Feathers for Lunch

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We ready a really cute picture book today, "Feathers for Lunch" by Lois Ehlert.  If you haven't come across it before, I highly recommend checking it out.  It tells the story of a cat who escapes the house and goes through the garden looking for birds to catch.  On each page there is a really cool life size picture of a common North American bird and some interesting facts to learn about each of them.

After reading the book, we felt pretty inspired and ventured outside to look for birds in our neighborhood.  We spotted some little birdies that were not featured in the book (they were blackbirds, although Silas insisted that they were Orioles like the baseball team--it sure must be tough for him to have a teacher-mother who is wrong all the time).  We also enjoyed observing quite a few insects buzzing around, including some really fascinating dragonflies.

Of course, my proud feelings of being very scientific and taking advantage of teachable moments lasted about two minutes before Silas ran back inside to grab his bat and ball.  In his mind, it's always a good time for sports and watching for birds is far too quiet of an activity. 

I am recognizing the potential need to brainstorm how to relate all subjects to a sporting event of some kind...