Preschool Bird Activities and Lesson Planning Ideas
Below you can find tons of fun and engaging Bird Activities! Pick and choose the activities for your lesson or download a free copy of our Bird Preschool Lesson Plan to save you time!
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Preschool Bird Theme Map
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Stock up on feathers this week! Add Bird related cookie cutters to your Art space to use with play dough, or stamping. Add Bird Stickers, and items that can be used to create nests.
Create a NestMember Sheena W. of Building Blocks Family Child Care invited her students to create a nest using paper plates, glue and pine needs, leaves, and other items found in nature.
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*Make your own bird feeder
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*Painting with Feathers
Gather a variety of feathers, and tempera paint (or acrylic on canvas) to create your own feather painting art piece.
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Paper Plate Bird FeederCreate a paper plate bird feeder for your yard! Start by painting a paper towel roll green for the stem. Use a few plates and paint them whatever color you want for your flower. Cut the plates to make them look like petals on the flower. Finally, add a small plastic bowl filled with bird seed for the birds to enjoy!
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More Bird Themed Art & Creative Ideas:
Feathered Parrots by Little Page Turners
Construction Paper Nest from Frugal Fun for Boys
Free bird sounds, songs and rhymes from Living Montessori
Construction Paper Nest from Frugal Fun for Boys
Free bird sounds, songs and rhymes from Living Montessori
*Pretend Bird Watching
Add bird watching items: Binoculars, Bird Books, Bird Magazines.
Life-Size Bird NestCreate a "Child Sized" Bird Nest. Use a large Cardboard box, or a Kiddie pool. Provide pretend bird wings, and beaks.
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*Bird Watching Station
Set up a bird watching station on your dramatic play stand. Add binoculars, books about birds, photos of birds, and clipboards for marking notes. Hang up pictures of birds in the room if playing indoors for kids to spot with their binoculars.
Pretend to be an Ornithologist
Set up an ornithologist station with tools preschoolers can explore along with photos and stuffed animals for them to examine.
Bird Small World Play
Add: Plastic Birds, Nests, Birdhouses,
and Trees to the building space.
and Trees to the building space.
Bird Nest ProvocationSet up an invitation to provoke thought and creative exploration with your preschoolers.
Provide materials like moss, twigs, leaves, and shredded paper for children to build nests with. See our Bird Nest Provocation blog post here. |
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*Bird Seed Writing Tray
A bird seed writing tray is a great way to support preschoolers that are beginning to recognize letters and learn to form them.
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*Bird & Birdhouse Letter MatchingPractice matching uppercase to lowercase letters or phonics with this Birdhouse Uppercase/Lowercase matching from the Pre-K Printable Fun Bird Activity Pack
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Spring Word Wall ActivitiesWhen I think of Spring birds are often one of the first things that comes to mind.
My Spring Word Wall Set is a great compliment to your bird theme activities. |
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Bird 3-Part CardsUse these 3-part cards from the Pre-K Printable Fun Bird Activity Pack to support your preschooler as they learn the names of a variety of birds.
Find more ways to use these cards on my blog post Tips for Using 3-Part Cards in Literacy Activities |
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*Practice Making Bird Sounds
Preschoolers need all the practice they can get making a variety of sounds to support muscle development essential for speech. Making bird sounds is a great way to work those muscles!
*Labeling Parts of a Bird
Learn more about birds and their nomenclature with this bird labeling activity from our Birds Activity Pack.
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Mama Built a Little Nest
by Jennifer Ward and Steve Jenkins
Hooray for Birds!
by Lucy Cousins
Feathers for Lunch
by Lois Ehlert
An Egg is Quiet
by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylia Long
by Jennifer Ward and Steve Jenkins
Hooray for Birds!
by Lucy Cousins
Feathers for Lunch
by Lois Ehlert
An Egg is Quiet
by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylia Long
*Building a Nest Sequencing |
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Worm & Bird Color SortMember Sheena W. from Building Blocks Family Child Care
printed photos of birds in colors to match the Learning Resources Measurement math worms and invited students to match the worms to the same colored bird. |
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Feed The Bird Counting Game Freebie |
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Spring Measure, Compare, and Graph
Preschoolers are learning a large variety of math skills including measuring, graphing and comparing objects.
Support these math skills while exploring birds with our fun Spring Measure, Compare & Graph pack. |
Part of our Spring Measure and Graph Activity Pack!
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Graph Backyard Birds by Color
Observe birds in your backyard, make a tally mark for birds in different colors. When done graph the results.
Sort Feathers by Color
Gather feathers in a variety of colors or patterns (craft feathers work great for this activity) invite children to sort by color, size, or pattern.
Backyard Bird WatchingSet up an Outdoor Space for Bird Watching: Add a variety of Bird Feeders, Nesting Materials, Binoculars, a notebook for drawing birds, Reference Books, and a comfy space to sit and observe.
This adorable bird feeding and watching area was shared by Community member Kathy M. of Just like home Childcare and Preschool
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Sheena Wheeler of Building Blocks Family Childcare created this fun outdoor bird watching area.
A bird house and feeder is a great way to encourage repeat visitors. |
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Bird Seed and Gelatin Feeders
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Bird and Egg Sorting |
Included in our Birds Activity Pack!
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Explore Birds on the Light TableLight Table Invitation created by Community member
Laurie P. of Pitter Patter Dayhome. |
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Bird Themed Sensory Bin Inspiration
Bird Sensory Bin created by Community Member Erica P. of Erica's Educare Learning Center
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Bird sensory bin created by community member
Laurie P. of Pitter Patter Dayhome. |
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*Bird Investigation Invitation
This lovely invitation to explore birds was created by reader Laurie P. of Pitter Patter Dayhome.
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Investigate a NestAsk parents or other local resources if they have items such as abandoned nests for students to investigate. Encourage children to observe the nests and document the materials the bird used to create the nest.
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More Bird Themed Science & Discovery Ideas:
Toddler feather sorting activity from Fantastic Fun and Learning
Fine Motor Feather Cutting by A Little Pinch of Perfect
Feather experiment by Life over C's
Feed the birds fine motor activity from Learning 4 Kids
Fine Motor Feather Cutting by A Little Pinch of Perfect
Feather experiment by Life over C's
Feed the birds fine motor activity from Learning 4 Kids
Bird Fine Motor Sweeping MatInvite your preschoolers to engage in some fine motor fun with the Fine Motor Sweeping Mats from Pre-K Printable Fun. This pack includes more than a dozen options including this bird mat. Simply pair with a paint brush and colored sand.
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Frozen Bird Seed
Freeze bird seed in chunks of ice. Challenge preschoolers to use tweezers as a beak to remove the bird seed for some fine motor fun.
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Build a Bird Play Dough Invitation
Set up a fun bird building play dough invitation for your preschoolers. They can practice building birds and exploring feathers.
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Pick up Bird Seed with TweezersSet out a bin of bird seed and a few empty bins. Provide children with tweezers and have them pick up individual pieces of bird seed and transfer them to the empty bins. You can extend this activity by given each child a specific number of bird seeds to transfer so that they practice counting and fine motor skills at the same time!
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Bird Themed Pre-Writing/Cutting Practice
Practice hand-eye coordination, folllowing a line from left to right, and pencil grip with our pre-writing activity included in our Birds Activity Pack
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Gross Motor: Pretend to be birds!
*Fly around like birds, build a nest, and make bird calls!
Gross Motor: Duck Duck Goose
Play Duck Duck Goose Together!
*Bird Yoga
Try out some bird inspired yoga poses!
Gross Motor: Bird Scavenger Hunt
Grab your binoculars and go on a backyard bird scavenger hunt! If you don't have all these birds in your area try printing photos and hanging them in trees for children to spot.
Then learn more about the areas where each bird lives. This list can be found in my Around the House Scavenger Hunt pack. |
Included in our Around the House Scavenger Hunt Pack!
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*Can I Fly? Bird SortSorting birds that can fly from the Pre-K Printable Fun Bird Activity Pack.
This is a great activity to set up for children in a small group to encourage discussion. Support discussion of where in the world these birds live. Extend this activity to a discussion of which birds in your community can fly and which cannot. |
Included in our Birds Acxtivity Pack!
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*What birds live in your area?
Research and learn more about the birds that live in your community.
Spring Bird RhymeAdd some bird fun to your circle time with a fun rhyme!
This rhyme, and four more spring rhymes, can be found inside my Spring Rhymes for Circle Time pack. |
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Count the Birds in your BackyardCount the number of birds and number of different types of birds viewed each day, graph and compare. Alternatively you can play this roll and graph game from our Spring Measure, Compare, and Graph set.
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Birds Preschool Activity Pack
$7.00
Your preschooler will love learning about birds while they build important math and literacy skills. This set includes a variety of fun preschool activities and games.
Inside this this 58-page .pdf file you will find the s the following 17 preschool sctivities:
Bird Shape Clip Cards
Birdhouse Uppercase/Lowercase Letter Matching
Birdhouse Color Matching Puzzles
Pre-Writing (Cutting) Practice
Count and Clip Cards
Bird Themed Puzzles 1-10 & 11-20
Bird Nest Counting Mats 1-10
Bird Nest Counting Mats with Frames & Counters
Nest Counting Mat
Egg Sorting Activity
Eagle Life Cycle
Can I fly? sorting mat
Egg Matching Activity
Parts of a Bird
Build a Nest Sequencing Mat
Birdhouse Color Matching Mat
Bird Word Wall
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Feed the Bird Preschool Counting Game
$0.00
This free preschool printable game includes the following:
Bird Mat
Counting Cards 1-10
Worm Cube
Printable Worm Counters
Terms of Use, Directions, and Graphics Credit
Play Number Dough Mats
$3.00
Preschoolers love to manipulate play dough in a variety of ways. In addition to being tons of fun, playing with play dough is a super fine motor workout for little fingers.
Use these counting mats with your favorite dough recipe, or your favorite math counters such as pom poms or mini erasers. This activity help build both math, and motor skills.
This 13 page .pdf file includes the following
- Table of contents
- Directions and Learning Standard information
- Dough mats for numbers 1-10
- TOS, Graphics Credit
These mats are to easy to assemble. Simply print and laminate! Children learn to build the numbers, by simply rolling out their dough and forming it around the number on the mat. Each mat also includes a fun counting activity and 10-frame for even more hand on counting fun.
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Animals Sorting and Classifying Mats
$4.00
This download includes 6 fun and engaging preschool animal sorting activities-featuring realistic photos! Simply choose the sorting mat(s) of your choice and the animal cards.
Choose to sort animals by:
- Where they live: Arctic, Woodland Forest, Rain Forest, Ocean, Desert, Savanna, Antarctica, Wetlands, and Farm
- How they travel: Walk, Fly, or Swim
- Their skin coverings: Fur, Scales. or Feathers
- The number of legs they have: 0, 2, or 4
- What type of feet they have: Paws, Webbed Feet, or Hooves
- The sound they make: This set includes a QR and URL link to 12 animal audio files .mpv
This pack also includes a cover page with table of contents, contact information, TOS, and graphics credit
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Scavenger Hunt Lists for Around the House
$3.00
Preschoolers love seek and find activities! These Scavenger Hunt activities will keep your preschooler busy while supporting their math and literacy development at the same time.
This set includes the following 8 checklists:
- Things Around the House List
- Backyard Scavenger Hunt
- Shapes Around the House
- Things you Hear Around the House
- Colors Around the House
- Numbers Around the House 0-10
- Numbers Around the House 11-20
- Backyard Birds
Also Included: TOS, Graphics Credit
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Spring Fine Motor Sand Sweeping Mats
$3.00
These Spring themed Fine Motor Sweeping Mats are a fun way to support preschoolers with fine motor development and focus skills.
Combine these spring mats with colored sand for an activity your preschooler will ask for again and again.
This 20-page pack includes the following Spring themed printing sweeping mats:
- Puddle Sweeping Mat
- Bubbl Sweeping Mat
- Raindrop Sweeping Mat
- Umbrella Sweeping Mat
- Lily Pad Sweeping Mat
- Bird Sweeping Mat
- Tulip Sweeping Mat
- Daffodil Sweeping Mat
- Butterfly Sweeping Mat
- Sheep Sweeping Mat
- Earth Sweeping Mat
- Gold Sweeping Mat
- Shamrock Sweeping Mat
- Carrot Sweeping Mat
- Egg Hunt Sweeping Mat
- Rainbow
- Sweeping Mat
Also included: Directions, Visual Instructions Poster, TOS, Graphics Credit
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Trace and Color Pre-Writing Sheets
$3.00
Trace and Color sheets are great to have on-hand for children of all ages.
Children love simple coloring sheets, these pages have an added tracing element for engagement as well as development of fine-motor and hand-eye coordination.
Use them anytime or pair with your themed curriculum.
This 17-page pack includes the following Trace & Color Sheets:
- Roses
- Rocket
- Ice Cream
- Car
- Sailboat
- House
- Eggs
- Medieval Fantasy
- S'mores
- Pizza
- Apple Tree
- Umbrella
- Snowman
- Also Included: Directions, TOS, Graphics Credit
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Spring Word Wall Activities
$3.00
This Spring Word Wall Activity Pack is packed with literacy activities to engage your preschoolers all Spring!
Inside this 54-page PDF you will find:
- Directions
- Word Wall Cards
- pocket Chart Category Cards
- Mini Word Wall Cards
- Syllable Sort
Reproducible Writing Sheets:
- I can Seek, Color and Trace Spring Words
- I can Build or Write Spring Words
- I Can Tell a Story About Spring
- Spring Say it, Build It, Write It
Also Included: TOS, graphics Credit, contact information
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Spring Fine Motor Sand Sweeping
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Spring Seek & Find Activities
$3.00
This versatile pack includes all you need to seek and find Spring items indoors or out!
Take the checklist and a clipboard outside to look for objects, use the object cards in your sensory bin, or use with the included seek and find mats.
This 24 page Spring Seek and Find Activity Pack has all you need to set up a fun seek and find invitation. This pack includes 4 different scenes, each set of scenes includes:
- Seek & Find Spring Scene Poster
- Spring Scene Checklists (Color and B&W)
- Spring Scene Image Cards
Also included: Table of contents, directions, alternate play suggestions, TOS, Graphics Credit
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Spring Rhymes for Preschool Circle Time
$3.00
Jump into Spring with these engaging Spring Rhymes! Perfect for one-on-one engagement or circle time with preschoolers.
This set of 5 printable Spring Rhymes and pieces is a fun way to add music and movement to your group time. These rhymes support your pre-k students in developing important math and literacy concepts such as letter identification, vocabulary words, rhyming, one to one correspondence, shape recognition, counting, and positional phrases.
Inside this 10-page PDF you will find:
- Welcome Spring Chant
- Rainbow Rhyme
- Bees in the Garden
- Earth Day
- Five Little Robins
- Pieces for Magnet or Felt Activities
Also included: Directions, TOS, Graphics Credit
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Spring Calendar Number Cards
$3.00
This set of Calendar Cards is a versatile tool for early learning! Use these calendar number cards in your pocket chart calendar, or as a linear calendar for group calendar or math activities.
This set features several different Calendar Card Number designs to choose from all season long. Mix and match the themed numbers to create a variety of different patterns (AB, ABB, ABC, etc).
This 40-page PDF includes:
- Month Cards (Northern and Southern Hemisphere)
- Season Cards
- Year Cards
- Days of the Week
- Holidays and Special Days
- At Home/At School Heading Cards
Plus the following themed calendar number cards:
- Tulip Design
- Rainbow Design
- Umbrella Design
- Bunny Design
- Clover Design
- Bird/Nest Design
- Earth Design
- Butterfly Design
- Kite Design
- Blank Cover Cards
Also Included: Directions, TOS, Graphics Credit
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Spring Play Dough Mats
$3.00
These Spring Play Dough Mats are fantastic for keeping preschoolers engaged with learning during spring. Pair with your favorite Play Dough for fine motor fun!
These can also be used with math manipulatives for counting activities or laminate and use with dry erase markers.
Inside this 11 page PDF you will find the following printable mats:
- I Can Add Worms to the Ground
- I Can Add Raindrops to the Sky
- I Can Add Lily Pads and Frogs to the Pond
- I Can Add Dots to the Ladybug
- I Can Add Bees to the Hive
- I Can Add Eggs to the Nest
- I Can Add Rocks to the Cairn
- I Can Add Petals to the Flower
Also included: TOS, Graphics Credit, Directions
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