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Spring is officially here, so for this week we’re focusing on birds and we are reading Nesting by Henry Cole for our Literacy Snack Robin’s Nest Read-Aloud.
In this black-and-white picture book highlighted with robin’s egg blue, the students will follow two robins as they build a nest with twigs and grass. The mother robin lays four beautiful blue eggs and keeps the eggs warm in the nest until they hatch into four baby robins.
The father robin protects the babies until they can fly on their own. The perils the babies encounter are many, including snakes and storms. The nest is always their safe place.
This book provides a great introduction to animal science concepts for young children.
For our snack this week, we’ll be making our own robin’s nest.
THIS ACTIVITY WORKS WELL WITH
snack idea
supplies needed per student
- One rice crispy treat. You can make them yourself to bring in for the class if you are allowed, or you can purchase individually wrapped rice crispy treats. They also make full pre-packaged rice crispy sheets now that would work great for this too.
- 3 Mini Robin Egg candies
to assemble
To make the robin’s nest, have the students take their rice crispy treat and form it into a bowl or nest shape. Add the 3 robin’s eggs in the nest and you’re done! This snack is super easy peasy!
free printable
I made a free printable for your students to work on while they are enjoying their robin’s nest snack. They will get to draw and write about one thing that they learned about robins from the book.
You can download the free printable from my TeachersPayTeachers store by clicking the green box below.
Another fun activity to go along with the book is our bird nest counting mats. Buy an extra bag of Robin Egg candies to use as the counters. (They’re my favorite Easter candy!)
If you are looking for some more great spring literacy snack read-alouds here are some of the ones we’ve shared.
Do you have any favorite books you like to read in spring? Share with us below!
See you next time!
Jenette
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