How was your weekend? Did you do anything outside? We went on a long hike to a waterfall and planted lettuce and carrot seeds in our garden! Do you have a garden? Did you know there is a holiday this week called Earth Day? I wonder what Earth day is all about?
This week while we continue our bird project but we will also do activities to celebrate Earth Day!
Let's start with Earth Day!
Earth day is a day to celebrate...our earth! We should take care of the Earth that God made for us every single day. Earth Day is the day to think of something extra special we can do for the earth. Today I challenge you to plan something you will do for the Earth with your family. Today we will think of an idea. Tomorrow we will make a plan. Wednesday we will DO the plan. And Thursday we will improve the plan!
(Parents, help your child use this Creation Cycle to demonstrate where they are in the process each day. Today we are on the lightbulb labeled "Think of an idea"!)
Today let's think! What would you like to do to help the Earth? Here are some ideas to get your brain thinking!
-Plant flowers or trees
-Pickup trash
-Make a bird house
-Make art out of recycled materials
What is your idea? Think about some activities you could do. Tomorrow we will draw out a plan!
Putting up bird feeders or bird houses is a way to help the earth too! Do you have any bird feeders, bird houses, or places where birds can make nests in your yard? I have a funny story to share with you about a silly spot a bird chose to make a nest!
In the last pages of the story we saw the mama and daddy birds feeding their baby birds worms. What else do birds eat? Birds eat lots of different things! Let's play Stand Up Sit Down. If the answer is yes, stand up! If the answer is no, sit down!
Do they eat pizza?
Do they eat fruit?
Do they eat seeds?
Do they eat chocolate?
Do they eat bugs?
Do they eat hot dogs?
Do they eat nuts?
Some bigger birds also eat small animals! Today we will make a bird feeder!
You will need...
String
Bird seed, sunflower seeds, or plain cereal (like Cheerios)
Nut Butter
A toilet paper tube, halved orange, halved apple or pinecone
Directions:
1. Wash your hands first! Your germs can make birds sick!
2. Get your toilet paper tube, orange, apple or pinecone ready. Ask your grown up to help you tie a string around it so you can hang it outside.
3. Use a plastic knife to spread the nut butter on your object.
4. Pour your bird seed, sunflower seeds or cereal in a paper plate or tray. Roll your object coated with nut butter in the seeds or cereal.
5. Hang it outside for the birds to enjoy! If you can, hang it by a window so you can watch from inside your house!
If you see a bird eating from your bird feeder, try to take a picture and draw/write about it in your notebooks!
Have a great day!
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