Q is for Quail

For our Q unit, we learned about birds. However, in addition to the general bird theme, we talked about Numbers 11:4-11, 31-34. So our themes (in addition to birds) were being thankful AND not grumbling/complaining. Here is our lapbook:

 

Our printables came from Homeschool Share here and here.  The first photo features our “bird” stuff. The second photo features our “being thankful/not complaining” stuff. KJ drew a scene from The Biggest House in the World in the top drawing and a scene from “Gertrude McFuzz” in Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories in the bottom drawing. Both books provide a great way to illustrate the whole concept of being thankful for you have rather than complaining about it! Here are some other books that we read with the same theme of gratitude:

Back to the bird theme…we also made bird feeders using pinecones, peanut butter, and seeds. All of the kids got to participate in this one. However, we never did see any birds eat from the pinecones. Perhaps it was because the kids wanted to hang the bird feeders on the tree close to the side of the house. (The only way we could have seen any birds at the feeder is if we were outside…)

The highlight of our week with quails was making an edible bird nest. It was a HUGE hit with all the kids. Well, anything made with chocolate is a big hit in  my house!!!
You can get instruction on making the nest here!

Finally, here are some of the bird themed books that we used:

Well, that was about it for our unit on quails!!!