THE BIRD GAME.

(Children guess the birds. For seat work, draw or model the birds.)

1.

Let us play the bird game.
What bird are you, Helen?

I am a song bird.

I come early in the spring.
My throat is full of sweet songs.

I sing about the spring.

I am a pretty bird.

My coat is like a bit of the sky.

2.

What bird are you, Frank?
My coat is all black.

I am larger than the bluebird.
Farmers do not like me.

I am not a song bird.

When I try to sing, I say:
"Caw! caw! caw!"

I like to steal the farmer's corn.

3.

What bird are you, Mary?
I am a song bird.

I am not so large as the crow.
I sing a very sweet song.

It makes you think of summer.
My coat is. like sunshine.

I look just like sunshine
changed into a bird.

4.

What bird are you, Henry?
I am a large bird.

I have a pretty red cap.

My coat is black and white.
It is very pretty.

I can not sing much.

I can tap, tap, tap, iust like
a hammer.

5.

What bird are you, Willie?
I am a song bird.

My coat is brown.
My vest is red.

I come early in the spring.
Every one likes me.

I sing in the sunshine.
I sing in the rain.

I sing "cheer up! cheer up!"

6.

What bird are you, little Anna?
I am not a song bird.

I look like a yellow ball.
I can not sing.

I just say "peep! peep!"

......

My mother says "cluck! cluck!"

I am the white hen's baby.

What does little birdie say,

In her nest at peep of day? "Let me fly," says little birdie; "Mother, let me fly away."

"Birdie, rest a little longer,

Till the little wings are stronger."

So she rests a little longer,

Then she flies, she flies away.

What does little baby say,

In her bed at peep of day? Baby says, like little birdie, “Let me rise and fly away." "Baby, sleep a little longer,

Till the little limbs are stronger." If she sleeps a little longer,

Baby, too, shall fly away.