Hello, Amazing Bluebird Families!
Here are some optional activities for this Thursday and Friday, as spring arrives.
Enjoy and stay well!
Anna
Bluebirds At Home – Optional Learning Activities for March 19 – 20, 2020
1. Calendar and Weather Activities:
• Look at a calendar and discuss the day of the week and date of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
• Count out 19 items or 20 items.
• Make $0.19 or $0.20 with change.
• Discuss how many tens and ones are in 19 or 20.
• Discuss some number combinations (addition problems) that equal 19 or 20.
• Record the outside temperature to compare throughout the day or from day to day.
2. Thursday is the first day of spring! Take a nature walk. Look, listen, hear, and smell signs of spring! If you see a robin, watch it for a while. For the first time ever, I recently saw a robin pull a worm right out of the ground! It was so fascinating!
3. Discuss some things that happen in spring:
• The earth’s axis starts to tilt toward the sun.
• The days get longer and warmer.
• Many animals have babies.
• Animals who hibernated start to wake up and become active again.
• Birds who migrated south for winter return.
• Plants start growing again.
4. Watch this video about why we have seasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=D6yQ8-M8rmU&feature=emb_title
5. Watch this video about the science of spring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=qaZ2CICGuL8&feature=emb_title
6. Read or watch these books about spring:
• When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=_IMQguIVLL4&feature=emb_title
• Spring Has Come! By Pinkfong Storytime for Children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38xwpe8NFOI
• The Thing About Spring by Daniel Kirk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=38&v=sLkK98zuw0c&feature=emb_title
7. Learn these spring songs:
• Spring is Here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DobrRgD5aOU
• Over in the Meadow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ljGXMMB-g
8. Learn how to draw 3 spring flowers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bYgLP47NCw&feature=emb_title
9. Plant a seed and watch it grow! (You don’t have to buy seeds. Plant them from your food!)
10. Make spring flowers with pipe cleaners for stems and muffin/cupcake liners for the petals!
11. Play free phonics and reading games at https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/.
