May 14, 2012
The robins grew so much over the weekend! Grey feathers have replaced the yellow fuzz that covered their bodies. Mom and dad are busy foraging for food all day and mom is rarely sits on the nest anymore. In the next few days, the youngsters will test their wings and leave the nest. In faculty meeting on Friday afternoon, teachers and administrators discussed a plan to monitor the playground to keep the the fledglings safe until they are strong, independent fliers.
During a visit to observe the nest today, Caleb from ECC noticed that there are three instead of four robins. He theorized,"One was born early, so it grew feathers and flew away faster."
Robins and other birds were a popular theme during journal time in ECCBrimmer today. Bibi Noury-Ello told this tale of mistaken identity:
Once upon a time there was a family of robins. Three little blue eggs hatched out of the mama robin. Only, one little bird seemed to have something wrong with him...that little duckling looked really different. The duckling didn't have a sharp nose, he didn't even have a beak! He had a little ball on his nose. He also had little feathers sticking up from his hair. He was not a robin. The mama thought there were three eggs, but there were actually two, the other one was a white egg. The ducky told Ms. Swan (because swans lay white eggs), "Is this your egg, Ms. Swan? It's white. I lay blue eggs." The three swans and the three ducks lived happily ever after. Bibi
Kindergarten Brimmer shared this excerpt from their daily blog about their students'
concern for the robins:
The rain came down really hard on everyone as the doors opened for school
this morning. This made Clare worry about the robins. Several children
decided they should make a new nest in case something happened to the
robin's nest or they got hurt in the storm. They chose items from our
recycled materials to create it. We looked at the real robin's nest on our
windowsill for ideas about what they might need. They also wanted to collect
some worms from the playground to feed the babies. For now, the worms are in
soil in a bag. The children made a separate section of the nest just for the
food and they would like to put them inside, then put the nest out on the
playground in case the robins need it.
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