I Love Birds! by Jennifer Ward & Alexander Vidal

Author:Jennifer Ward & Alexander Vidal
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00

TAKE ACTION

Explore how bird beaks work in the wild. First you’ll need some “beaks” to manipulate and some “food” to practice with.

BEAKS

1 pair of tweezers (grabbing and pulling beak—robin)

1 straw (sipping beak—hummingbird)

1 spoon (wading bird beak—stork)

1 clothespin (picking up and cracking open beak—cardinal)

1 toothpick—round works best, as it’s stronger than flat (piercing beak—wren)

FOOD

Rubber bands or gummy worms (worms)

Nuts and popped popcorn (nuts and seeds)

Cookie sprinkles (ants)

Cup of fruit juice (hummingbird nectar)

A few grapes and/or raisins (juicy bugs)

A dish of water sprinkled with a dried seasoning, such as basil flakes (small fish; algae)

Invite your child to practice using the variety of beaks to eat the pretend bird foods. Experiment! Which type of beak works best for each type of food? Explain that a bird’s beak helps it capture the foods available in the environment where it lives.

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