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Birds play a crucial role in Nature and represent a great diversity of the animal kingdom. There are roughly between 9,000 and 10,000 species of birds.
Choosing to study birds is always guaranteed to be a popular topic with children in the school and a homeschool classroom.
I created a set of materials that can help you to generate more interest and engage children in a learning process – reading, spelling, sorting, train memory while getting familiar with some of their favorite feathered friends found all over the world.

Birds are fascinating creatures that can be found all over the world. They come in many different shapes, sizes, and colors. Some birds have wings that are designed for soaring, while others have wings that allow them to fly quickly and dart around. Birds also have beaks that are adapted to their diet, with some using them to crack open nuts and others using them to catch fish. Finally, birds are known for their beautiful songs and calls, which are used to communicate with each other. Overall, birds are incredible animals that are worth learning more about.
Birds lay eggs as a way to reproduce. The eggs come in many different shapes and sizes and are usually laid in a nest. The shell of an egg is hard and protects the developing chick inside. The colors of bird eggs can range from white to brown to blue and green. Baby birds inside the egg get all the nutrients they need to grow and develop, including food, water, and oxygen, from the yolk and albumen (egg white). Once the baby bird is fully developed, it will hatch from the egg and join its family.
Birds go through a life cycle that includes four stages: egg, chick, fledgling, and adult. Female birds lay eggs, which can range in number from one to dozens. The eggs are incubated or kept warm until they hatch into chicks. Chicks require lots of food, care, and attention from their parents. Once the chicks have grown enough feathers, they leave the nest as fledglings. Fledglings practice new skills like hunting and flying and eventually grow into adult birds. Adult birds mate and repeat the process by laying more eggs. This cycle ensures the survival of their species.
This particular set of 3-part cards – Birds and Their Eggs is designed with children ages 2-6 in mind. Birds included: goose, chickadee, robin, blackbird, quail, junco, wagtail, ostrich, crane, seagull, finch, swan, hummingbird, pheasant, serin, penguin, parrot, cardinal, jay, warbler, chicken, dove, duck, sparrow, starling, cuckoo, lapwing, magpie, peacock, canary, bluebird, blue-footed booby, crow, eagle, flamingo.

Some get confused when it comes to defining the difference between a chickadee and a tit bird.
The Chickadees are members of the same family although different species than tits. Tits are found in Europe and Asia and live in woodlands.
The bushtit is the only species in this family that is found in North America. Also, there are two types of robins. The two species belong to two different families.
The European robin belongs to the world flycatcher family, while the American robin belongs to the thrush family.
You can watch the presentation I made of this printable – all the different ways it can be incorporated into your Bird Unit in the classroom. Check out these extensions.
Children’s Books About Spring and Songbirds
Exploring Spring - Children's Books and Learning Resources

When Spring Comes
Watch the world transform when spring comes! In a starred review, School Library Journal called this delightful picture book “A must-have, joyful seasonal title for the youngest listeners.”

A Walk Through the Woods
This stunning gift book, with hand-cut paper art and lyrical text by an award-winning poet, leads you deep into the forest . . . and out again into the light.
Listen: the forest is calling.

What Can You See in Spring? (Seasons)
Books in this series introduce emergent readers to the four seasons. In Spring, children are taken on a tour of things they can see in spring including typical spring activities and new life and growth in the natural world.

The Honeybee
Buzz from flower to flower with a sweet honeybee in this timely, clever, and breathtakingly gorgeous picture book from critically acclaimed author Kirsten Hall and award-winning illustrator Isabelle Arsenault.

Worm Weather (Penguin Core Concepts)
Join in the rainy-day fun, as kids splash through the puddles, affecting another weather enthusiast, a nearby worm. An imaginative and playful story, readers will love seeing the worm delight in the weather just as much as the kids.

The Tiny Seed: With seeded paper to grow your own flowers! (The World of Eric Carle)

Planting a Rainbow
In this perennial classic with sturdy board book pages by Caldecott Honor–winning author Lois Ehlert, little ones learn the colors of the rainbow as they watch a plants grow in a beautifully vibrant garden.

How Do You Know It's Spring? (Rookie Read-About Science: Seasons)
How do you know its spring?
Through vivid photos and engaging nonfiction text, this fun and fact-filled Rookie Read-About Science book answers the question, How do you know its spring?

The Reason for a Flower: A Book About Flowers, Pollen, and Seeds (Explore!)
The reason for a flower is to manufacture seeds, but Ruth Heller shares a lot more about parts of plants and their functions in her trademark rhythmic style.

Plants in Spring (All about Spring)
In spring, seeds are planted. Sprouts pop up through the soil. Colorful flowers bloom. See how plants come to life in spring.

I Am Spring: A Book About Spring for Kids (I Am Learning: Educational Series for Kids)
After the cold of Winter, comes the warmth of Spring. “I Am Spring” takes young children on a journey through the many important events that occur uniquely in the beautiful growing season of Spring. When the day becomes longer than the night, and the leaves begin to sprout on the bare branches, and bugs and animals that were hiding start to reappear, get ready, because that means Spring is here!

Spring is Here!
Discover the world as it wakes from its winter slumber as the flowers blossom, the animals come out from their resting place, and nature comes alive during this season of renewal.

Seeds and Trees: A children's book about the power of words
Words are powerful. They can hurt or they can heal.
It's time to tell a special tale that will warm the hearts of readers of all ages. Seeds and Trees revels in the power of words. It explores their effects on feelings and emotions. And it does so through the journey of two different seeds.

A Little Book About Spring (Leo Lionni's Friends)
A new board book for the youngest fans of Leo Lionni--inspired by his bestselling books and perfect for Easter and springtime reading!

I See Spring
Celebrate the season of spring with raindrops, robins, bluebells, and butterflies! In Charles Ghigna’s I See Spring, colorful illustrations are matched with rhyming, easy-to-read text that explores rain falling, flowers blooming, and other springtime wonders.

My Backyard Bird Book: Fun Facts & Surprising Secrets
Discover the birds that live all around us!
Kids love learning about nature, and birds are a very important and amazing part of it! They come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. They live in trees, bushes, and skies of your town, park, and even your own backyard. With the help of this beautiful book your child will learn:

About Birds: A Guide for Children (About…, 1)
In this simple volume, former educator and author Cathryn Sill uses clear, easy-to-understand language to teach children what birds are, what they do, and how they live.

Common Backyard Birds
Award-winning bird photographer Doris Dumrauf introduces young readers to 20 birds frequently found in North American back yards, including: American Goldfinch, Tufted Titmouse, Northern Cardinal, and many others. Her vivid photographs depict birds in their natural habitat and typical backyard settings. The entertaining narrative highlights the simple steps required to attract birds to your yard.

The Little Book of Woodland Bird Songs
Being able to identify a bird's song is a skill that brings joy and fosters an appreciation of nature. Some bird songs are distinctive and easily recognized, like the common loon and wild turkey.

Unbelievable Pictures and Facts About Blue Jays
Smart Kids Presents…Blue Jays - Unbelievable Pictures and Facts about Blue Jays.
How do you tell the difference between a male or female blue jay?Are these birds territorial or not?

The Little Book of Backyard Bird Songs
Being able to identify a bird's song is a skill that brings joy and fosters an appreciation of nature. Learning how to differentiate between the songs of a house finch and a goldfinch, however, is not easy.

Backpack Explorer: Bird Watch: What Will You Find?
The third book in the Backpack Explorer series from the Editors of Storey Publishing invites budding naturalists to head outside for a walk — in the woods, a park, or right in their backyard — to spot feathered friends. Backpack Explorer: Bird Watch leads kids aged 4 and up through the basics of birding, from identifying common birds to learning about habitat and migration and listening for bird songs.

A Backyard Birding Adventure: What's in Your Yard?
This friendly little book employs clever, yet educational, rhymes, stunning photographs, and whimsical illustrations to awaken your child’s interest in the avian world. Written by a veteran birder, the focus is on easy-to-see, readily available bird species, so that parents and children alike will feel encouraged to create backyard adventures of their very own! Now, A Backyard Birding Adventure is even more exciting and educational!

Birds, Nests & Eggs (Take Along Guides)
A fun, informative take-along guide that will help children identify 15 birds. Kid will also learn how and where birds build their homes and all about their young. Plus the guide features activities that are fun and easy to do. There's also a seven-page scrapbook for drawings and notes.

Baby's First Book of Birds & Colors
From the eastern bluebird and blue jay to the scarlet tanager and northern cardinal, little ones will discover the natural world and learn the names and colors of Phyllis Limbacher Tildes’s exquisitely illustrated birds in their natural habitats. The color word appears large and bold, and each bird is labeled by name, as are flowers, fruits, and foliage. Each bird is color coded and has a name and gender for children to easily identify.
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Birds Preschool Pack
These engaging learning activities for Pre-K and Preschool students were designed to help broaden children’s vocabulary, improve fine motor skills, and the ability to discriminate according to different characteristics, like color and size. The pack would be a helpful addition to the Spring and Summer activities and when studying vertebrates and birds.

Here is what’s included:
- color sorting cards with birds
- types of bird vocabulary photo cards
- toucan silhouette match-up cards
- peg number cards (0-10)
- nesting doll cards
- DIY bird puzzles
- do-a-dot coloring printouts
- cutting and coloring bird puzzles
- handwriting practice activity
- birds and their eggs sorting/matching cards
- birds and their covering – matching cards
- bird nests cards with labels
- bird sighting checklist for North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia/Oceania
- “Make the bird” activity
The pack is suitable for children aged 2.5 – 4
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These are all wonderful ideas! We’re on the tail end of our bird study, so I might pull from some of these ideas to wind everything up!