**Note: This page is for educational inspiration and is not officially affiliated with National Robin Day. National Robin Day is an annual UK observance, typically celebrated on December 21st, the shortest day of the year. It was launched in 2016 by the charity SongBird Survival to raise awareness of not only robins but also all small garden birds who may struggle to survive the cold winter months. It's a day dedicated to appreciating the beloved robin, a familiar and often iconic garden bird, particularly associated with winter and Christmas in the UK, and highlighting the importance of supporting garden wildlife. For official information and to learn more about this initiative, please visit the SongBird Survival website: www.songbird-survival.org.uk/national-robin-day.
Monday 21st December 2026
Understanding National Robin Day in EYFS & KS1
Chirp, chirp, little red breast! ��🔴 National Robin Day is an annual UK observance, typically celebrated on December 21st, coinciding with the shortest day of the year. This day was launched in 2016 by the charity SongBird Survival and is dedicated to appreciating the beloved robin, one of the UK's most familiar and iconic garden birds, particularly associated with winter and the festive season. It's a charming way to highlight the beauty of these small birds, their resilience, and the importance of supporting garden wildlife, especially as the weather gets colder.
For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, this day provides a delightful and nature-focused theme for exploring wildlife, seasons (winter), environmental awareness, observation skills, and caring for living things. It's about fostering a connection with local nature, understanding the needs of birds, and encouraging kindness towards animals. This day offers wonderful planning ideas and inspiration for engaging activities that truly resonate with young minds, making learning about ecology and animal welfare both fascinating and compassionate.
Why Is Teaching About Birds & Wildlife Important for Young Children?
Integrating lessons about birds and wildlife, especially iconic ones like the robin, into your practice with young children (aged 0-7) can help foster their understanding of the natural world, promoting empathy, and encouraging a sense of responsibility towards living creatures.
Environmental Stewardship: Helps children understand biodiversity and the importance of protecting local wildlife and their habitats.
Observation Skills: Encourages close observation of nature, developing attention to detail and scientific inquiry.
Understanding Life Cycles: Learning about birds can introduce concepts of life cycles, feeding, and nesting.
Empathy & Care: Fosters a sense of care and responsibility towards animals, understanding their needs, particularly in winter.
Sensory Exploration: Engaging with nature (listening to bird song, observing movement) provides rich sensory experiences.
Literacy & Numeracy: Bird themes can be integrated into counting, sorting, letter recognition, and descriptive writing activities.
Engaging Robin & Wildlife Activities for National Robin Day (0-7 Year Olds)
Make National Robin Day a truly observant and caring experience with these planning ideas and activities perfect for EYFS and KS1 children. The focus is on appreciating robins, learning about birds, and helping wildlife in winter! Many of these early years and year 1 activities can be supported by our dedicated 'Birds' page and 'Helping Wildlife in Winter' resources.
Here's some inspiration for connecting with robins and other winter wildlife 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.)
Robin Spotting: Go on a "robin hunt" in your outdoor area or local park. Provide children with binoculars (even homemade ones!) and encourage quiet observation. Use our 'Garden Birdwatch Mat' and 'Garden Birdwatch Checklist' to track sightings. You could also use 'Birdwatch Draw What You See - Binoculars'.
Learning About Robins: Focus specifically on the robin. Use our 'Robin Body Parts - Poster & Writing Sheets' to learn about its features. Read books about robins.
Helping Wildlife in Winter: Discuss how we can help robins and other birds when food is scarce. Display 'Helping Wildlife In Winter - Banner' and 'Helping Wildlife In Winter' Poster'. Use 'Helping Wildlife In Winter' Cards and Colouring' for discussions and activities. Create simple bird feeders (e.g., pine cones covered in lard and bird seed).
"Feed the Robin" Activities: Engage fine motor skills and early learning with our 'Feed The Robin Pencil Control Mats', and 'Feed The Robin Pencil Control Activity Sheets'.
Robin-Themed Literacy & Numeracy:
Letters & Sounds: Play 'Feed The Robin Letters & Sounds Dice Game - Phase 2 & 3' to practice phonics. Use 'Winter Robin Alphabet Display Posters/Flashcards' and 'Winter Robin Alphabet Colouring Cards'.
Counting: Use 'Winter Robin/Worms Number/Counting Activity', 'Winter Robin Number Line/Posters/Cards 0-100' and 'UK Birds Number Slice Puzzles (1-5 & 1-10)' to practice numbers.
Bird Art & Craft: Provide colouring sheets for various birds. Our 'UK Garden Birds Colouring' are great for this. You could also use 'Decorate A Bird Box Multimat - Playdough, Loose Parts, Art & Crafts' for creative expression.
Other Garden Birds: Extend the learning to other common garden birds. Use 'UK Garden Bird 2-Piece Puzzles', 'UK Garden Bird Pom Pom Mats', and 'Garden Birdwatch Egg Match Game'. Learn about body parts with Body Parts Poster & Writing Sheets for Blue Tit, Blackbird , Pigeon, Magpie and Sparrow.
Winter Wildlife: Discuss how animals adapt to winter. Use 'Animals In Winter UK Hibernation Poster' and 'Winter Size Ordering Picture Activities'.
General Bird Resources: Display our 'Birds - Display Banner', and use 'Birds - Silhouette Puzzles', 'Birds - 0-20 Counting Display Posters/Cards', 'Birds - 0-20 Colour And Count Display Posters/Cards'. Children can draw their favourite bird using 'My Favourite Garden Bird Sheets' or 'Design Your Own UK Garden Bird Sheets'. Play games with 'Garden Birdwatch Picture Snap Cards Game'.
Life Cycles: Our 'Endless Life Cycle Puzzles' can be used to discuss the life cycle of a bird.
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 National Robin Day a memorable and impactful experience in your early years and Key Stage One setting, fostering environmental awareness, observation skills, empathy for wildlife, 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: ‘National Robin Day’
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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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Bird related activities for EYFS & KS1:
‘Birds’ Display banner featuring: umbrella bird, vulture, robin, seagull, nightingale, swallow, penguin, buzzard, flamingo, magpie and barn owl.
Observation, Posters/Displays, Emperor Penguin
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This matching puzzle has a different connection for each set to allow the children to self-correct
‘Birds Silhouette Puzzles’ featuring: pigeon, vulture, seagull, robin, buzzard, magpie, blackbird, duck, barn owl, swallow, chicken, flamingo, goose and penguin.
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Our ‘birds’ counting posters include 20 different birds to making counting fun!
Birds featured include: penguin, duck, seagull, umbrella bird, flamingo, barn owl, quail, chicken, vulture, pigeon, magpie, goose, nightingale, buzzard, canary, blue tit, blackbird, sparrow, robin and swallow.
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Our ‘birds’ colour and count posters include 20 different birds to making counting fun!
Birds featured include: penguin, duck, seagull, umbrella bird, flamingo, barn owl, quail, chicken, vulture, pigeon, magpie, goose, nightingale, buzzard, canary, blue tit, blackbird, sparrow, robin and swallow.
Observation, Posters/Displays, Magpie, Robin, Buzzard, Seagull, Swallow, Penguins, Emperor Penguin, Flamingo, Owl, General Birds Topic, Pigeon, Blackbird, Duck, Chicken, Goose, Puzzles, Games, Fine Motor, Shape, Umbrella Bird, Quail, Vulture, Nightingale, Canary, Blue Tit, Sparrow, Counting, Number Recognition and Ordering, Colouring, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing
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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.
Observation, UK Birds, Posters/Displays, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Magpie, Pigeon, Robin
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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.)
Observation, Problem Solving, Fine Motor, Activities, Puzzles, Games, Matching Activities, UK Birds, 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
Observation, Fine Motor, Activities, UK Birds, Colouring, Take Home, Pencil Control, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Magpie, Pigeon, Robin
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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!
Observation, Fine Motor, Activities, UK Birds, Take Home, Pencil Control, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Drawing, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Magpie
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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.
Observation, UK Birds, Posters/Displays, Blue Tit, Magpie, Blackbird, Pigeon, Robin
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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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.
Observation, Fine Motor, Activities, UK Birds, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Take Home, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Blue Tit, 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.
Observation, Fine Motor, Activities, UK Birds, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Take Home, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Pigeon, 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.
Observation, Fine Motor, Activities, UK Birds, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Take Home, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Magpie, 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.
Observation, Fine Motor, Activities, UK Birds, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Take Home, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Robin, Body Parts, Woodland
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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
Observation, Problem Solving, Fine Motor, Activities, Games, Matching Activities, UK Birds, Counting, Group Activities, Turn Taking, Number Recognition and Ordering, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Magpie, Pigeon, Robin
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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!
Observation, Fine Motor, Activities, UK Birds, Take Home, Pencil Control, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Drawing, Woodland
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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
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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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.
Observation, UK Birds, Posters/Displays, Cards/Flashcards, Games, Activities, Group Activities, Matching Activities, Turn Taking, Magpie, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Pigeon, Robin
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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Pack includes 3 pages: poster for display and modelling, version with blank labels for writing, plus a writing template with initial sounds for labels.
Posters/Displays, Activities, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Fine Motor, Observation, Problem Solving, Penguins, Body Parts, Zoo, Polar, Emperor Penguin, Birds Around the World
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Help the penguins find fish!
Game for three players.
Takes turns to turn a card. If it is an ‘X’ turn the card back over. If it is a fish put it on your collection card.
The first player to get five fish is the winner!
Observation, Penguins, Problem Solving, Counting, Turn Taking, Games, Group Activities, Number Recognition and Ordering, Fine Motor, Zoo, Banded Penguin, Birds Around the World
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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Challenge your children to create the right number of playdough fish for each penguin. Laminate the sheets first for multiple uses with groups of children.
Observation, Penguins, Problem Solving, Counting, Number Recognition and Ordering, Fine Motor, Activities, Playdough/Loose Parts, Zoo, Polar, Emperor Penguin, Birds Around the World
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1-10 ‘Feed the Penguin’ themed number recognition and counting puzzles. Match the number on each penguin to the correct quantity of fish. Practise counting objects which cannot be moved. Appropriate for all ages within early years used in different ways at different levels. Use as a table or floor activity or part of an interactive display board. Left uncut, can be used as flashcards or for number ordering games.
Observation, Penguins, Problem Solving, Counting, Number Recognition and Ordering, Fine Motor, Activities, Puzzles, Games, Matching Activities, Zoo, Polar, Emperor Penguin, Birds Around the World
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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, Body Parts, Sparrow, Woodland
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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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Please visit our ‘Birds’ page to browse our entire collection of educational materials on this theme.
Additional Pages you may like to explore which cover relevant &/or Connected themes
CLICK HERE to visit the ‘BEACH SCHOOL’ PAGE.
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!
CLICK HERE to visit ‘LIFE CYCLES’ PAGE.
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!
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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 'National Robin Day'. We are not officially affiliated with or endorsed by SongBird Survival, which launched this observance, 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 this day. For official information and to learn more about the campaign, please visit their website at www.songbird-survival.org.uk/national-robin-day.
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