Robins, sparrows, wagtails...

Did I ever mention Spring is my very favorite season? Well, it is. I was born in Spring. I can't help contradicting T.S Eliot, for I DO NOT think "April is the cruellest month".
Jokes aside, something that fills my heart with happiness is the sight of birds coming everyday to eat from the bird feeders we made last winter.

As a tribute to the birds, we have done a collage and I am happy to share it. I like the result and the process was a non directed activity, age appropriate for a 2 year-old-toddler, as well as interesting.
I I don't have any pictures of the invitation to paint, but as you can guess from the finished collage, there were some paper clippings -deliberately cut in the shape of a tree, ovals for the birds' bodies, triangles for the beaks, little rectangles for the legs, and so on. There were sponges and some little plates with finger paint.
M was free to paint as she wanted, as you can also see. After the pieces were dry, we glued the birds and the trees and voilà!!  

Spring activities

I guess this activity is so simple that I could just let the images speak by themselves. I wanted to start creating some Spring-related invitations to work and this idea just came to my mind. 

To set it up you only need some bottle caps (I always keep some just in case), thick cardboard (I used a cereal box turned inside out), and a little basket or box to place the bottle caps. Any design can be done, which is great. My toddler completed two patterns very quickly but I think I will prepare more 'cause she showed great interest.