Even the youngest children enjoy pretending to make duck noises and singing 'Five little ducks', so why not enhance this early interest with a fascinating project on ducks.
Start the project with a trip to see ducks at a local pond, park or bird sanctuary, but avoid feeding them. Outings to feed the ducks may be a regular event for young children and their families, but bread is not a good food source for ducks. They need a diet rich in green foods, rather than our leftover stale cake and bread, and feeding ducks regularly has the added problem of leaving the birds overly socialised and so more vulnerable to danger.
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