U is for Umbrellabird (preschool)

The girls had fun learning about umbrellabirds today. They liked painting and other crafts. We got our recourses for today from the U is for Umbrellabird, Underground & Umbrella Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Umbrellabird Science

• I read the letter U from the Abeka Animal Friends Flashcards to learn more about the umbrellabirds. We watched Uppity Umbrellabird Song to go with the card.
• We learned more about umbrellabirds by watching this Umbrellabird Facts video.
• She also did her Umbrette page from her Abeka Letters & Sounds for 3’s book.
• She counted 9 bugs with her Abeka Numbers and Skills with Button Bear book.
• We reviewed all of the sounds we have learned so far with the Abeka Alphabet Flashcards.

Umbrellabird Writing

• The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter U. My 3 year old had a capital U and lowercase u with tracing arrows, along with an umbrellabird to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing U’s and u’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the  U is for Umbrellabird, Underground & Umbrella Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

u is for umbrellabird

• I printed this u is for umbrellabird Craft onto cardstock for the girls to paint. I cut out the lower case “u” for them to paint black. After that dried they glued it to a piece of green construction paper. Then I cut out the head, tail, and feet for them to glue on.

Eight Umbrellabirds

• The girls each had a similar number 8 paper for counting umbrellabirds. My 3 year old had the number 8 with tracing arrows, along with a helpful poem, and 8 umbrellabirds to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added more tracing 8’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the U is for Umbrellabird, Underground & Umbrella Teachers Pay Teachers pack.

Umbrellabird Worksheets

• Then she practiced her cutting with her Order Umbrellabirds by Size paper. She glued them on in the order by their size.
• I printed out the Umbrellabird Number Order paper. Then she cut the number umbrellabirds apart and glue them in the proper order above.
• She also Helped the Umbrellabirds win the Race by tracing the curvy lines.

Umbrellabird Puzzle

• I printed out the Umbrellabird Puzzle on cardstock and then laminated it so that we can use it over and over again. Then she got to put together the umbrellabird.

Umbrellabird Books

• Ulysses The Umbrellabird by Millie Harper
• Facts About the Umbrellabird by Lisa Strattin
• If I Were Like a Bird by Daisy E. Vest

AlphaTales

• We read the U book in our AlphaTales collection. The girls really enjoy these funny phonetic stories.

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