I Wish I Were a Little Bluebird

Materials

None

What to do

1. Talk with the children about springtime. Ask the children what birds do in spring.

2. Teach the children the following song. Encourage the children to make up motions to go along with the various lines of the song.

"I Wish I Were a Little Bluebird" by Tina R. Durham-Woehler

(Tune: Oscar Mayer weiner jingle)
Oh, I wish I were a little happy bluebird,
Oh, that is what I'd really like to be.
For if I were a little happy bluebird,
Come spring I'd build my nest up in the tree.

Oh, I wish I were a little baby bluebird.
Oh, that is what I'd really like to be.
For if I were a little baby bluebird,
Come spring I'd hatch from my egg in that tree.

Oh, I wish I were a mommy bluebird,
Oh, that is what I'd really like to be.
For if I were a mommy bluebird,
Come spring I'd feed worms to my babies in the tree.

Assessment

To assess the children's learning, consider the following:

• Can the children describe the habits of birds in spring?
• Are the children able to recite the song?
• What kind of actions do the children invent for the various lines of the song?

-Tina R. Durham-Woehler, Lebanon, TN