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During home learning when you are not able to know what individual children are interested in the changing season, weather and wildlife is usually of interest to many children and it can be useful to link learning opportunities to National events which the whole family can join in with. The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch takes place from 29-31 Jan and involves spending 1hr counting and recording the birds that land in your garden or park, or on your balcony. For details see – week running up to the birdwatch is a good time to offer some bird related learning to develop children’s knowledge and skills ready to take part in the event. Here are some suggestions:What I need to grow and developWhat will children learn from this play and how you can take it further?Wellbeing (including self, social, emotional and communication)Getting outside to a garden, park or on a walk to look for birds or signs of them.Children could identify birds and record sightings on these sheets using marks, ticks or numerals depending on their mark-making stage Spotter Sheet to identify birds recording sheet –The North Wind Doth Blow Craws Little Dickie Birds Robin Redbreast -Owl Babies Duck Best Nest Two Alike Blackbird What Do You Do? Word Bird Secret Of The Egg ’s Winter Song ’s Hen - Little Robin Meets radio series, 9 episodes. Listen to the birdsong and stories of the various feathered friends who visit Little Robin Redbreast in his garden to Mr Bloom go bird spotting with children in Macclesfield Forest Melody to listen to The Lark Ascending and imagine joining the birds flying in the sky -Come Outside; Geese Outside; Eggs ’s Do You Know?; Flying Bird ’s Do You Know?; Bird’s Nest Me Show Me Woodpeckers and Pencils Special Wetlands Centre Risk assessing and developing gross motor skills whilst out walking and looking for birds.Finding out about birds, where they live and feed.Listening to different birdsong – going on a sound walk. Ability to control their bodies while making fine movements eg mark-makingRhyme awareness through songs and repetition of rhymes.Listening skills to identify words that sound the same. Remembering the rhyme or events of the story through repetition will help children to be able to recall more of it or the whole thing. Usingbooks, pictures and digital sources to ‘read’ for informationEnjoying stories through a variety of mediaLearning new words and what they mean. Children typically need to hear a word 50 times in context for it to become part of their vocabulary. Chatting about what you see when observing birds, looking at pictures and while playing supports that. Movement and Co-ordinationMake a bird feeder (these can be adapted to the resources families have at home)Make an apple bird feeder a bird kebab a pinecone birdfeeder a lard and seed birdfeeder a speedy birdfeeder baths give our feathered friends a safe and reliable source of fresh water in cold and hot weather. Birds that aren't interested in food may still visit gardens where a good bath is available. See Motor Skills - Children can develop fine motor skills using tweezers as their ‘beak’ to pick up pretend ‘worms’. Use a selection of small objects (eg lego or bits of old wool) in a bowl/box for your child to hunt in with the tweezers and remove all of the ‘worms’ (eg brown lego/wool) from it. Make it more of a challenge by using a timer to race against the clock to see how many your child can pick up in a minute. How long does it take to get them all?Online Games - Keep these hungry chicks happy by feeding them the right foods in this frantic game against the clock Developing fine motor skills by cutting/threading/spreading CreativityInvestigating the properties of materialsProblem solvingInvestigating how the water changes in different temperatures and problem solving if eg it has frozen.Developing fine motor skills eg mouse and pincer grip.PerseveranceConfidence with digital technologiesConfidence, creativity and curiosityBird Spotting - See what birds you can see out of your window or try to spot them when out on a walk.Can you take some photos of them?Can you use the internet or a book to find out about the birds you have spotted?What do those birds eat and where do they like to feed?Can you name any of the parts of a bird?Creating – Can you draw or paint a bird or make one with junk, dough or construction toys?The below could give some ideas. Children could personalise it to their own design and resources eg use cardboard packaging rather than plates. and make ‘binoculars’ using kitchen/wrapping paper rolls and use them to look out for birds.Help your child to make their own bird jigsaw using a picture or photo of bird/s cut from a newspaper, magazine or comic. The picture can be stuck to card from an old cereal packet to make it stronger if you like. Then simply cut the picture into a few pieces (the bigger and fewer those are the simpler the jigsaw will be).Responding to the aspect children are showing an interest in to help them to investigate and find out more. This could be -Finding out about a particular bird that interests them eg ducksDiscovering which birds come out in the day and which in the night.Finding out about eggs – how do birds look after their eggs, how does a bird develop in an egg?Using books or the internet to find out what different types of birds eat.Investigating what might eat birds? What are their predators?Developing fine motor skills by cutting/moulding/drawing/controlling paint CreativityInvestigating the properties of materialsProblem solving821055011430085726114300Confident Individuals – Able to create artwork to express and share their own ideas and make own birdfeedersSuccessful Learners – Using text in books or digital sources to find informationResponsible Citizens - Looking after birds and playing a part in caring for our environmentEffective Contributors – Taking part in the Big Birdwatch ................
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