Are You My Mother?

The Seoul International Playgroup has resumed for the school year, with a new format. The leadership team is taking turns planning and leading playgroup to allow for mom's to miss when needed (kid is sick, appointment, etc).

Playgroup usually follows this pattern:
Free Play
Welcome Song
Circle time (Bible verse, songs, story time)
Snack
Free Play
Craft
Free Play
Clean up

We try to coordinate the activities for the day - usually surrounding whatever book we have chosen to read.

Today was my first playgroup of the year - and my first time to lead the group. We read the book, "Are You My Mother"- and did a bird nest craft to go along with it.  Thank-you, Pintrest, for your unfailing supply of craft ideas.

To prepare, I drew a picture of a Mother bird and a baby bird on thick (cardboard) material and cut it out.  I then traced it onto other colored pages (you could have older toddlers/preschoolers do this!) and cut them out so they would be ready to use.  Using a paper cutter, I cut thin strips of brown construction paper and then further cut them down to a fourth of the length of the paper to make twigs for the birds nest.  

Marc had a great time using a glue stick on the paper plate, placing the "nest" material on the plate -he opted out of the brown "twigs" - and then putting the baby bird in the nest with the mommy.

Of course, it was not complete until he colored the birds.  

This craft was so easy to do and the final product is so cute!  Marc was so proud of his handiwork that it was the first thing he showed his Daddy when he came home from work.

 We are looking forward to more fun crafts to come!