Activity 1
A-L Nice and warm
Investigate how birds keep warm.
Planned learning intention
To develop awareness of their own needs and sensitivity to the needs of wild creatures
Adult:child ratio
1:whole group.
Resources
Gollancz Children's Encyclopaedia of Birds by Jinny Johnson (Orion Children's Books, 10.99), Who am I? Loud and crowing (Cockerel) by Moira Butterfield and Wayne Ford (Belitha Press, 6.99), the rhyme 'The North Wind Doth Blow', feathers, warm clothes with different fasteners, clothing of thin fabric
Step by step
* Read the rhyme, look at the pictures of the robin and discuss how winter weather affects birds and people. Explain that birds, animals and people need warmth because we are warm-blooded.
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