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Bird Words in Secret Code Printable Set

April 11, 2022 By Deirdre

A secret code printable set is fun to explore. This set of secret code pages features bird words and bird-themed coding pictures. One page in the set invites children to create their own code. After exploring the created page, it will be fun to create their own. However, you may need to let them that their pictures just need to be close to the pictures displayed under each picture.

Downloading the Bird Word Printable Set

First, you will need to download the set.

Bird Word in Secret Code Printables Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you will need to go to your download file and open the page. You may be asked if you want the file to open right after you download it. If you are, you won’t have to hunt for it in your download file.

Exploring the Secret Code Printable Set

Before your children dive into decoding bird words, it will be important to go over the pictures. Some of the letters have the same picture. The picture has just been rotated or flipped. It will be important that children notice if the bird is flying to the right or left. The eggs appear both horizontally and vertically on the chart. Children will need to make sure they are looking for the letter that matches the right picture.

You will need to decide if you want to do one or two of the words with your children. Children may need more or less assistance as they work through the page. Some children won’t need any help at all.

Building Background

Before you start exploring the secret code set, you may want to read a book that features secret codes. Below you will find a number of fun code-themed books.

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More Secret Code Activities

Soccer Riddles Hidden in Secret Codes

Slime Riddles Hidden in Secret Codes

Number to Number Threading Bird’s Nest Craft

April 9, 2021 By Deirdre

This bird nest craft invites children to use yarn or twine to connect odd numbers to even numbers. Once all the numbers have been connected with yarn or twine, children will end up with a bird’s nest craft. Despite the fact that each child will end up connecting all the numbers, each nest will be unique. Which even and odd number your children choose to connect in what order will vary.

Gathering the Bird’s Nest Craft Supplies

Paper Plate
Hole Punch
Even and Odd Numbers on a Circle Template
Yarn
Tape

Downloading the Even and Odd Numbers on a Circle Template

The Number to Number Threading Bird’s Nest Craft is a PDF. You will need to have a PDF reader like Acrobat Reader to open the template up.

Creating the Bird’s Nest Craft

First, you will glue the number circle to a paper plate.
Second, you will punch a hole beside each of the numbers on the outside rim of the plate.
Third, attach a piece of yarn or twine to the back of the plate behind the number one with tape.
Four, begin threading the yarn up odd numbers and down through even numbers. You do not have to thread them through the numbers in order.
Sixth, when you have threaded the yarn through all the numbers tape the end of the yarn to the back of the plate.
Seventh, glue as many eggs as you like in the center of the nest. There are three eggs that appear on the template, but children can add more than just three if they like.

More Spring Crafts and Activities

How to Make a Marble Run for Earth Day

Recycled Daffodil

Another Nest Craft

Plastic Bird’s Nest Craft

Building Background

You may want to read books about birds and their nests to your children before starting this activity. Below you will find some wonderful books with those these.

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Are You My Mother? Bird Shape Craft

March 26, 2018 By Deirdre

This is the first of two shape crafts I will be sharing with you this week. Each of the shape crafts is based on the book Are You My Mother? Today’s shape craft is a bird. You will notice that it looks very similar to the bird that sets out to look for its mother in the book. It features a few large shapes and a few small shapes. Young children will be able to put the shapes together to build a simple bird. Older children can add details to their bird to make it look more like the bird in the book.

Getting Ready for the Are You My Mother? Craft

Each of your children will need the following shapes cut out of construction paper or scrapbooking paper:

Two small yellow triangles
A small white oval
Two large tan circles (One circle will need to be slightly larger than the other.)
One tan rectangle for the bird’s neck
One medium sized triangle with a wedge cut out of it.
One black oval cut out of foam
One large triangle

Children will also need a piece of construction paper to mount the shape craft on and a glue stick.

Creating the Are You My Mother? Bird Shape Craft

Children will start by gluing the head, body, tail, and neck of the bird in place.

Then they will need to white eye section and the wing to the shape bird.

Next, the black foam eye section will need to be glued to the bird. It will add a little bit of a dimension to the craft.

Finally, they will need to glue the yellow beak sections in place. We had to play with our before we liked how they looked.

If you are looking for more activities based on the book Are You My Mother?, I think you will like the crafts and activities I have listed below.

Five Little Crows Preschool Games, Songs and Craft

September 29, 2014 By Deirdre

In the fall my family visits several farms. We go to one to pick apples and another to find pumpkins to display on our porch. We usually see scarecrows and crows cutouts on the farm. Scarecrow games and crafts have been featured on the blog before, but we haven’t done preschool games, songs and a craft featuring crows. I thought it was about time.

After some searching I found two songs or rhymes that could be used to practice choral reading (reading together) or play preschool games. Actually they could be used with older children too.

Songs and Rhymes for Preschool Games

Five Little Black Crows

Five little black crows
By the old barn door,
One flew home
And then there were four.

Four little black crows
By the old oak tree
One flew home
And then there were three.

Three little black crows
With nothing to do
One flew home
And then there were two.

Two little black crows
Out in the sun
One flew home
And then there was one.

One little black crow all alone
Through the day
He ate in the fields.

5 BLACK AND SHINY CROWS
(To the tune of 3 green and speckled frogs)

5 black and shiny crows — Sat on a scarecrow’s nose,
Eating the most delicious corn: YUM, YUM
Scarecrow, he shouted BOO! — 1 crow, away she flew,
Then there were 4 black shiny crows: CAW! CAW!

Preschool Games and a Craft

Crafting Crows

While you could sing or chanted the crow verses above on their own , I thought it would be fun to have some crows to use along with them. Our set of five little crows were super easy to make!

Materials:

2 Paper towel tubes cut in half ( You could use five toilet paper tubes instead.)
Black construction paper
Yellow construction paper
White construction paper
Scissors
Glue stick

Directions:

Cut the paper towel tubes in half. We ended up with six paper towel tube sections that were about 5 1/2 inches long.

Cut black construction paper into a rectangles that are about 5 1/2 inches tall and 6 inches long. Glue them onto each cardboard tube.

Cut out black wings for each crow. Then cut out five black triangles. Make a row of several vertical cuts in the wide base of each triangle to give your crow a feathery fringe for the top of their heads.

Glue the wings and the fringe onto your crow.

Next cut out a set of five white circles and black circles for your crows eyes. When you have them just right, you can glue them on your crows.

Finally cut out yellow beaks for each crow and glue them in place. We chose to cutout flat triangles. You could cutout diamond shapes. The diamond shapes could be folded in half. The bottom half could be glue to the crow and the top half could be folded down. This will give you a beak that can open and close.

Preschool Games

You can use the five little crows craft while you are singing or chanting the song. Here are some other preschool games or ways you can use them.

Retelling Game- Have children take turns using the crows as puppets to retell what happened to the crows.
Add a Verse- Have the children use the crows to create a new verse to the chant or song .
Counting Backwards- Children can say or sing the song starting the opposite direction. The Five Black Shiny Crows can start at one and crows can fly in one at time. You can say, “In she flew!” or “In they flew!” In this version the crows wouldn’t be afraid of the scarecrow. The chant can easily be said reversing the number of crows without changing the words.

For more cardboard tube activities you can check out my Tube Crafts board on Pinterest.
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