Today I was
singing about birds to my preschool classes. We were talking about feeding birds
during the winter. I have small stuffed,
toy birds from the National Audubon Society that sing exactly like real birds.
We talked all about how birds find food and the fact that birds are not allowed
to go food shopping at the local grocery store!
All the children thought that was quite funny! Suddenly one little girl raised her hand to
say that she was very sad because her family did not have a birdfeeder. Then the entire class got creative. We
decided together that if anyone didn’t have a birdfeeder, one solution would be
to make a snowman. We talked about
making the snowman’s eyes out of nuts and his smile out of peanuts. That would
certainly please the woodland squirrels and chipmunks. Then we figured the snowman should definitely
have a carrot nose as a treat for the deer and bunnies living in the
forest. Finally one child suggested
using his summer beach pail for the snowman to hold, filling it with
birdseed! Somebody else thought the
birdseed could also be the snowman’s hair.
What a great
idea! (Of course, Mother Nature has to
cooperate and provide the snow!) A
snowman, put together by children, bearing gifts for nature’s creatures– big
and small. We concluded by singing Frosty the
Snowman. It was a wonderful day, full of
happiness and great ideas. As for me, I
left with a renewed sense of childlike urgency.
We NEED to have some snow.
I want to
build a snowman!