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Thursday, June 29, 2023
The Screech Owl
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
The Green Jay
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Right, is the Green Jay's illustration and verse. Visitors can collect all the bird illustrations and verse from "Bird Children" to print and construct a small book of verse for their dolls. Simply drag each png. into a Word Document, print, cut out all of the images the same size and staple the pages together at the left edge. Squeeze out some white school glue along the stapled edge of the pages and attach a cardboard cover.
A member of a robber band;
He's very beautiful, but oh!
We wish he wouldn't plunder so!
Imagine the Robin is perched on a flowering branch, just outside the window! Learn more about the Robin and download an additional template here. |
The Flicker Woodpecker
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Flicker's illustration and verse. Visitors can collect all the bird illustrations and verse from "Bird Children" to print and construct a small book of verse for their dolls. Simply drag each png. into a Word Document, print, cut out all of the images the same size and staple the pages together at the left edge. Squeeze out some white school glue along the stapled edge of the pages and attach a cardboard cover.
Eating the ants upon the ground;
He builds in any hollow tree
Where he's as snug as snug can be.
A template of a Flicker Woodpecker |
The Ibis
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Ibis's illustration and verse. Visitors can collect all the bird illustrations and verse from "Bird Children" to print and construct a small book of verse for their dolls. Simply drag each png. into a Word Document, print, cut out all of the images the same size and staple the pages together at the left edge. Squeeze out some white school glue along the stapled edge of the pages and attach a cardboard cover.
Stands and thinks without a word;
She can't forget that long ago
She was a sort of queen, you know.
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
The Loon
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Loon's illustration and verse. Visitors can collect all the bird illustrations and verse from "Bird Children" to print and construct a small book of verse for their dolls. Simply drag each png. into a Word Document, print, cut out all of the images the same size and staple the pages together at the left edge. Squeeze out some white school glue along the stapled edge of the pages and attach a cardboard cover.
He doesn't mind the heat or cold;
He dives and swims - oh, very far,
And then bobs up and laughs "Ha-Ha!"
The Indigo Bunting
Bird and pussy willow templates. See more about pussy willow here. |
The Eagle
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Eagle's illustration and verse. Visitors can collect all the bird illustrations and verse from "Bird Children" to print and construct a small book of verse for their dolls. Simply drag each png. into a Word Document, print, cut out all of the images the same size and staple the pages together at the left edge. Squeeze out some white school glue along the stapled edge of the pages and attach a cardboard cover.
He's very strong and very wise;
He's king and master over all
The other birds, both great and small.
The Eave Swallow
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Eave Swallow's illustration and verse. Visitors can collect all the bird illustrations and verse from "Bird Children" to print and construct a small book of verse for their dolls. Simply drag each png. into a Word Document, print, cut out all of the images the same size and staple the pages together at the left edge. Squeeze out some white school glue along the stapled edge of the pages and attach a cardboard cover.
Always has lots of things to say;
He and his brothers, often race,
Catching the insects 'round the place.
Birds in flight and a birdhouse template. See birdhouse clip art here. |
The Night Hawk
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Right, is the Night Hawk's illustration and verse. Visitors can collect all the bird illustrations and verse from "Bird Children" to print and construct a small book of verse for their dolls. Simply drag each png. into a Word Document, print, cut out all of the images the same size and staple the pages together at the left edge. Squeeze out some white school glue along the stapled edge of the pages and attach a cardboard cover.
And then comes out at night to play;
He always wears his evening clothes
And when it's daylight, home he goes.
The Laughing Gull
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Laughing Gull's illustration and verse. Visitors can collect all the bird illustrations and verse from "Bird Children" to print and construct a small book of verse for their dolls. Simply drag each png. into a Word Document, print, cut out all of the images the same size and staple the pages together at the left edge. Squeeze out some white school glue along the stapled edge of the pages and attach a cardboard cover.
He's always laughing everywhere;
He never tells what it's about
Bird scrap restored for students to make their own paper dolls with. Now you add the arms/legs! |
The Lyre Bird
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Lyre Bird's illustration and verse. Visitors can collect all the bird illustrations and verse from "Bird Children" to print and construct a small book of verse for their dolls. Simply drag each png. into a Word Document, print, cut out all of the images the same size and staple the pages together at the left edge. Squeeze out some white school glue along the stapled edge of the pages and attach a cardboard cover.
She lives in lonely places wild,
And builds upon the rocky ground
The queerest nest which can be found.
Saturday, May 13, 2023
The Quail
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"Bob White, Bob White, Bob-Bob-Bob White."
I wonder who Bob White may be
To whom he calls so merrily.
Father and Mother Goose
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Two important tips to remember: the longer the paper the more often the design repeats. The thinner the paper, the easier it is to cut. |
- Measure the length and height of your template in order to determine how much paper you will need before folding it.
- Use and accordion fold to prepare the paper before cutting.
- Trace the design so that two sides touch opposite each other along the folds of the paper.
- Cut away the negative spaces around your design.
A Sample of what a Goose paper chain might look like. |
The goose paper template. |
Friday, May 12, 2023
The Albatross
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That he could fly the whole day long;
But if he's tired, he can float
The Rooster
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Sir Rooster is a noisy chap,
He wakes you from your morning nap;
He sleeps but little all night through,
Crows at eleven, one and two.
"He (or she) flew the coop!" is an idiom that refers to either the escape or general departure of someone.
Additional Authors:
MR. ROOSTER GETS A SURPRISE
"This is a good place to take a nap," said Mr. Rooster, as he stepped onto a nice hard object in the Farmyard. So he perched there on one leg and shut his eyes. But after a while the Turtle woke up and walked away, and the Rooster was upset. "Well," said he, as he picked himself up and looked around, " who would ever think a stone could come to life! A queer world this is, to be sure! Henry Altemus Company.
Additional Links to Articles/Crafts/Videos About Roosters:
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Yellow Ducklings
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"Like a duck to water" is an idiom that means - something comes naturally to a person or animal or they or it doesn't struggle to accomplish something...
"Getting your ducks in row" is an idiom that means to prioritize and organize something...
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TEACHING THE DUCKLINGS TO SWIM
So the whole family waddled oft to the orchard, and were soon swimming about in the cold water.
"Isn't it lovely!" exclaimed one of the little ducklings, excitedly.
"Much nicer than expected," said another.
"Aren't you glad we're little ducks, and not silly little chickens?" said a third. "Mother says they are actually afraid of the water!"
"I think it is delicious," added a fourth, shaking his wings and sending the water splashing over the others," and I'm going to stay here for hours and hours."
"Shall we have a race to the other side?" suggested one of the babies, after a while.
All the others agreed that a race would be great fun, and away they started, and were just half way across when Madame Duck called them to her, and said it was quite time to leave the pond and come home.
So away they went across the field to the farmyard, where dinner was ready and waiting for them.
"I am sure you will all be ready for something to eat after your two lessons," said Madame Duck, with a smile. Henry Altemus Company.
I believe there is more than one!"
Then crackle, crackle, goes the shell.
Ah, now we shall see some fun!
Then out there popped a duckling's head.
And then came number two;
They counted till they could not count.
We leave the rest to you.
Additional Content About Ducklings:
The Snow Goose
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"Honk-Honk, Honk-honk," old
Snow Goose said,
"I think tonight we'll go to bed
A hundred miles due south from here,-
The snow is on the way, I fear''
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"His goose is cooked." is an idiom that means a person, man or woman, has been damaged by an enemy or gossip. If the phrase refers to a woman, "Her goose is cooked."
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Miss Goosey Is Charmed by Reynard the Fox
Once Reynard, the Fox, charmed Miss Goosey and coaxed her to go with him to his own city in the woods. She consented. But scarcely had they left the poultry-yard before Goosey began to feel nervous. Reynard had such a wicked twinkle in his eye, and licked his lips so often, that she began to wish herself safe back again, and said so.
But Reynard said, "No, no, dear friend, there is nothing I love so much as a pretty young swan; I cannot spare you."
"But I'm a goose, I'm a goose!" cackled the poor bird.
"You are indeed," replied Beau Reynard, "or you wouldn't have ventured out with me."
Now, there is no knowing what might have happened to Goosey had not the Fox begun to laugh at his own joke, and she took the opportunity to waddle off.
She reached the pen just as the Fox had begun to wipe his eye, and prepare for his meal. "Let me in, let me in I" she cried to her mamma. "I'm your own little Goosey come back again, and I'll never, never, never leave home again." So it all ended happily - at least, for the Goose. Henry Altemus Company.
Additional Content About Geese:
- Ducks and Geese On The Farm
- Some Possible Reasons for Bird Migration
- Color white Percon geese...
- Add a few porcelain geese to your Easter eggs!
- The story of "The Golden Goose"
- Nursery rhyme geese put on a Christmas play
Below is a template for those young students who would like to download, print, and cut-out a pattern for a "flock" of geese to fly south across their classroom walls or windows.
A Canadian goose to craft a flock of geese with; just multiply! |
Monday, May 8, 2023
The Mallard Duck
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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Right, is the Mallard Duck's illustration and verse. Visitors can collect all the bird illustrations and verse from "Bird Children" to print and construct a small book of verse for their dolls. Simply drag each png. into a Word Document, print, cut out all of the images the same size and staple the pages together at the left edge. Squeeze out some white school glue along the stapled edge of the pages and attach a cardboard cover.
In shallow water Mallard Duck
At fishing sometimes tries his luck;
At other times he thinks it 's nice
To nibble at the sweet wild rice.
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"Like water off a duck's back" is an idiom that means instruction or criticism or warning have no affect on the person they are being spoken to. Water doesn't soak into the oily feathers of a duck, so they are buoyant and float away...
"That's a lame duck..." is an idiom referring to the lack of authority or the limitations of power. Lame ducks soon become the prey of their stronger predators, they cannot keep from being eaten! This idiom is often used in reference to pending court cases, political strategies or bills put before congress in the U.S.
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WHEN MRS. DUCK TOOK IN WASHING
A Terrible thing had happened in the Farmyard. Mr, Drake had run away, leaving his wife with a family of seven small Ducklings to support. How was Mrs. Duck to get along ? The Swan's advice that she start a school to teach chickens to swim did not appeal to her. She scorned Mr. Pig's offer to pay her for serving food to him. Mr. Peacock said: "Now, if you had a tail like mine, you might go on the stage, but with that tail of yours!" And he laughed in that mean, proud way of his.
Mrs. Goose was the last of the neighbors to go. "I am sorry to leave you, dear," she said to Mrs. Duck, " but you know I have my own work to be about, and, besides, I fear it is going to rain and I may get my gown wet."
That set Mrs. Duck to thinking. "Just so," she said; " they are all afraid of the rain. They don't like to get their things soiled. And when they do get them soiled they just throw them away and buy new ones. Now that was never my way; I have always taken a pride in keeping my things cleaned and making them last as long as possible."
She thought a few more minutes, and then said to herself joyfully: "I know what I shall do; I shall take in washing for my living."
So she hung out a sign which read like this:
MRS. DUCK
Begs to Inform the Farmyard Folks
that she will
TAKE IN WASHING
ON REASONABLE TERMS.
Work Done Promptly.
Only Best Mud Used.
"I think it's most sensible," said Mrs. Dorking. "I shall give her all my things to wash! It will save me a mint of barley!"
"And I shall go to her, too," said Mrs. Goose.
"And so shall I," said Major Turkey-cock.
"I must say she always keeps her own dresses beautifully white," said Mrs. Guinea-fowl. "I wonder if she'd succeed with my spotted muslins."
"She shall wash my collars," grunted Mr. Pig, who was really a very kind-hearted old chap, though he was rather too fond of his meals.
And so they went on. Everyone seemed to approve except Peacock, and it didn't matter much about him, because he always was most, dreadfully proud, and nobody minded much what he said.
So Mrs. Duck got plenty of work to do and the children all helped; and you can't think what an improvement it all made in the looks of things about the Farmyard.
And Mrs. Duck and the children were well-fed and happy, so that they very soon forgot all about old Mr. Drake, who was a good-for-nothing fellow anyhow.
But one day Mr. Drake came back, looking very draggle-tailed and ashamed. Of course the Farmyard Folks all had their own opinions. as to what Mrs. Duck should do, and almost everyone thought she should send him packing. But she knew better, "He will come in handy," she said.
And she set him to work at the washtub. This turned out to be just
the kind of treatment he needed, and he became a dutiful husband. Henry Altemus Company.
Additional Links to Mallard Ducks:
- Raising New Mallard Ducklings by The Fish Whisperer
- Mallard Calls from My Birding Year
- Color Dolly's friend Mary Lamb along with her Jemima Puddle-Duck Costume.
- The Gentleman Duck coloring sheet
Two important tips to remember: the longer the paper the more often the design repeats. The thinner the paper, the easier it is to cut. |
- Measure the length and height of your template in order to determine how much paper you will need before folding it.
- Use and accordion fold to prepare the paper before cutting.
- Trace the design so that two sides touch opposite each other along the folds of the paper.
- Cut away the negative spaces around your design.
An example of what the mallard paper chain could look like once it is cut. |
mallard duck template is in the (CC) |