Duck Race
Children line up at a designated starting line. At the word "waddle" they bend over, grab their ankles and begin waddling toward the finish point. The child first to finish, without letting go of his or her ankles, WINS. Asking children to quack while waddling is ducky too.
Flying Paper Duck Craft
Materials: A paper plate, glue, stapler, pencil, yellow and orange construction paper, yellow paint, black marker, string, and a hole punch.
Method: Trace the child’s hand on yellow paper and cut it out. Fold a paper plate in half and paint it yellow. After it dries, staple the hand shape onto the left side of the plate to become the tail feathers. Cut out a 3" circle from the yellow paper for the duck head and cut an oval from the orange paper for the duck’s bill. Make a tab on the end of the bill by folding in half and glue it to the end of the circle. Draw eyes with the marker or glue on "googly" eyes. Punch a hole in the top of the plate, thread string through it and hang up to fly.
Fun Fingerplays – All the Little Ducklings
All the little duckings line up in a row.
(Stand up in a line.)
Quack, quack, quack away they go.
(Clap 3 times and then walk in place.)
They follow their mother waddling to and fro.
(Put hands behind like a tail then waddle.)
Quack, quack, quack, and away they go.
(Clap 3 times then waddle away.)
Miss Pennypack’s Funnies
Question: What happens when ducks fly upside down?
Answer: They quack up!
Question: What does a duck say when he buys something?
Answer: "Please put it on my bill!"
Question: How do you get down from an elephant?
Answer: You don’t. You get down from a duck!
Listen to Feathered Friends in the audio player, below.