Preschool Bird Theme

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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Planning your Bird Theme

Club Members can download all of our Bird activities and our Bird Theme Planning Guide for free!
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Download our Free Birds Preschool Sample Lesson Plan

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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 Nest

Member 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. 

Craft a Bird

Provide bird cutouts, or cookie cutters/stencils for children to use to create their own bird. Other supplies might include faux feathers, googly eyes and stickers

*Make your own bird feeder

Invite your preschoolers to Create a Bird Feeder
and then observe the visitors!

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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.

Paper Plate Bird Feeder

Create 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!  

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

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Life-Size Bird Nest

​Create a "Child Sized" Bird Nest. Use a large Cardboard box, kiddie pool or pool noodles to create the nest. Use brown packing paper or brown fabric for the nesting material.  Provide pretend bird wings, and beaks for preschoolers to dress up in. 

*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.

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Bird Small World Play

Add: Plastic Birds, Nests, Birdhouses,
and Trees to the building space.

Bird Nest Provocation

Set 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.  

Try this!

Build a Bird

Break out the interlocking blocks and build birds!

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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.

Try this!

*Bird & Birdhouse Letter Matching

​Practice 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 Activities

When 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 Cards

Use 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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Bird Builds a Nest Pre-K Book Companion

Our Preschool Bird Builds a Nest Book Companion includes a carefully crafted collection of activities designed to complement the related book; fostering early literacy skills, and vocabulary development.

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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

*Building a Nest Sequencing

​Build a nest sequencing activity from the Pre-K Printable Fun Bird Activity Pack

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Worm & Bird Color Sort

Member 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. 

Feed The Bird Counting Game Freebie

Practice math skills with this fun hands-on
Feed the Bird math activity from Pre-K Printable Fun

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!

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.

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Backyard Bird Watching

Set 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

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. 

Bird Seed and Gelatin Feeders

• Dissolve a packet of unflavored gelatin in hot water (an adult needs to do this part). 
• Add 3/4 cup of bird seed (more if mixture has too much liquid)
• Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Fill cookie cutters with the mixture, use a straw to make a hole to thread string or ribbon through. 
• Allow to dry and then hang
• Observe visiting birds!
• **Optional: Make a few different shapes and try to predict which shapes will be consumed first. 

Bird and Egg Sorting

Sorting eggs activity from the 
Pre-K Printable Fun Bird Activity Pack

Included in our Birds Activity Pack!

Explore Birds on the Light Table

Light Table Invitation created by Community member
Laurie P. of Pitter Patter Dayhome.

Bird Themed Sensory Bin Inspiration

Add some bird seed along with tweezers, tongs, scoops and containers for preschoolers to explore.

Bird Sensory Bin created by Community Member Erica P. of Erica's Educare Learning Center

Bird sensory bin created by community member
Laurie P. of Pitter Patter Dayhome.  

*Bird Investigation Invitation

This lovely invitation to explore birds was created by reader Laurie P. of Pitter Patter Dayhome.  

Investigate a Nest

Ask 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. 

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

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Bird Fine Motor Sweeping Mat

Invite 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. 

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.

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.

Try this!

Pick up Bird Seed with Tweezers

Set 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!

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

Included in our Birds Activity Pack!

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!

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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!

*Can I Fly? Bird Sort

Sorting  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!

Find Native Birds

Research and learn more about the birds that live in your community.

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Spring Bird Rhyme

Add 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 Backyard

​Count 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. 

Included in our Spring Measure, Compare and Graph pack!

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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

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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

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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 Word Work and Writing Stations

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 Get your early learners excited about writing and word building this spring with our fun and engaging printable preschool activity pack! This Spring Word Wall Activities pack features a variety of colorful and interactive worksheets that will keep your kids entertained and learning. From tracing letters and words to building words with letter cards, this pack is perfect for developing early writing and literacy skills. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or homeschooler, this printable activity is sure to bring some springtime joy to your young learners!

Inside this 65-page PDF you will find:

• Tips for setting up Spring Word Work & Writing Stations
• Tips for setting up Spring Multisensory Word Work Station Ideas

• Word Work & Writing Station Labels

• Spring Word Wall Cards
• Spring pocket Chart Category Cards
• Mini Word Wall Cards
• Syllable Sort

Reproducible Writing Sheets:

• Tracing Spring Words
• Build or Write Spring Words
• Spring Say it, Build It, Write It
• Spring Story Starter Creative Writing

Also Included: Directions, TOS, graphics Credit

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Spring Fine Motor Sand Sweeping

Spring Preschool Activities

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Spring Vocabulary Sensory Bin & Scavenger Hunt Activities

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Engage your preschoolers with this exciting Spring Sensory Bin Scavenger Hunt! Filled with vibrant colors, textures, and nature-themed objects, this printable activity is perfect for fostering sensory development while having fun. Ideal for preschool teachers looking to bring the joys of spring indoors.

This 29 page Spring Vocabulary Sensory Bin & Scavenger Hunt Activities Pack includes 4 sets of printable activities

Set #1: Park Sensory Bin & Scavenger Hunt Set

• Small and Large Object Cards
• Checklist (Color and B&W)
• Park Scene

Set #2: Garden Sensory Bin & Scavenger Hunt Set

• Small and Large Object Cards
• Checklist (Color and B&W)
• Garden Scene

Set #3: Recess Sensory Bin & Scavenger Hunt Set

• Small and Large Object Cards
• Checklist (Color and B&W)
• Recess Scene

Set #4 : Spring Cleanup & Sensory Bin Scavenger Hunt Set

• Small and Large Object Cards
• Checklist (Color and B&W)
• Spring Cleanup Scene

Also included: Table of contents, directions, alternate play suggestions, TOS, Graphics Credit

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Spring Rhymes for Preschool Circle Time

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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 Word Wall Activities

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Spring Preschool Calendar Display and Games

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Get ready for spring with this adorable preschool calendar display! Hang it up in your classroom and watch as the little ones explore the changing seasons. This printable activity includes calendar games that will engage and educate your preschoolers. They will love learning about the days of the week, months of the year, and more while playing these fun and interactive games. Bring a touch of spring to your classroom with this delightful calendar display!

This 79-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
• B&W Number Cards
• Blank Cart Covers

Plus printables for Spring Calendar Games

• Color Umbrella Cards
• 2D Shape Cards
• Sorting by Size Cards
• Flower Number Frame Cards
• Spring Object from Calendar Number Words
• Spring Word Problem Cards
• Estimation Scene
• Sequencing Activity
• Visual Discrimination Activity
• Uppercase Letter Cards
• Lowercase Letter Cards
• First Sounds Cards
• Rhyming Cards

Also Included: Directions, TOS, Graphics Credit

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Spring Measure Graph & Compare for Pre-K

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This Spring introduce early math concepts to your early learners with the measurement, graphing, and comparing activities included in this 55-page PDF

Included printable activities:

Sort & Compare Measurable Attributes

• Sort Spring Items into groups by type
• Measure the width of Spring items using non-standard units of measurement
• Ordering rainbows by height
• Sorting vegetables by height

Data Analysis

• Compare Spring objects more vs. less
• Count and compare spring objects
• Collect and sort Spring activities graph
• Collect and record birds on a graph
• Spring scene count and record graph

Also included: Directions, TOS, Graphics Credit

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Spring Pattern Block Mats

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Keep little fingers busy this spring with these fun Spring Pattern Block Mats. This 38-page PDF includes the following mats each with different mats to choose from depending on developmental level.

These mats include 3 different levels of play for each design

• Bee Mats
• Bird Mats
• Blossom
• Bug Mats
• Flower
• Tulip
• Watering Can
• Raindrop
• Umbrella

The symmetry butterflies includes 3 different butterfly designs with two levels of play for each.

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Bird Builds a Nest Pre-k Book Companion

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Printable Preschool Bird Builds a Nest Book Companion

Our Preschool Bird Builds a Nest Book Companion includes a carefully crafted collection of activities designed to complement the related book; fostering early literacy skills, and vocabulary development.

About the book Bird Builds a Nest by Martin Jenkins:

It’s time for bird to build her nest! Bird works hard to find twigs that are just the right size, carefully places them together, and gathers everything she needs to make her nest just right. Now she is ready and waiting. What do you think she is waiting for?

What's Included

Book Companion Activities:

Immerse young learners in the story with engaging Vocabulary and Discussion Questions

Enhance comprehension and language skills as you enter the wonderful world of birds. Note: The book "Bird Builds a Nest" by Martin Jenkins is not included and must be purchased or borrowed from a library.

Book Review Worksheet:

Encourage reflection and critical thinking with our Book Review Worksheet. This page provides an opportunity for children to express their thoughts and feelings about the story, promoting language development and comprehension.

Play Dough Nest Building Printable Extension Activity:

Extend the learning experience by inviting preschoolers to build their very own nest using play dough, our printable template and a variety of natural materials as desired.

Push or Pull Card Sorting Activity:

 This printable push or pull card sorting activity not only enhances fine motor skills, it also promotes cognitive development as preschoolers categorize and understand the physics of forces.

This 10-pg. .pdf file also includes Table of contents, Terms of Service, and Directions. Please make sure you have the most current free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC installed on your PC.

Key Features:

Complements "Bird Builds a Nest " by Martin Jenkins: Specifically designed to align with the featured book. Please note that the book itself is not included and must be purchased or borrowed from the library separately.

Interactive Learning: Activities are thoughtfully crafted to engage preschoolers, promoting vocabulary development, comprehension, and critical thinking.

Printable and Reusable: Conveniently print the pages you need for multiple uses, making it suitable for classrooms, homeschooling, or a cozy activity at home.

How to Use:

Obtain the Book: Purchase or borrow a copy from your preferred retailer or local library.

Print and Explore: Print the companion activities and dive into the story with Vocabulary and Discussion Questions, fostering engagement and understanding.

Reflect: Use the Book Review Worksheet to encourage thoughtful reflection and expression of feelings about the story.

Extend the Fun: Invite preschoolers to recall the events of the story by engaging in fun hands-on activities.

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