Create your very own barnyard animal!
Allow your child some time on their own to create something fun while exploring different textures. This isn’t a very messy activity but glue tends to travel with kiddos so having them stay in one place is a good idea. Let your child place the eyes, beak and feathers on the tube however they believe a chick looks like. Once finished, they’ll be so excited to learn more about the animal that they just created!
✂️ How do I adapt this exercise for younger kiddos? For the glueing you may need to help with some hand over hand, but let them pick the placements of the feathers and tissues.
📚 Books to explore: Little Chick by Amy Hest, Chicken in Space by Adam Lehrhaupt, and Chicken Big by Keith Graves.
Materials
For this Activity you will need:
Toilet paper rolls
Yellow feathers
Yellow tissue paper
Yellow paper
Orange paper
Googly eyes
Glue
Learning Outcomes
Domain
Cognition
Skills
Representation
Indicators:
Using a variety of materials to build with and express their ideas.
Instructions
Step 1:
Cut the yellow paper and tissue paper into small squares.
Step 2:
Cut the orange paper into small triangles.
Step 3:
Lay out some yellow feathers and the googly eyes.
Step 4:
Glue the items onto the toilet paper roll to create a chicken. Use the googly eyes as the eyes, orange triangles for the beak and feet, yellow squares for the body (exploring the 2 kinds of paper for different textures), and feathers for the wings.
Step 5:
Set the chick aside until it is fully dry.
Step 6:
Use the chick as a visual aid as you teach the child all about chickens!
🎓 Adjust depending on age and skill. Ask younger kiddos to show you where to glue each item, or have older kiddos glue their own pieces.
🧻 Out of toilet paper rolls? Cut a paper towel roll in half, or use a full roll to create a full chicken!
Playful Questions
What does a chick say?
What color are chicks?
What do chicks grow up to be?
Where do chicks come from?
Where does a chicken keep its eggs?
