This few steps may require some help from an adult – take the other ball and place the googly eyes to make a face. Definitely recommended for a fun, silly read with some pretty birds and hilarious noises to impress your children with.

Sensory bins are great ways to spike a child’s curiosity and imagination. Additionally, it provides unlimited opportunities of texture play that is known to build nerve connections that trigger a child’s inclination and ability to pursue complex learning. Language development, motor skills, social skills, problem solving, all get honed with sensory play. Released about two years ago, A Busy Day for Birds is among my favorite books by Lucy Cousins (The other one being “Hooray for Fish!”). This is a perfect read-aloud book, considering its large print, vibrant illustrations and rhyming text.Every once in a while we include some games in class. This time, I made six different bird actions and inserted them into my foam die. Here are some actions you can encourage your child to do at home –

Once the paint dries off, help your child squeeze out some glue on the plate. Make sure it’s well spread out. Or, explore a range of different birds with these English Garden Birds Display Cut-Outs. Children could even see how many birds they can spot out their own window, or from their local park, as part of an exciting homework task. Alternately, you could go on a nature walk from school to see what birds you can spot.

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