Storytime Theme - Bears

 Storytime Theme: Birds 

Looking to plan a story time session with the theme bird? Look no further! This is an exhaustive resource of all bird themed books, songs, rhymes and flannel boards for a fun bird themed story time at your library or school!

Books: 

Feathers For Lunch by Eastman 

Chicken Little by Emberley 

Henny Penny by Galdone 

Duck & Goose by Hills 

Who Took The Farmer’s Hat by Nodset 

Flip, Flap, Fly! By Root 

Blue Goose by Tafuri 

Whose Chick Are You? By Tafuri 

Hooray For Birds by Lucy Cousins 

Birds by Kevin Henkes 

Birdsongs by Betsy Franco 

Cuckoo! By Fiona Robertson 

Froodle by Antoinette Portis 

Have You Heard The Nesting Bird? By Rita Gray 

Wow! Said The Owl by Tim Hopgood 

Little Quack by Lauren Thompson 

Any of The Pigeon books by Mo Willems 

Chickens to the Rescue  by John Himmelman 

Telephone by Mac Barnett 

 

Songs: 

Birds Fly High (Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star) 

Birds fly high and bees fly low, 

Caterpillers crawl and rivers flow, 

Cats meow and cows go ‘moo.’ 

Puppies bark and babies ‘coo.’ 

So many things to see and hear, 

I use my eyes and I use my ears. 

 

Six Little Ducks 

Six little ducks that I once knew, 

Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too. 

But the one little duck with the feather on its back. 

Led the others with its “Quack! Quack! Quack!” 

Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! 

He led the others with a “Quack! Quack! Quack!” 

Down to the river they would go, 

Wibble Wobble, wibble wobble, to and fro. 

But the one little duck with the feather on his back, 

He led the others with a “Quack! Quack! Quack!” 

Chorus 

Home from the river they would come, 

Wibble wobble, wibble wabble, ho hum hum. 

But the one little duck with the feather on his back, 

He led the others with a “Quack! Quack! Quack!” 

 

This Is The Way We... 

This is the way we scratch for food, scratch for food, scratch for food. 

This is the way we scratch for food, so early in the morning. 

This is the way we peck for food, peck for food, peck for food. 

This is the way we peck for food, so early in the morning. 

This is the way we flap our wings, flap our wings, flap our wings. 

This is the way we flap our wings, so early in the morning. 

This is the way we fly away, fly away, fly away. 

This is the way we fly away, so early in the morning. 

This is the way we sit on our nest, sit on our nest, sit on our nest. 

This is the way we sit on our nest, so early in the morning. 

 

Ten Little Robins 

One little, two little, three little robins. 

Four little, five little, six little robins, 

Sevel little, eight little, nine little robins. 

Ten little robin birds. 

 

Rhymes/Actions: 

See, See, See 

See, see, see (shade eyes) 

Three birds are in a tree (hold up 3 fingers) 

One can chirp (wiggle thumb) 

One can sing (wiggle index finger) 

And one is just a tiny thing (wiggle pinky) 

 

Little Bird 

I saw a little bird go hop, hop, hop (hop three times) 

I told the little bird to stop, stop, stop (hold out hand for stop) 

I went to the window to say “How do you do?” (handshake) 

He wagged his little tail and far away he flew! (shake tail and fly away) 

 

Little Birds, Little Birds 

Little birds, little birds, jump up and down. 

Little birds, little birds, don’t make a sound! 

Little birds, little birds, tip toe to me. 

Little birds, little birds, bend your knees! 

Little birds, little birds, peep, peep, peep. 

Little birds, little birds, sleep, sleep, sleep. 

Little birds, little birds, fly to the leaves! 

Little birds, little birds, sit down, please. 

 

Flannel Boards: 

Five Little Owls by Storytime Katy

Little Bird Are You in the Green Tree? By Mel’s Desk

Two Little Blackbirds by Jbrary

 

Five Feathered Birds 

Five feathered birds sitting at the door, 

One flew away and then there were four. 

Four feathered birds singing in a tree. 

One flew away and then there were three. 

Three feathered birds looking at you. 

One flew away and then there were two. 

Two feathered birds sitting in the sun. 

One flew away and then there was one. 

One feathered bird looking like a hero. 

He flew away and no there are zero. 

 

Five And Five Eggs 

Five and five eggs 

That makes ten 

Sitting on top is mother hen 

Crackle crackle crackle 

What do I see 

Ten fluffy chickens 

As yellow as can be 

 

Five Little Birds 

One little bird with feathers of blue, flew beside the green one and then there were two. 

Two little birds singing in the tree, the red one came to join them and then there were three. 

Three little birds wishing there were more, along came the pink bird and then there were four. 

Four little birds happy to be alive, found a yellow one and then there were five. 

Five little birds happy as can be, singing beautiful songs just for you and me! 

 

Five Little Blackbirds 

Five little blackbirds sitting in a tree 

One flew away! How many do you see? 

One, two, three, four. 

Four little blackbirds sitting in a tree. 

One flew away! How many do you see? 

One, two, three. 

Three little blackbirds... etc