http://www.geocities.com/thelearningleapthemes/springhassprung.html

http://www.mrspohlmeyerskinderpage.com/oviparous.htm

http://www.beehappyteaching.com/eggandchick.htm

http://www.first-school.ws/activities/books/animals/wild/5ducks.htm

http://www.kinderbees.com

http://www.dgl.salemstate.edu/Profs/Young/Ducks/DUCKS.htm (information and lesson plans for Make Way for Ducklings)

http://www.littlegiraffes.com/oviparous.html

http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/it_started_as_an_egg.html

1.  There are several projects that you can create with your students using the books from TLC art that integrate with this theme.  Visit this web site for more information.

                                  www.tlclessons.com

2.  Another site that has many easy art ideas for Pre-K and primary students is DLTK for Kids.  Visit this web site at:  http://www.dltk-kids.com. There is a cute duck for kids to color or one you can print in color when you do poems, songs, and other literature in this unit.

    I have found some great sites online for teachers needing emergent books for their guided reading groups.  On the sites listed below, you can find books to incorporate with a theme.  The books are in a black-line format for you to print out for students to read.  Some of the sites are free while others do charge a nominal fee.

 http://members.shaw.ca/primarysuccessideas/ Printable blackline books for Spring.

http://www.marcias-lesson-links.com/VeryEmergentReaders.html

http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/printable_booklets.html

http://www.kinderreaders.com - This site has many books that you can print, for a fee.  The book I use is calledTHE LITTLE YELLOW CHICK.

    Make a rhyming book about baby birds.  This activity may be found in the I CAN MAKE IT!  I CAN READ IT! book, Grade 1, from  the Mailbox.  There are several books in this series for kindergarten and first grade.  In this book there is another activity book to make called MY RIDDLE BOOK OF ANIMALS.  The egg-shaped book has many facts and pictures students can read about oviparous animals. To review the book, go to:

                             www.themailbox.com