Christine Holloway

ECE232

March 8, 2021

Language Experience

Class average age (in months)

19 – 24 months

Primary Objectives & Infant Toddler Standards (you must list specific guidelines or content

standards and which domains: see above example)

Language Development – Understand and communicate – Continue to develop listening

and speaking skills.

Secondary Objective and Infant/Toddler standards:

Pre-Reading and Pre-writing – Begins to develop skills that will lead to reading

readiness:

 Recognizes and reacts to sounds

 Increases vocabulary

 Increases comprehension

 Shows interest in book reading

Experience description:

In this experience we are going to learn and read about birds. We will start by reading the book

“A House for Birdie” written by Stuart J. Murphy and illustrated by Edward Miller.

In this book, Birdie has no house and has to brave the elements. One day Birdie

asked his friends for help. His friends are tall and narrow; tall, fat, and wide;

short, fat, and wide; and the last was short, thin, and narrow. They fly around to

look at the different houses and see which one would be best for Birdie. As they

fly around they find houses that are a perfect fit for his friends, but not for him.

On the next rainy day his friends noticed that he was out in the rain. They work

together to build him a home that would fit him.

This book is about learning math skills such as size, capacity and volume, however it also

explains friendship and how friends come together to help each other. As we read this book we

will discuss the different sizes of each bird and each house that the birds find along the way.

We will also discuss how these birds work together and in the end take care of Birdie.

Questions: Which bird do think would fit best into this house?

Is this for a tall bird or small bird?

Is it for a thin bird or a wide bird?

How do you think another bird would fit into this house?

Tell me about a time that you’ve been helped?

 How can we make a house strong enough for a bird?

What does a house need?

Go outside and play – look at different birds.

What size house do we need?

We will then work on creating a birdhouse out of recycled products.

Materials

Scaffolding (child’s prior knowledge to build on):

Plan for carrying out experience (what caregiver will do):