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Bird theme for 3 and 4 year olds: a week of activities

A bird theme lesson plan for 3 and 4 year olds: what a day looks like, then the week's circle time (ten to fifteen minutes, with a child holding the book), books, craft, song, snack, letter and outside time, each with what changes at this age.

Plan this week for 3 and 4 year oldsThe whole bird week

A day of the bird theme with 3 and 4 year olds

  1. Arrival, sign-in, and a job from the helper chart.
  2. Circle (ten to fifteen minutes): calendar, “What does a bird use to build a nest?”, sing “sing a song of sixpence”, then A Nest on the Hill.
  3. Centers, with the craft at one table: paper-bowl nest.
  4. Letter N: trace it once, then hunt for N around the room.
  5. Snack: Trail Mix Your Way, with children pouring and counting.
  6. Outside: bird watch.
  7. Rest, then a longer read-aloud: Big Egg.

Bird circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “What does a bird use to build a nest?”
  4. Sing: Sing a Song of Sixpence.
  5. Read: A Nest on the Hill (level 2).

Threes and fours: ten to fifteen minutes; let a child hold the book.

Bird theme books

  • A Nest on the Hill (level 2, free on peabody.kids): A nest, a hill and a kind act.
  • Big Egg (read aloud, level 4): A read-aloud: a very big egg and a surprise.
  • A Bath for the Birds (read aloud, level 5): A read-aloud: making a bird bath in the backyard.
  • Fox and the Hen (level 1, free on peabody.kids): A hen and her eggs, for the twos.

Bird craft: Paper-bowl nest

You need (4): paper bowl, brown paper strips or yarn, glue stick, three paper eggs.

  1. Glue strips all around the bowl.
  2. Put a little crumpled paper inside as the soft lining.
  3. Lay three paper eggs in your nest.

With a grown-up. No heat, nothing hot.

Bird song: Sing a Song of Sixpence

The words

Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the king?

Traditional; public domain. From Top 52 nursery rhymes with lyrics.

Bird snack

Trail Mix Your Way from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Swap: Peanuts → sunflower seeds (no shells).

Letter N activities

NnN is for nest. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

Threes and fours: trace N and n once, then find N in the room and in the book.

Outside activity: Bird watch

Sit still and quiet for one minute. How many birds can everyone see or hear?

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Checked 2026-10-30