During our circle time one of our friends brought in a beautiful feather he had found over the break. We all got a chance to examine it. Then I had several photos of real birds and we tried to match them up to the stuffed birds we were playing with. Most of them have a little chip inside that you can squeeze to hear the bird's call. Over the years all but two have gone silent so we used my phone to listen to the bird calls. The kids were really into it!
We listened to the calls of a Loon, Cardinal, Meadow Lark, Goldfinch, Blue Grosbeak, Robin, House Finch, Mallard, and others. After hearing their calls we headed to the big table to paint bird houses.