Putting Print in Their Play

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Materials

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Instructions

1. Beforehand, place one to five bird stickers onto five self-sticking nametags.
For example, put one bird sticker on the first tag, then two birds on the
second tag, and so on.
2. Stick each tag on a berry basket.
3. Place a plastic egg into each berry basket, corresponding with the number on
the front of the basket. For example, put one egg into the first basket, two
into the second, and so on.
4. Put small craft birds into a basket. Demonstrate how to open the egg and put
one bird inside each egg.
5. Encourage the children to count birds all the way up to the number five and
put them into the eggs.
More to do
Field trip: Go on a bird watching experience.

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