With the few warmer days at the start of the week, the children and I resumed our jaunts through the neighborhood.
This time we were on the lookout for birds, nests and nesting materials.
When we got to the Artisan Center on the corner of 3rd and Detroit St, we spent some time investigating the window displays BECAUSE we have been invited to decorate the front display in April! This is an amazing opportunity and a wonderful extension of our research questions regarding Community, Creativity, Collaboration, Communication and Connections.
On our way back to school we spotted a beautiful nest among the branches of a nearby tree.
As the wind picked up we imagined what it might feel like to be a bird in flight.
I gathered the materials we collected and the children investigated nest making.
It turns out that nest making may be a little more challenging then we initially thought, but the children were persistent and collaborated with one another to create some truly beautiful nests.
The XP children and I spent the day drawing self portraits as birds.
The tods played with our soft bird puppets and wooden eggs.
And the XP got to participate in a Night Ninja presentation by the Audubon Society of Greater Denver.
Which was absolutely COOL and informative. Did you know that owls have one ear higher on their head then the other so that they can triangulate sounds? I didn't!
Then we got to dissect owl pellets... yep owl throw-up... and we found tons of fur and bones in each one.
Talk about a power packed week!!! Please continue the conversation at home and look for birds in your back yards and neighborhoods.
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