I liked how Feathers forLunch by Lois Ehlert was just the right amount of length for toddlers and
easy for them to understand. The crafts went wonderfully with the book.
For our first craft, I had the kids
paint a bird, add feathers, and glue it onto a popsicle stick to make puppets.
For the second craft, they glued different colored feathers onto cardstock with
the cat from the story on it. I scanned a picture from the book and cropped to get the craft base. Both of these crafts looked artistic and allowed
them to practice with painting and gluing.
For this group, I always use pom poms
attached to clothespins for painting tools instead of paint brushes. We had a
bit of playtime afterwards too.
Other Books:
Hooray for Birds! by Lucy Cousins
(movement book)
A Funny Little Bird by Jennifer Yerkes
(birds/nature)
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