Hi Friends…
Let’s learn about cardinals! For this project you will just need your foot, red paint (or a red marker/crayon), a soapy face cloth and a dry towel.
What is our theme? Cardinals
What is the lesson (overall purpose)? Cardinals are active all year on Cape Cod. They do not migrate to warmer places.
MA Guidelines/Standards:
*Earth and Space Sciences: Observe and describe or represent scientific phenomena meaningful to children’s lives. (represent a cardinal-art. mimicking bird calls)
Learning Outcomes: To learn to spot a cardinal in your yard or on a walk in the woods.
Cardinal Info:
Male Cardinal: red feathers, pointed crest and a black mask around it’s eyes.
Female Cardinal: she is pale tan color with a few rosy accent feathers on her chest, wing and tail. Both the male & female have a bright orange bill.
Cardinals are year round residents in Massachusetts/Cape Cod.
They use their bright color orange beaks to crack open seeds and to slice sugary fruit. This helps them be able to survive the coldest winter months of the year.
Rather than walking, cardinals hop, whether on the ground or from branch to branch, and they eat a mixture of insects, plant buds, seeds, and fruits. Fruit and seeds predominate during fall and winter.
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
Cardinal Bird Sounds/calls: https://youtu.be/1E91raf-H5c
Fun Facts about cardinals:
https://youtu.be/mevWgPIIVhc
A pair of cardinals & nest: https://youtu.be/YlYJ5i07rJo
Materials:
red paint & Paint brush
paper
soapy wet face cloth & dry towel
Markers/crayons
feathers (optional)
Activity (Procedure):
*Watch one or all the video’s (see links) to learn about cardinals. Have you ever seen a cardinal before? Listened to one chirp/tweet?
*Paint the bottom of your foot red and then step onto your piece of paper.
*Wash your foot with a soapy wet cloth and then dry your foot.
*When your picture is dry you can create your red footprint into a cardinal. Add a beak, tail and head feathers, legs, feet, etc.).
Activity Wrap Up: Do you know how to whistle? Learn to make the same sound that the cardinal makes. Sometimes birds will call back.
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment): Review what you learned about cardinals. What facts do you remember about them from the video’s.
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
Go outside and see if you can see any cardinals. If you have a portable speaker, you can play the cardinal call and see if cardinals come. Can you make the same sound a cardinal does?
Do you have a bird feeder? Add seeds that cardinals can eat. Or put out a plate/bowl with seeds in it. Don’t forget to put it on a flat level surface for them.
Helpful Hints: (Pitfalls & Solutions)
If you don’t have red paint, you can trace your foot with a pencil and then color it in using a red marker or red crayons (or colored pencil).
Let’s learn about cardinals! For this project you will just need your foot, red paint (or a red marker/crayon), a soapy face cloth and a dry towel.
What is our theme? Cardinals
What is the lesson (overall purpose)? Cardinals are active all year on Cape Cod. They do not migrate to warmer places.
MA Guidelines/Standards:
*Earth and Space Sciences: Observe and describe or represent scientific phenomena meaningful to children’s lives. (represent a cardinal-art. mimicking bird calls)
Learning Outcomes: To learn to spot a cardinal in your yard or on a walk in the woods.
Cardinal Info:
Male Cardinal: red feathers, pointed crest and a black mask around it’s eyes.
Female Cardinal: she is pale tan color with a few rosy accent feathers on her chest, wing and tail. Both the male & female have a bright orange bill.
Cardinals are year round residents in Massachusetts/Cape Cod.
They use their bright color orange beaks to crack open seeds and to slice sugary fruit. This helps them be able to survive the coldest winter months of the year.
Rather than walking, cardinals hop, whether on the ground or from branch to branch, and they eat a mixture of insects, plant buds, seeds, and fruits. Fruit and seeds predominate during fall and winter.
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
Cardinal Bird Sounds/calls: https://youtu.be/1E91raf-H5c
Fun Facts about cardinals:
https://youtu.be/mevWgPIIVhc
A pair of cardinals & nest: https://youtu.be/YlYJ5i07rJo
Materials:
red paint & Paint brush
paper
soapy wet face cloth & dry towel
Markers/crayons
feathers (optional)
Activity (Procedure):
*Watch one or all the video’s (see links) to learn about cardinals. Have you ever seen a cardinal before? Listened to one chirp/tweet?
*Paint the bottom of your foot red and then step onto your piece of paper.
*Wash your foot with a soapy wet cloth and then dry your foot.
*When your picture is dry you can create your red footprint into a cardinal. Add a beak, tail and head feathers, legs, feet, etc.).
Activity Wrap Up: Do you know how to whistle? Learn to make the same sound that the cardinal makes. Sometimes birds will call back.
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment): Review what you learned about cardinals. What facts do you remember about them from the video’s.
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
Go outside and see if you can see any cardinals. If you have a portable speaker, you can play the cardinal call and see if cardinals come. Can you make the same sound a cardinal does?
Do you have a bird feeder? Add seeds that cardinals can eat. Or put out a plate/bowl with seeds in it. Don’t forget to put it on a flat level surface for them.
Helpful Hints: (Pitfalls & Solutions)
If you don’t have red paint, you can trace your foot with a pencil and then color it in using a red marker or red crayons (or colored pencil).
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