W09+Mar+16

=Week 9, March 16= =Birds #2=

Hope and Linda Meet at the Arboretum Educational Center

Books:

 * Primary book: The Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
 * Caldecott winner in 1950
 * Alternative books:
 * The Tale of Pale Male: A True Story by Jeanette Winter
 * Birds Build Nests by Yvonne Winer

Each family should bring:

 * Show and tell
 * Please write, draw and/or bring in an example of an animal that the child feels is important to them; we'll give them a chance to talk about why, etc.(The boy in the story has a special relationship with swallows)
 * Or something else...
 * Journal/drawing tools from last week
 * Binoculars/magnifying glasses

Linda:
Books to share 2 blankets for the ground Small whiteboard/markers Wipes

Schedule
Name game (with sounds again?) Show and tell

Read Song of the Swallows
 * Background (mission) -- with photos (LW), where it is
 * Background: San Juan Capistrano -- Spanish, southern California, founded 1776
 * Nests: Talk about the nests -- read "Birds Build Nests?" (They could try creating nests at home.)

Activities -- either to talk about in the circle -- or move out into the arboretum if they're getting restless
 * Migration -- why birds migrate, what else migrates (LW -- National Geographic book on migration to show some photo's)
 * Try flying from one place to another -- what are cliff swallows looking for? what about Canadian geese?
 * Cliff swallows -- send 2 scouts ahead to see if it's a good place to go or not
 * Canadian geese -- migrate in a V formation -- try it -- take turns being at the front and leading the way


 * Flight patterns ([]); []
 * Have them try different styles -- hawk, hummingbird, cliff swallow?
 * Size of wings, size of bird, catching the air movements


 * How do birds move on the ground?
 * Penguin
 * Small song bird
 * Duck
 * Ostrich?


 * Feathers -- to explore with magnifying glasses? (LW: bring wipes)


 * Teach a baby bird how to fly?


 * Sound map -- try another one!


 * Look for nests with binoculars

Explore the arboretum