Theme 3...birds

This was a theme I was super excited about, but it fell short of my expectations. I had planned to make these really cool birds nest with twine, but the week flew by so fast. I had also planned on going to a wildlife refuge where they save wild birds, but that didn't work out either.

The kids did each learn a poem about a bird. We went to the aquarium where we did see a bird. They had sea gulls with their sting ray exhibit. We also saw birds when we visited a feed store. They had geese, guineas, and turkeys. The geese were adorable with their fuzzy yellow down.

One interesting thing the kids did learn about birds is that hummingbirds use spider webs, and caterpillar silk to make their webs. It makes the inside of the web like plaster.

Hopefully next weeks theme will go more as planned.

Here is my favorite picture of the week. Neen is inside a little bird egg maze that we found at the Botanical Gardens.