Birds.
"Why do birds fly south?" one child asked. And birds we have been talking about ever since.
We brought in loads of bird books, changed our dramatic play centre to have more natural material. Filled out sensory bin with sunflower seed and brought in lots of pictures of birds.
I found this FANTASTIC sight www.feederwatch.org where you can watch a live Ontario bird feeder (there is also a cam in New York too). We connect to this birdfeeder and watch it all day on our virtual window. It had been an AMAZING way to introduce the children to birds.
We see a bird and then we figure out what it is by looking in our bird books or exploring the website. We have me evening grosbeaks, pine grosbeaks, european starlings, blue jays, ruffed grousse, chickadees, gray jays, downy woodpeckers and black crowned sparrows. I will post more about birds as we explore more about them.
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