Birdwatcher's binoculars

Children make binoculars out of rolls and go for a walk to count and identify birds.

Steps

1. Conversation: what birds live in the area and which return from warm countries in spring.
2. Children glue two toilet paper rolls together, paint them, and tie a string around their neck.
3. The teacher hands out cards with pictures of popular birds (sparrow, tit, blackbird, pigeon, stork, crow).
4. On the walk, children mark each bird they spot on the card.
5. After returning, you count the results and make a bar chart.

Tip: Listen to recordings of bird calls and try to recognize them on the walk.

Materials needed

• Poster paints (1 set per group)
• Cotton string (1 ball)
• Bird atlas for children (1 copy)