(Happy Everything
CD)
Way up in the sky (Put
hands in arm pits and flap arms
The big birdies
fly. like
a bird.)
Way down in the
nest (Make
a nest by cupping hands.)
The little birds
rest.
With a wing on the
left, (Wiggle
left arm like a wing.)
And a wing on the
right, (Wiggle
right arm like a wing.)
The little birds
sleep (Put
head down on palms as if sleeping.)
All through the
night.
SHHHHHH! (Put
finger over lips.)
DON’T WAKE UP THE
BIRDIES!
Then up comes the
sun. (Put
arms over your head.)
The dew falls
away. (Bring
down palms.)
Good morning! Good morning! (Put open palms
around your head.)
The little birds
say.
Sing and Act -
Let children dramatize this song.
Choose one child to be the mother or father bird. Let the other children be the baby
birds.
Lunch Sack Nest – Open a paper lunch sack and roll out and
down until you reach the bottom and it looks like a nest. Children can roll play dough eggs for
the nest, or they can make a paper bird for the nest.
*Make the shape of
a tree on a bulletin board. Staple
the nests in the tree and then let children make birds out of construction
paper to go in the nests.
Tomeiko Wright from Lancaster, SC, turned
her nest into a flower!!!
Paper Plate
Birds and Nests - Let
children make birds or nests out of paper plates similar to the ones in the picture.
Bird Nest Snack
- Give each child a Rice
Crispie treat to mold into a nest.
Put a few jelly beans in the nest and place a marshmallow “peep” on
top. (Yeah, I know this is total
junk and you probably can’t do it at school, but I’m going to do it with my
grandchildren at Easter.)
Flip Book – Make a flip book of “What’s in the
Egg?” Fold a sheet of paper in
half lengthwise, then fourths and eighths. Open and cut the crease to the middle fold. Fold in half to make 4 little
flaps. Children draw 4 eggs on the
front of each flap. Open the flaps
and challenge children to draw 4 different things that might come from an
egg. When they hold this book up
to the light, they will see their little critters inside the egg.
