**Note: This page is for educational inspiration and is not officially affiliated with The Big Schools’ Birdwatch or The Big Garden Birdwatch. These are annual citizen science events organised by the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds), typically taking place in late January. The Big Schools’ Birdwatch runs for several weeks in January, encouraging schools to spend an hour observing and recording birds in their grounds. The Big Garden Birdwatch is a nationwide survey for the public to record birds in their gardens or local parks over a specific weekend in January. Both events aim to help the RSPB monitor bird populations and raise awareness about wildlife conservation. For official information, dates, and to participate, please visit the RSPB website: www.rspb.org.uk.
Big Schools’ Birdwatch: January - February 2027
Big Garden Birdwatch: Friday 29th - Sunday 31st January 2026 (TBC)
Understanding The Big Schools’ & Garden Birdwatch in EYFS & KS1
Chirp, tweet, let's count the birds! 🦜🦅 The Big Schools’ Birdwatch and The Big Garden Birdwatch are annual citizen science events organised by the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds). In 2027 The Big Schools’ Birdwatch runs from January until February with the The Big Garden Birdwatch taking place between Friday 29th and Sunday 31st January (TBC). Both initiatives are crucial for helping the RSPB monitor bird populations across the UK, providing vital data on wildlife trends and raising awareness about conservation.
For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, these events provide a wonderful and practical theme for exploring nature, wildlife, observation skills, data collection, environmental awareness, and maths (counting and recording). It's about fostering a connection with local wildlife, understanding the importance of scientific observation, and encouraging a sense of responsibility towards our feathered friends. This time of year offers fantastic planning ideas and inspiration for engaging activities that truly resonate with young minds, making learning about ecology and citizen science both exciting and impactful.
Why Is Birdwatching Important for Young Children?
Integrating birdwatching and learning about birds into your practice with young children (aged 0-7) improves their connection with the natural world, developing key scientific skills, and promoting environmental awareness.
Observation Skills: Encourages children to look closely, listen carefully, and notice details about the birds they see, developing crucial scientific observation skills.
Environmental Awareness: Helps children understand local ecosystems, the needs of wildlife, and the importance of conservation.
Counting & Data Handling: Provides a real-world context for counting, tallying, and recording data, linking to early numeracy skills.
Patience & Focus: Requires children to sit quietly and wait, developing patience and concentration.
Sensory Exploration: Engages senses through listening to bird song, observing their flight, and noticing their colours.
Vocabulary & Communication: Introduces names of different bird species, colours, and descriptive words, enhancing language development.
Empathy for Nature: Fosters a sense of care and respect for living creatures and their habitats.
Engaging Birdwatch Activities for The Big Schools’ & Garden Birdwatch (0-7 Year Olds)
Make The Big Schools’ & Garden Birdwatch a truly investigative and nature-filled experience with these planning ideas and activities perfect for EYFS and KS1 children. The focus is on observation, counting, and appreciating our garden birds! Many of these early years and year 1 activities can be supported by our dedicated 'Birds' page and specific 'UK Garden Bird' resources.
Here's some inspiration for spotting and celebrating birds in your setting: (Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken.)
Birdwatch Observation Station: Set up a quiet area near a window or in your outdoor space where children can observe birds. Provide binoculars (real or homemade using cardboard tubes) and our 'Garden Birdwatch Mat’ and 'Garden Birdwatch Mat'. Use 'UK Birdwatch Draw What You See - Binoculars' or 'Birdwatch Draw What You See - Branch' for drawing observations.
Bird Counting & Recording: Use the official RSPB Big Schools' Birdwatch forms or create your own simple tally charts. Our 'Garden Birdwatch Checklist' is also available.
Learning About UK Garden Birds: Introduce common garden birds. Use our 'UK Garden Birds Colouring' for creative recognition. Display our 'Garden Birdwatch Word Cards' to learn names.
Bird Body Parts: Learn about the anatomy of different birds with Body Parts Poster & Writing Sheets for Blue Tit, Blackbird , Pigeon, Magpie and Sparrow.
Bird Puzzles & Games: Engage fine motor and cognitive skills with 'UK Garden Bird 2-Piece Puzzles', 'UK Garden Bird Pom Pom Mats', 'Garden Birdwatch Egg Match Game', and 'Garden Birdwatch Picture Snap Cards Game'.
Bird-Themed Numeracy: Practice counting with our 'UK Birds Number Slice Puzzles (1-5 & 1-10)', and 'UK Birds Number Slice Puzzles - Colouring (1-5 & 1-10)'. Specifically for sparrows, use 'Feed The Sparrow Counting Puzzles'.
Pencil Control & Fine Motor Skills: Develop hand-eye coordination with 'Feed The Robin Pencil Control Mats', 'Feed The Robin Pencil Control Activity Sheets', 'Feed The Sparrow Pencil Control Activity Sheets', and 'Feed The Sparrow Pencil Control Mats'. Our 'Mummy Owl And Owlets' Pencil Control Sheets/Mats' and 'Mummy Owl And Owlets' Pencil Control Mats' also offer engaging activities.
Bird Songs & Sounds: Listen to recordings of different bird calls and try to imitate them.
Helping Birds in Winter: Discuss how we can support birds, especially during colder months. Use 'Helping Wildlife In Winter' Poster’.
Design Your Own Bird: Encourage creativity with 'Design Your Own UK Garden Bird Sheets' or let children draw their 'My Favourite Garden Bird Sheets'.
General Bird Resources: Our 'Birds - Display Banner', 'Birds - Silhouette Puzzles', 'Birds - 0-20 Counting Display Posters/Cards', and 'Birds - 0-20 Colour And Count Display Posters/Cards' provide broader bird-themed learning.
Explore More: Please visit our 'Birds' page to browse our entire collection of educational materials on this theme!
These activities offer great inspiration for making The Big Schools’ & Garden Birdwatch a memorable and impactful experience in your early years and Key Stage One setting, fostering observation skills, environmental awareness, numeracy, and a genuine love for nature.
To explore ideas surrounding additional early years events, please visit our 'Special Dates Calendar' page.
Printable resources to support teaching & learning surrounding: ‘Big Schools’/Garden Birdwatch’
Free Bird related activities for EYFS & KS1:
Why not use this fun farm animals and their young puzzle game to introduce your children to or consolidate their knowledge of farm animals? Cut each puzzle along the line in the middle and invite your children to match each farm animal with its offspring. Why not extend learning by discussing similarities and differences between the older and younger animals and also between the different types of animals? Extend children’s vocabulary by describing animal body parts such as tail, hooves, paws, fur, snout, etc. Ask questions such as ‘Which animal has the longest/shortest tail?’
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Our Young Farm Animals colouring sheets pack includes each animal with its name and the name of the adult in brackets. Animals included are calf, piglet, puppy, donkey foal, kid, gosling, duckling, lamb, horse foal and chick. Why not use them as a stimulus for art & craft?
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Garden Birdwatch Mat featuring 5 UK garden birds. We have decided to focus on the most iconic and distinct looking birds you may see in a UK Garden in order to encourage young children to look closely at clear similarities and differences between a handful of birds, rather than confuse them with too many. Ideal for 1-6 year olds. Magpie, Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit and Pigeon.
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Cut along the vertical lines on these UK Bird themed number slice puzzles and allow your children to order numbers to reveal the correct sequence and picture as they place the pieces in the right order! Great for fine motor, problem solving, observational skills, number recognition and ordering. Cut and stick use once activity or laminate to use time and time again.
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These endless puzzles are perfect to show the cyclic nature of life cycles. For example in the first instance the frog puzzle may be placed in the order ‘frogspawn’, ‘tadpole’, ‘froglet’ and then ‘frog’. To demonstrate to children that the frog then lays frogspawn, the ‘frogspawn’ piece may be brought to connect with the ‘frog’ piece at the end and thus continuing the cycle. This process can continue for as long as you like, bringing the ‘tadpole’ piece to then end and then the ‘froglet’ piece and so on!
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These cards can be laminated for repeated use. Each of the six beach habitat creatures has a dotted line card and a card with a blank space.
Use the laminated cards with whiteboard pens or alternatively use the first card as stimulus e.g. using your finger or stick on the beach in the sand or at home in your sand tray.
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These prompt cards are to promote mindfulness and awareness of surroundings when in a woodland setting.
This activity is intended to help children engage their senses to better notice and appreciate the environment around them.
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Mega pack of Animal colouring pictures…49 sheets of individual animals to colour including their names.
Great for fine motor, observational skills, colour choice and becoming aware that text has meaning.
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Count the Zoo Animals from 0 to 20. Print one or two numbers to a page for use as part of a display or more to a page for a set of flashcards. Ideal sheets to practise 1:1 correspondence counting (where children place their fingers on the objects as they count them). Also great for learning written numbers and knowledge of animals.
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Designed as part of the ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ set, this pack of mats can be used for multiple learning intentions. For example…
Learning about robins and what they eat
Learning that birds and small animals can be helped during the difficult winter months
Development of fine motor control using mark making tools
Refining observational skills
Improving concentration
Communication and Language development
Ideal for multiple uses with whiteboard pens after lamination.
More resources regarding ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ HERE.
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Small birds and animals can find it difficult through the winter months. Here’s a poster of visual reminders which you may like to display in your setting as a discussion point and/or stimulus for activity. It depicts things you may like to think about with your children to help your local wildlife
More resources regarding ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ on our ‘National Robin Day’ page.
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Pack includes 3 pages: poster for display and modelling, version with blank labels for writing, plus a writing template with initial sounds for labels.
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UK Garden Bird related activities for EYFS & KS1:
Garden Birdwatch Checklists featuring 5 UK garden birds. We have decided to focus on the most iconic and distinct looking birds you may see in a UK Garden in order to encourage young children to look closely at clear similarities and differences between a handful of birds, rather than confuse them with too many. Ideal for 1-6 year olds. Perfect for use in outdoor areas (perhaps laminated for multiple uses), but also for out and about exploration. Includes Magpie, Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit and Pigeon.
Observation, UK Birds, Posters/Displays, Problem Solving, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Pencil Control, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Take Home, Counting, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Magpie, Pigeon, Robin
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Garden Birdwatch Mat featuring 5 UK garden birds. We have decided to focus on the most iconic and distinct looking birds you may see in a UK Garden in order to encourage young children to look closely at clear similarities and differences between a handful of birds, rather than confuse them with too many. Ideal for 1-6 year olds. Magpie, Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit and Pigeon.
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Cut along the vertical lines on these UK Bird themed number slice puzzles and allow your children to order numbers to reveal the correct sequence and picture as they place the pieces in the right order! Great for fine motor, problem solving, observational skills, number recognition and ordering. Cut and stick use once activity or laminate to use time and time again.
Observation, Problem Solving, Number Recognition and Ordering, Fine Motor, Activities, Puzzles, Games, Matching Activities, UK Birds, Scissor Skills, Woodland, Robin, Pigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Magpie
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Colour, Cut and Stick these ‘UK Bird’ themed number slice puzzles. Firstly colour in the picture. Then, cut along the vertical lines and allow your children to order the numbers to reveal the complete picture once again. Fun activity for number recognition and ordering skills. Also great for fine motor!
Observation, Problem Solving, Number Recognition and Ordering, Fine Motor, Activities, Puzzles, Games, Matching Activities, UK Birds, Scissor Skills, Colouring, Take Home, Pencil Control, Woodland, Robin, Pigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Magpie
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Set of 5 UK Garden Bird puzzles each with 2 parts. Ideal for our youngest children in order for them to begin to spot similarities and differences, recognise colours and patterns and solve problems involving observational skills. Also perfect for learning about UK garden birds! (Includes blackbird, pigeon, robin, blue tit & magpie.)
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Can you place pom poms or other loose parts on the multicoloured circles? Great for fine motor control and developing a pincer grip. Why not also introduce tools such as tweezers? Have fun!
Observation, Fine Motor, Activities, UK Birds, Problem Solving, Colours, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Magpie, Pigeon, Robin
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UK GARDEN BIRDS COLOURING
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Ideal as part of a 'Birdwatching' topic. This 'Draw what you see' sheet can be laminated and used in conjunction with whiteboard pens (perhaps placed near a window overlooking your outdoor area/garden) for children to use over and over again to practise drawing what they see. Alternatively you could print out individual copies for the children to draw their own birds to take home. To be used in setting/outdoor area or during out and about adventures!
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Garden Birdwatch Word Cards featuring 5 UK garden birds. We have decided to focus on the most iconic and distinct looking birds you may see in a UK Garden in order to encourage young children to look closely at clear similarities and differences between a handful of birds, rather than confuse them with too many. Ideal for 1-6 year olds. Birds include: Magpie, Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit and Pigeon.
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Pack includes 3 pages: poster for display and modelling, version with blank labels for writing, plus a writing template with initial sounds for labels.
Observation, Fine Motor, Activities, UK Birds, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Take Home, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Blackbird, Body Parts, Woodland
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Pack includes 3 pages: poster for display and modelling, version with blank labels for writing, plus a writing template with initial sounds for labels.
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Pack includes 3 pages: poster for display and modelling, version with blank labels for writing, plus a writing template with initial sounds for labels.
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Pack includes 3 pages: poster for display and modelling, version with blank labels for writing, plus a writing template with initial sounds for labels.
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Pack includes 3 pages: poster for display and modelling, version with blank labels for writing, plus a writing template with initial sounds for labels.
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Help the garden birds find their eggs!
Game for five players.
Each player has a large mat with a bird on. Players take turns to turn a small card over. If the egg matches the one on your mat, place it in the first space. If it is not a match put the card back where you found it.
The first player to get five correct eggs is the winner!
Garden birds included: Magpie, Robin, Blue Tit, Pigeon & Blackbird
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Can your children draw the missing parts to these garden birds? Or challenge your children to design their own birds with these ‘missing parts’ garden bird sheets (x5) and final ‘design your own garden bird’ sheet.
Observation, Fine Motor, Activities, UK Birds, Take Home, Pencil Control, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Problem Solving, Drawing, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Pigeon, Robin, Magpie
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Ideal as part of a 'Birdwatching' topic. This 'Draw what you see' sheet can be laminated and used in conjunction with whiteboard pens (perhaps placed near a window overlooking your outdoor area/garden) for children to use over and over again to practise drawing what they see. Alternatively you could print out individual copies for the children to draw their own birds to take home. To be used in setting/outdoor area or during out and about adventures!
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'My Favourite Garden Bird’ Writing/Drawing/Mark Making Sheets.
Observation, Fine Motor, Activities, UK Birds, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Personal Opinion/Feelings, Take Home, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Drawing, Magpie, Blue Tit, Blackbird
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These ‘Garden Birdwatch’ Picture Snap cards can be printed, cut out and laminated as a fun game to consolidate children's recognition of and descriptive language surrounding 5 distinctive UK garden birds. Each card is made with a backing tab for folding before lamination to provide a more robust final product. Birds include: Magpie, Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit and Pigeon.
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Pack includes 3 pages: poster for display and modelling, version with blank labels for writing, plus a writing template with initial sounds for labels.
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Why not set up an invitation to play using these ‘Feed the Sparrow’ counting puzzles? Select those appropriate for your children (1-10 available) and allow them to match the number beside the sparrow with the corresponding number of hazelnuts to feed them.
Each pair has a different way of connecting as a puzzle for the children to match and so even if they haven’t learnt what the number looks like yet, but are beginning to say the numbers in order, this can be a fun way to introduce them to new challenges.
Once the puzzles are complete, why not line the numbers up in order and count together? If your children would enjoy a further challenge, leave out a number and see if they can spot which one is missing from the sequence.
Puzzles could also be used as a fine motor control/counting activity if left uncut. Children could be given an appropriate number for their learning and encouraged to place objects on the hazelnuts, counting as they go.
In addition, each number is also written as a word. For our youngest children, this adds to learning about text in the environment and how it has meaning. Our oldest children may start to recognise the words and associate them with the numbers. This will be beneficial for when they begin to read and write these words in subsequent years as they will have something to build on.
Observation, Fine Motor, Activities, UK Birds, Sparrow, Games, Puzzles, Hazelnuts, Problem Solving, Counting, Number Recognition and Ordering
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Designed as part of the ‘UK Urban birds’ set, this pack of pencil control activity sheets can be used for multiple learning intentions. For example…
Learning about sparrows and what they eat
Learning that birds and small animals can be helped during the difficult winter months
Development of fine motor control using mark making tools
Refining observational skills
Improving concentration
Communication and Language development
Ideal for both individual use to ‘take home’ or laminated for multiple uses with whiteboard pens.
Observation, Fine Motor, Activities, UK Birds, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Take Home, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Sparrow, Pencil Control
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Designed as part of the ‘UK Urban birds’ set, this pack of pencil control activity sheets can be used for multiple learning intentions. For example…
Learning about sparrows and what they eat
Learning that birds and small animals can be helped during the difficult winter months
Development of fine motor control using mark making tools
Refining observational skills
Improving concentration
Communication and Language development
Ideal for multiple uses with whiteboard pens after lamination.
Observation, Fine Motor, Activities, UK Birds, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Take Home, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Sparrow, Pencil Control
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These ‘Mummy Owl and Owlets‘ pencil control sheets/mats are perfect for the development of fine motor control using mark making tools or even just a tracing finger! Smooth and spiky patterns included.
Ideal for both individual use to ‘take home’ or laminated for multiple uses with whiteboard pens.
You may like to read ‘Owl Babies’ alongside this resource.
Keywords: mark making, make marks, activities, activity, woodlands, trees, forest, animal, dotted line, pencil control, fine motor, owl, barn owl, owlets, owl babies, finger tracing, smooth/curved lines, spiky/pointy lines
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These ‘Mummy Owl and Owlets’ pencil control mats are perfect for the development of fine motor control using mark making tools or even just a tracing finger! Smooth and spiky patterns included.
Ideal for multiple uses with whiteboard pens/a tracing finger once laminated. Mats could also be used with playdough or loose parts!
You may like to read ‘Owl Babies’ alongside this resource.
Keywords: mark making, make marks, activities, activity, woodlands, trees, forest, animal, dotted line, pencil control, fine motor, owl, barn owl, owlets, owl babies, finger tracing, smooth/curved lines, spiky/pointy lines
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Help your Mummy Owl to get home to her owl babies/owlets after a busy night hunting for food with this fun and engaging Letters and Sounds game.
Two different boards to choose from - one for Phase 2 Sounds and another for Phase 3 Sounds. Dice required.
Children choose a Mummy Owl to place at the start, roll the dice and move the appropriate number of sound squares towards their baby owls. When they land on a sound square they can practise saying the sound. Have fun!
letters and sounds, phonics, owl, owl babies, owlets, owlet, game, dice, turn taking
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These checklists are intended to focus the children on looking for aspects of the natural world around them on a wildlife walk.
The descriptions of each item are broad rather than specific so that there is greater scope for being able to complete each one. For example, the bird section can be ticked off when ANY bird is seen rather than a specific species.
The second sheet has spaces for small drawings/marks when recording what is seen.
Activities, Wildlife, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Observation, Take Home, Pencil Control, Fine Motor, Mindfulness, Problem Solving, Discussion Prompts, Checklists/Tally Charts, Winter, Winter page, Birds, Robin, Squirrel, Diapause, Hibernation, Mammals, Fungus, Invertebrates, Ladybird
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These sheets are intended to encourage children to record their expectations and/or observations of the winter season. They are differentiated by amounts of expected writing.
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These checklists are intended to focus the children on looking for aspects of the natural world around them on a wildlife walk.
The descriptions of each item are broad rather than specific so that there is greater scope for being able to complete each one. For example, the bird section can be ticked off when ANY bird is seen rather than a specific species.
The second sheet has spaces for small drawings/marks when recording what is seen.
Activities, Wildlife, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Observation, Take Home, Pencil Control, Fine Motor, Mindfulness, Problem Solving, Discussion Prompts, Autumn, Checklists/Tally Charts, Autumn page, Birds, Blackbird, Minibeasts, Earthworm, Invertebrates, Fungus, Mammals, Hedgehog, Spider, Animal Homes, Spider's Web
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These prompt cards are to promote mindfulness and awareness of surroundings when in a woodland setting.
This activity is intended to help children engage their senses to better notice and appreciate the environment around them.
18 prompt cards included.
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These checklists are to promote mindfulness and awareness of surroundings when in a woodland setting.
This activity is intended to help children engage their senses to better notice and appreciate the environment around them.
Activities, Wildlife, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Observation, Take Home, Pencil Control, Fine Motor, All Year Round - Wildlife, Mindfulness, Senses, Checklists/Tally Charts, Autumn page, Winter page, Spider's Web, Spider, Animal Homes, Ant, Birds, Nightingale, Minibeasts, Invertebrates, Ladybird, Bird's Nest, Bird's Eggs
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These checklists are intended to focus the children on looking for aspects of the natural world around them on a wildlife walk.
The descriptions of each item are broad rather than specific so that there is greater scope for being able to complete each one. For example, the bird section can be ticked off when ANY bird is seen rather than a specific species.
The second sheet has spaces for small drawings/marks when recording what is seen.
Activities, Wildlife, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Observation, Take Home, Pencil Control, Fine Motor, Mindfulness, Problem Solving, Discussion Prompts, Checklists/Tally Charts, Spring, Birds, Blue Tit, Minibeasts, Ladybird, Invertebrates, Frog, Amphibians, Fungus, Bird's Nest, Bird's Eggs, Animal Homes
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This matching puzzle has a different connection for each set to allow the children to self-correct.
The intention of the resource is not necessarily for children to learn the different egg types. It is more to become aware that eggs from different birds can look very different.
10 puzzles included: pigeon, nightingale, tree sparrow, robin, buzzard, magpie, blackbird, blue tit, barn owl & swallow.
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These fact cards can be used as part of a display or as a stimulus for discussion, writing and drawing before or after time spent in a woodland setting.
10 cards included: pigeon, nightingale, tree sparrow, robin, buzzard, magpie, blackbird, blue tit, barn owl & swallow.
Observation, Birds, All Year Round - Wildlife, Fact Cards, Posters/Displays, Cards/Flashcards, Number Recognition, Measures - Length, Life Cycles, Animals, Discussion Prompts, Winter page, Pigeon, Sparrow, Nightingale, Buzzard, Robin, Magpie, Blackbird, Owl, Blue Tit, Swallow
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These fact cards can be used as part of a display or as a stimulus for discussion, writing and drawing before or after time spent in a woodland setting.
10 cards included: pigeon, nightingale, tree sparrow, robin, buzzard, magpie, blackbird, blue tit, barn owl & swallow.
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Robin & Helping Wildlife in Winter activities for EYFS & KS1:
Poster explaining hibernation in animals in the UK. Also explains the variations of hibernating; brumation in cold-blooded animals and diapause in insects.
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Small birds and animals can find it difficult through the winter months. Here’s a set of cards which provide visual reminders which you may like to display in your setting as discussion points and/or stimuli for activity. They depict things you may like to think about with your children to help your local wildlife.
More resources regarding ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ HERE.
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Small birds and animals can find it difficult through the winter months. Here’s a poster of visual reminders which you may like to display in your setting as a discussion point and/or stimulus for activity. It depicts things you may like to think about with your children to help your local wildlife.
More resources regarding ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ HERE.
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Small birds and animals can find it difficult through the winter months. This activity sheet (portrait and landscape versions) highlights a few ways we can help our local wildlife. Gaps underneath text enable children to draw/make marks to illustrate each phrase. Ideas on the sheet…
Leave out fresh water
Gather fallen leaves in piles
Melt a hole in frozen ponds
Provide shelter
Leave out food
Refill empty food and water
More resources regarding ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ HERE.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Small birds and animals can find it difficult through the winter months. Here’s a set of colouring cards which provide visual reminders which you may like to display in your setting as discussion points and/or stimuli for activity. They depict things you may like to think about with your children to help your local wildlife.
More resources regarding ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ HERE.
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Small birds and animals can find it difficult through the winter months. You don’t want to leave out so much food that the animals become dependent on it, but a few tasty treats can be helpful in getting them through the winter months. Here’s a poster showing a few ideas for general foods your local wildlife may like.
More resources regarding ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ HERE.
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Designed as part of the ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ set, this pack of mats can be used for multiple learning intentions. For example…
Learning about robins and what they eat
Learning that birds and small animals can be helped during the difficult winter months
Development of fine motor control using mark making tools
Refining observational skills
Improving concentration
Communication and Language development
Ideal for multiple uses with whiteboard pens after lamination.
More resources regarding ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ HERE.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Designed as part of the ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ set, this pack of mats can be used for multiple learning intentions. For example…
Learning about squirrels and what they eat
Learning that birds and small animals can be helped during the difficult winter months
Development of fine motor control using mark making tools
Refining observational skills
Improving concentration
Communication and Language development
Ideal for multiple uses with whiteboard pens after lamination.
More resources regarding ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ HERE.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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This ‘Decorate a Bird Box’ Multimat is part of our ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ set. It can be used as part of a wider theme to aid discussions about helping birds and small animals find shelter during the winter months.
Once laminated, it is perfect for use as a reusable playdough or loose parts mat. Alternatively, use in conjunction with whiteboard pens. Without lamination this sheet could also be used with mark making tools or art and craft materials such as collage.
More resources regarding ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ HERE.
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Help your robin find the seeds in the birdfeeder to help him through the winter with this fun and engaging Letters and Sounds game.
Designed as part of the ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ set.
Two different boards to choose from - one for Phase 2 Sounds and another for Phase 3 Sounds. Dice required. Children choose a robin to place at the start, roll the dice and move the appropriate number of sound squares towards the birdfeeder. When they land on a sound square they can practise saying the sound. Have fun!
More resources regarding ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ HERE.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Designed as part of the ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ set, this pack of pencil control activity sheets can be used for multiple learning intentions. For example…
Learning about robins and what they eat
Learning that birds and small animals can be helped during the difficult winter months
Development of fine motor control using mark making tools
Refining observational skills
Improving concentration
Communication and Language development
Ideal for both individual use to ‘take home’ or laminated for multiple uses with whiteboard pens.
More resources regarding ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ HERE.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Designed as part of the ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ set, this pack of pencil control activity sheets can be used for multiple learning intentions. For example…
Learning about squirrels and what they eat
Learning that birds and small animals can be helped during the difficult winter months
Development of fine motor control using mark making tools
Refining observational skills
Improving concentration
Communication and Language development
Ideal for both individual use to ‘take home’ or laminated for multiple uses with whiteboard pens.
More resources regarding ‘Helping Wildlife in Winter’ HERE.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Intended to be cut out (and ideally laminated) for use by children in repeatable size ordering activities. If you have access to a fuzzy felt board, why not stick velcro tabs on the back so that children can move them around on the board? Alternatively use them as a cut and stick activity (to also strengthen fine motor skills) for the children to take home and discuss with their families using words such as ‘small, smaller, smallest, big, bigger, biggest’.
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Perfect as part of a Winter topic. These Winter Robin Number cards can be displayed on the wall or printed smaller to use as flash cards. Why not allow children to practise forming the numbers with a whiteboard pen on laminated copies?…Or even use playdough to try moulding the number shapes? Also check out our Robin Alphabet cards.
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Alphabet letters on Winter robin drawings. Print one or two robins to a page for use as part of an alphabet display or four to a page for a set of flashcards. Why not allow children to practise forming the letters with a whiteboard pen on laminated copies?…Or even use playdough to try moulding the letter shapes? 0-100 Number Line also available.
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Our ‘Winter Robin Alphabet Colouring Cards’ pack includes a robin card for each letter of the alphabet and 1 blank card.
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Can you feed the hungry robins the right number of worms? Robin cards numbered 1-20 with corresponding worm counting mats. With obvious links to numbers/counting and a Winter theme, why not also use this activity to branch out into discussions about food chains, habitats and minibeasts?
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Additional Pages you may like to explore which cover relevant &/or Connected themes
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Printable ‘Beach’ teaching and learning resources include: scavenger hunts/checklists, mindfulness activity cards, cockle shell age poster, senses booklets and prompts, colouring pages, drawing/writing/mark making sheets, shell multimats, playdough/ loose part mats, art and craft activities, templates, pattern cards, natural loose part art prompts/posters, shapes, pre-writing, rockpool fact cards, symmetry, activity/movement challenges, display lettering, sand play and more!
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Printable ‘Life Cycle’ teaching and learning resources include: cyclic puzzles, frog, chicken, caterpillar/butterfly, ant/bean life cycle display packs, posters, cut and stick activities, banners, cards, playdough mats and more!
More Early Years Event Pages for January
Thursday 21st January 2027: Let's scamper and learn about squirrels! 🌰 Squirrel Appreciation Day is an annual observance, typically celebrated on January 21st. It was created in 2001 by Christy Hargrove, a wildlife…
Wednesday 20th January 2027: Waddle on over and learn about penguins! 🐧❄️ Penguin Awareness Day is an annual observance, typically celebrated on January 20th…
Sunday 17th January 2027: Let's learn about different ways people believe! 🌍🤝 World Religion Day is an annual observance, typically celebrated on the third Sunday in January. It was initiated in 1950 by the…
Monday 11th - Sunday 17th January 2027 (TBC): Let's green up our learning space! Houseplant Week UK is an annual observance, typically held in early-January. It was launched by The Joy of Plants, an initiative of the Royal…
Big Schools’ Birdwatch: January - February 2026 & Big Garden Birdwatch: Friday 29th - Sunday 31st January 2027 (TBC) | Chirp, tweet, let's count the birds! 🦜🦅 The Big Schools’ Birdwatch and The Big Garden Birdwatch are annual citizen science events organised by the RSPB (Royal Society for the…
Friday 1st - Sunday 31st January 2027: Let's put on our walking shoes (and paws)! 🐾🚶♀️ Walk Your Dog Month is an annual observance, typically celebrated throughout January. It's believed to have originated in the United States as a…
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This page is for educational purposes only and is intended to support early years and primary practitioners with ideas and resources related to 'The Big Schools’ Birdwatch' and 'The Big Garden Birdwatch'. We are not officially affiliated with or endorsed by the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds), which organises these events, other than providing their official website as a source of information about the initiative. We do not claim any rights to specific trademarks or official materials associated with these events. For official information, dates, and to participate, please visit their website at www.rspb.org.uk.

Saturday 30th January - Sunday 7th February 2027: Once upon a time... there was a special week for stories! 📚🗣️ National Storytelling Week is an annual event in the UK, organised by the Society for Storytelling. It typically takes place during…