Birds-Toddler

Books

Baby Bird by Joyce Dunbar
Birds by Kevin Henkes
Early Bird by Toni Yuly
Flip, Flap, Fly! by Phyllis Root
Hooray for Birds! by Lucy Cousins
I Spy in the Sky by Edward Gibbs
Night Owl by Toni Yuly
This Little Chick by John Lawrence
Whose Chick Are You? by Nancy Tafuri
Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood

Flannel Boards


Rhymes & Fingerplays

Hinty, minty, cuty, corn
Hinty, minty, cuty, corn clap
Apple seed and apple thorn,
Wire, briar, limber lock
Three geese in a flock hold up three fingers
One flew east, and one flew west point to the right, point to the left
One flew over the cuckoo’s nest fly hand high right to left

Songs

Five Little Ducks by Raffi

Little Bird, Little Bird by Elizabeth Mitchell
This is a great song to pretend flying around the room.

Mother Gooney Bird by Eric Litwin
By the end you are flapping your arms, legs, and head. It is a fun challenge.

Three Little Birds by Elizabeth Mitchell
I like using rhythm sticks with this song.

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