One Duck Stuck- To Which Habitat Do I Belong?

Sand (Desert Habitat)

Grass (forest or meadow habitat)

Water (water habitat)

Sorting the animals in the correct habitat.

Hannah loved eating the ducks!

To Which Habitat Do I Belong?- We collected 3 plastic containers and filled one with grass, one with water, and one with sand.  I explained to Caden that every animal has it's own habitat (place in nature where an animal normally lives).  The grass is for animals that live in forests and meadows, the sand is for animals that live in the desert, and the water for animals that live in water.  So we pulled out each animal one by one and placed it in their correct habitat. 

One Duck Stuck- Counting Legs

Counting legs-I printed out the number cards provided by The Itty-Bitty Bookworm.  I had a basket with different animals.  I had Caden pull out the animal and we counted their legs and had him figure out what number card matched the amount of legs the animal or insect had.  It was so cute to see him count...1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, etc.  He used to skip 3, now he says 3 but forgets 4...so cute!

One Duck Stuck-Feeding the Ducks

I thought it would be perfect for us to go and feed the ducks today since it goes along with our book, "One Duck Stuck" and our lessons from The Itty-Bitty Bookworm.  What a perfect time to go because we went and feed them and go figure the ducks were totally in the mud.  If you have read the book before the duck is stuck in the muck and asks all these animals to help her get out.  Caden totally loved it!

One Duck Stuck- Muddy Fingerpainting

Muddy Fingerpainting- I cut a piece of construction paper into a "puddle" shape.  I had Caden fingerpaint the puddle and the duck.  Once dry I will have him make a picture like in the book, "One Duck Stuck".

One Duck Stuck- Feather Duster Painting

I know I have mentioned this about a thousand times....but I LOVE THE ITTY-BITTY BOOKWORM!  I sure wish this curriculum had K-5th grade...I will have to talk to Tara about that!!!  This is a Feather Duster activity.  The directions are to fill trays or paper plates with paint.  Use primary colors only, and discuss what happens to all the colors when they are mixed together.  When I asked Caden he said, "turn brown"!

One Duck Stuck-Rhyming Pairs

Rhyming Pairs-I explained to Caden that words that rhyme sound the same at the end.  I read the poem, "Duck", and accentuated the rhyming words.  We worked on the "ack" pictures cards.  Not sure if he understood what was going on but he was interested because I let him put the pictures on the pocket chart.  I am sure something sunk in!  :)  

One Duck Stuck- I Would Be a....and Sentence Starters

I Would Be a....-we made 4 columns (with the follwing pictures (from The Itty-Bitty Bookworm) across the bottom:  Skunk/Possum/Moose/Cricket.  I introduced each picture to Caden and generated discussions about each animal.  For example:  Skunks use spray to protect themselves.

Then I got a picture of Caden and some other people he would know.  Then I had him choose which animal each person would like including himself.  Then we counted how many pictures were above each animal.  Then we discussed the results.

Then we did Sentence Starters.  I wrote the following sentence:  I would like to be a _____ because _____.  I had Caden choose the animal he would like and I asked him why.  He chose a skunk but he wasn't sure why he wanted to be a skunk and that's when he lost interest in the lesson.  I brought him back and asked him what animal Hannah would be?  We will be trying this lesson again.

One Duck Stuck- Five Little Ducks

With this activity I cut out 5 ducks and had Caden paint them.  We used the ducks to recreate or act out the song "Five Little Ducks".  

One Duck Stuck- Puddle Play

Puddle Play- I cut a piece of brown construction paper into the shape of a "mud puddle".  Laid it out on the floor.  We collected as many animals from the story as possible.  I encouraged Caden to retail the story by using the props and the story vocabulary.  For example, "Help, help!  Who can help?"  "We can, we can!"

One Duck Stuck-Counting Animals (Booklet)

Wow!  What a mess!

Sorry they are out of order! :(

One Duck Stuck-My Duck Creation-Bo's Itty-Bitty Bookworm

As I said before we are beginning to use the Bo's Curriculum of The Itty-Bitty Bookworm.  We are currently reading One Stuck Duck.  In this activity we were to create a duck from imagination.  I decided to give Caden a picture of a duck and a duck pattern (from this site) and for him to put it together with as little guidance as possible.  Oh, and he insisted on gluing the picture of the duck on the duck. lol