
*Engage actively in read-aloud activities by asking questions, offering ideas, predicting or retelling important parts of a story or informational book. Link to Understanding a Text 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5
*Relate themes and information in books to personal experiences. Link to Theme 11.1
*Use positional language and ordinal numbers (first, second, third) in everyday activities. Link to K.N.3
*Explore and describe a wide variety of concrete objects by their attributes. Link to K.P.1 (shape, color & size).
Learning Outcomes: To be able to identify a blue jay by what they look like &/or the sound that they make.
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
Blue Bird (tune): https://youtu.be/Hf3IHK6d3Zc
Blue Bird Fun Facts: https://youtu.be/NPta-zaYnaQ
My Baby Blue Jays: https://youtu.be/3bOJsGEy_JI
Blue Jay call: https://youtu.be/_6P7k4np0Js
Materials:
1 small paper plate
crayons
scissors
1 pipe cleaner (or paper strips)
glue stick (or tape)
Activity (Procedure):
Create your own Blue Jay
- Fold the paper plate in ½
- Using the scissors: cut along the fold
- Color: both pieces blue (using a crayon)
- 1- ½ you are going to fold in ½ again.
- Then cut along the folded line. Then with 1 of the ½ pieces you are going to fold in half & cut again (to make 3 triangles in total).
- The full semi-circle (half) is going to be the bird's body.
- The 3 triangles are going to be the tail feather, a wing and the head.
- On the head piece you are going to use your crayons to make a beak and eyes.
- Glue all the pieces on. Then add the legs.
Activity Wrap Up:
Go outside in your yard (and play the blue jay calls-see link above). See if any blue jays will fly your way. Can you tell if the blue jays that you see are girls or boys (remember the boy ones are slightly larger in size)? Do they have full grown feathers or are they baby birds with fluffy downy feathers? What color blue are they (light or dark)? Use positional words to describe where you see the bird that you are looking at (I see it on top of the branch near the fence. etc.).
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment)
Read the book: My Baby Blue Jay (see link above). Talk about the life cycle of the blue jay. (egg to chick). Then talk about why they can’t fly when they are first born. They have wings, so why can’t they fly? When you are born, you have legs, but why can’t you walk (make the comparison). Have a discussion. How do you learn to walk vs. how does a chick learn to fly? Talk with your child about what they know about blue jays (watch the fact video-see link above). Can you recognize a blue jay if you saw or heard one?
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
Bluebird, BluebirdCircle GameBluebird, bluebird through my window,
Bluebird, bluebird through my window,
Bluebird, bluebird come through my window,
Oh, Johnny, I am tired.
Take a little girl,
and tap her on the shoulders,
Take a little girl,
and tap her on the shoulders,
Take a little girl,
and tap her on the shoulders,
Oh, Johnny, I am tired!
Bluebird, bluebird through my window,
Bluebird, bluebird through my window,
Bluebird, bluebird come through my window,
Oh, Johnny, I am tired.
Take a little boy,
and tap him on the shoulders,
Take a little boy,
and tap him on the shoulders,
Take a little boy,
and tap him on the shoulders,
Oh, Johnny, I am tired!
Helpful Hints: (Pitfalls & Solutions): If you don’t have blue jays near your house. Take a walk in the woods and see what if you can see any birds. Bring some bird seed with you.
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