the best BIRD ever

using this as inspiration

my middle kids

drew these pictures

of the best BIRD ever
as we learned about

primary and secondary

flight feathers.

portrait study

borrowing a page from here

the kids made these portraits of birds.

i couldn't find any calenders, i know i have a million of them somewhere,

but i had a box of these greeting cards, which were perfect.

even littlest son enjoyed doing his own portrait of this bird.

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and this was my daughters' notebook page on hummingbirds.

she is the one who enjoys these endeavors the most.

i have a hard time throwing any of her work away because

it is always so pretty!

ps. thanks nina for a great resource on hummingbirds.

i am going to try and order that today!

thumbprints

my kids have more fun making these little thumbprint pictures.

there are books you can buy, of course.

we happen to have this one :

and a few others from klutz,

but all they really need is a stamp-pad,
a pen or pencil, some paper and a little imagination!
this actually keeps my little one quite busy,
note the serious look on his face.