This is a fun theme with with a lot of wiggle room
for experimentation. If you like letting the toddlers throw the puppets up in the air, you can encourage them to make bird puppets "fly"!
Hello Song: Shake my sillies out by Raffi
Book 1: Feathers for lunch by Lois Ehlert
Action Mother Goose rhyme:
The Little Bird
| During this rhyme, you can flap your 'wings', hop, make stopping hand gestures, and shake your tailfeathers. |
Once I saw a little bird
Come hop, hop, hop;
So I cried, "Little bird,
Will you stop, stop, stop?"
And was going to the window
To say, "How do you
do?"
But he shook his little tail,
And far away he flew.
Book 2: Birds by Kevin Henkes
Action rhyme:
Two Little Birds
Use each of your hands for a bird and have them 'fly away' behind your back.
Two little birdies sitting on a hill;
One named Jack, the other named Jill. Fly away Jack, Fly away Jill Come back, Jack, Come back, Jill.
Song: Down by the bay
Flannelboard story/song (see Raffi song for melody):
Five Little Ducks
Five little ducks went out one day Over the hills and far away Mama duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack," but only four little ducks came back... Four little ducks went out one day Over the hills and far away Mama duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack," but only three little ducks came waddling back... One little duck went out one day Over the hills and far away Mama duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack," but no little ducks came back... No little ducks went out one day Over the hills and far away Mama duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack," and all five ducks came waddling back.
Book 3: A house for Birdie by Stuart J. Murphy
This book is a little advanced for toddlers, so you may want to modify it for a simpler flannelboard story based on this librarian's fabulous idea at the blog Storytiming: http://storytiming.com/2011/06/17/flannel-friday-a-house-for-birdie-by-stuart-j-murphy/
I also ended up reading Baby Bird by Joyce Dunbar which went over well.
Closing song: Icky sticky bubble gum
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