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Birds in the backyard

Tune into the birds you can hear and see in your backyard! These links will help to improve your child's listening and reading skills, through activities such as identifying common birds in South Australia and making a bird feeder to attracts more birds to your backyard. Helping your child to listen more carefully is important for their reading skills.

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Teacher notes

Learning opportunities:

  • exploring the natural world
  • observation and listening skills
  • noticing, identification, matching, visualising
  • environmental considerations.

EYLF outcomes:

  • learning outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners
  • learning outcome 5: Children are effective communicators.