Description
Spring bird science starts in the nest with Ruby the Robin: egg, hatchling, nestling, fledgling and adult. This bird life cycle unit for preschool, pre-K and kindergarten, ages 3 to 6, pairs a read-aloud story with robin worksheets for sequencing, counting worms and labeling the parts of a bird.
A 5 day lesson plan, a wall poster that grows one stage a day and a Life Cycle Wheel craft give you a ready spring week for the classroom, homeschool or daycare, and the no prep worksheets save you prep time.
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This unit is part of the Life Cycles Mega Bundle, 12 science units for the whole year. Get the bundle and save big: CLICK HERE
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WHAT'S INCLUDED
► You will get 60+ pages, including: ⤵
▴ Preschool & Pre-K and kindergarten black and white worksheets: ⤵
→ Robin Life Cycle, cut and paste (5 stages)
→ Robin Life Cycle, cut and paste (3 stages)
→ Trace the Word
→ Trace the Words
→ Color and Label
→ What Comes Next?
→ Parts of a Robin
→ Count the Worms
→ Help the Robin
→ Small to Big
→ Draw the Life Cycle
→ My Robin, draw and write
▴ Teacher Guide with a 5 day lesson plan and assessment pages
▴ Ruby the Robin, a read-aloud story in color
▴ Wall life cycle poster to build with the class
▴ Mini poster, flash cards and a chant with motions
▴ My Robin Life Cycle Book (emergent reader)
▴ Pattern coloring pages
▴ Life Cycle Wheel craft with a finished example and templates, plus a color teacher wheel to laminate
▴ Headband and certificate with a handprint bird
► Pages in US Letter size (8.5 x 11 inches). For A4 paper, choose Fit to Page when printing.
WHY TEACHERS LOVE IT
The story follows real robin behavior: the mother builds a cup-shaped nest of grass, twigs and mud, lays three to five sky blue eggs and keeps them warm for about two weeks, both parents bring worms and bugs, and the young robins leave the nest about two weeks after hatching.
A 3 stage cut and paste lets younger children join the same lesson with a smaller step.
Bold lines, large pictures and short directions make every page easy to read, including for children who use visual supports.
✥ PERFECT FOR
◆ Homeschool spring science
◆ Preschool, Pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms
◆ Daycare and childcare programs
◆ Science and learning centers
◆ Spring, birds and nest theme weeks
◆ Small groups
◆ Independent practice
◆ Early finishers
★ SKILLS PRACTICED
◆ Sequencing the 5 stages of the robin life cycle
◆ Science vocabulary: nest, hatch, hatchling, nestling, fledgling
◆ Listening and retelling with the bird story
◆ Counting worms to 7 and matching numerals
◆ Predicting what comes next and ordering by size
◆ Cutting, gluing, tracing and coloring for fine motor strength
◆ Oral language through the chant and the Life Cycle Wheel
✥ SAVE BIG WITH THE MEGA BUNDLE
Teach a new life cycle every season with all 12 units in one download: pumpkin, apple, turkey, penguin, robin, plant, butterfly, frog, chicken, ladybug, bee and sea turtle. CLICK HERE to see everything inside the Life Cycles Mega Bundle and save big.
TERMS
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