Preschool Bird Activities

These preschool bird activities are sure to instill a love of birds in your preschooler. Learning about birds is fun for kids of all ages. Birds are everywhere. All your child has to do is take a simple walk or even just step outside, and within no time, they’ll see or hear one of these little feathery friends.

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God created these creatures on the fifth day with such variety. When we look around us today, we can see so many different kinds of birds: 

• there are birds that fly, birds that walk, and birds that hop
• some birds sing, some chirp, and some talk
• there are huge birds like the ostrich, tiny ones like the hummingbird, and then everything in between
• there are birds that build nests in trees, others that build nests on the ground, and some that don’t build nests at all (they lay their eggs on the ground, or as in the case of the Emperor penguins, they keep their eggs on their feet! )

Preschool Bird Activities

A bird theme provides many exciting learning opportunities for preschoolers. Here you’ll find a collection of hands-on activities to help you take advantage of those opportunities. 

• Make homemade bird feeders 
  • Spread peanut butter on an empty toilet paper roll, then roll it in bird seeds. Hang it on a tree.
• Writing Practice with Bird Seed
  • Pour bird seed onto a paper plate or a shallow container
  • Let them practice writing letters, numbers or their name with their finger or paintbrush

• Play Duck, Duck, Goose 
  This is always a fun game with preschoolers.
• Birdseed Name
  • Let your child trace their name on construction paper with glue
  • Sprinkle birdseed onto the paper
  • Let the glue dry and shake off the excess birdseed.
• State Birds 
  Each state has its own state bird. Find out what your state bird is and then let your child try to spot it. 
• Sensory play ideas 
  • Use play-dough to make  eggs
  • Put together sensory activities. Fill a sensory bin with
    •  colorful feathers
    •  bird seed
    • plastic eggs
    • pretend to feed baby birds pipe cleaner worms – see Baby Bird Eats the Worm! Fine Motor Sensory Bin by Modern Preschool

• Learn different bird songs/calls.
  • A fun way to learn to identify birds by their song/call and listen to how they communicate. Each bird song is different.

• Here’s a couple of tools you can use:
  • This Birdsong Identify is something we bought years ago when we were homeschooling, and now our granddaughter is using it. The Amazon link I’m sharing is to today’s version. It’s a little more pricey than back in my day, but it’s a great way for even young children to learn to identify birds and their calls on their own.
  • A less expensive tool – it’s free, actually- is the Audubon Bird App. I’ve downloaded and used this and find it to be an amazing tool for identifying birds and their songs/calls – however, it’s an app on your phone, so it’s not a tool preschoolers should use by themselves. But it can be a valuable tool for you to use together.

• Look for feathers on the ground.
  Some might be easier than others to identify, like a cardinal, a peacock, or a blue jay. Use a bird field guide to help your child identify which bird the feather came from. Be sure they wash their hands afterwards.
• Explore an abandoned bird nest.
  • Sometimes, when you’re out on one of your nature walks, your child may find a bird nest on the ground that they can explore.
  • Examine it to see what kind of things the bird used to make it.
  • Are there any clues as to what kind of bird might have made it?

• Go bird watching
  • Take your child to an area where they can look for different types of birds.

• Check out online bird watching resources for kids:
  • Easy Ways to Get Kids Birding by Audubon. This book gives you some great ideas for bird-watching excursions for kids of all ages.
  • The Audubon for Kids has a fun, interactive site to help children learn about birds.
• Read books about birds
  Books are a great way to help engage your child in learning more about birds while building literacy skills at the same time. Check out our list of favorite bird books for preschoolers.

Easy Bird Crafts

Just a few materials are all you’ll need to help your child make one of these adorable bird crafts.

• Paint with feathers
• Feed the Robin Craft by The OT Toolbox (this fun bird craft also doubles as a great fine motor skill activity)
• Chalk Art Bird by Glued to My Crafts
• Peacock Animal Craft by Powerful Mothering
• Paper Plate Bird Craft for Kids by Happy Hooligans

Free Preschool Bird Printables

50 Bird Photo Cards – FREE pdf

Here are 50 photo cards of different birds that little learners will enjoy exploring. (These cards are sold on our Etsy store, but they are FREE to you as a thank you for visiting our website! )This free download comes with the cards, a list of the 50 birds featured, and a suggested activities list.

The birds chosen for this collection are some of the more common birds that preschoolers might run across in songs, movies, a trip to the zoo, or in their own backyard. These would make a great addition for your bird unit study – and they are FREE! Enjoy!

Bird Coloring Sheets

Use these printable bird coloring sheets to let your preschooler express their creativity and help build fine motor skills as well. Whether your child is looking for cute and whimsical birds or more realistic feathered friends, they are sure to find pages here they will enjoy coloring. They may even want to compile the pages together to make their own book of birds. 

While you’re printing, make an extra copy for yourself and color along with them. You probably don’t need to work on your fine motor skills, but coloring is just plain FUN! – lol

Printable Bird Coloring Pages

More Preschool Bird Activities

• Bird Activities for Preschoolers by Pocket of Preschool
• Bird Theme Preschool Lesson Plans by Stay at Home Educator
• Preschool Bird Theme by Preschool Plan It

More Spring Activities

We have fun Spring Bible Printables in our Tothood 101 Printables store on Etsy. We’d love to have you visit us there!

Be sure to check out more spring activities:

• Life Cycle of a Butterfly Activities
• Ant Activities For Preschoolers
• Creative Preschool Frog Activities