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Habitat: Backyard

Book: On Meadowview Street by Henry Cole

Description:

Caroline lives on Meadowview Street. But where's the meadow? Wheres the view? Henry Cole tells a wonderful story of a 'lawn' that becomes 'habitat' for all kinds of interesting creatures and beautiful birds.

On Meadowview Street
Activities:

Participate in the Cornell Lab's Celebrate Urban Birds project. Learn to identify and count common birds, plus dozens of ideas for interdisciplinary art projects.

Pass out copies of the Celebrate Urban Birds " Little Green Places" poster and explore as a group the various bird-friendly plants on the back. Then pot sunflower seeds (or other flowers from the poster) for children to take home.

 

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