Stories
English only:
- “Buzzing Bees and Baby Birds” (November 2008 Friend)
Brian builds a birdhouse for a family of birds, but he prays for help when they are attacked by bees. - “Spring’s Promise” (April 2011 Friend)
A family learns about the Atonement by watching eggs in a nest. - “The Seagulls” (July 2011 Friend)
A poem about the seagulls that saved the pioneers’ crops.
Activities
English only:
- “Butterfly Wings” (May 2009 Friend)
An action poem about butterflies and being reverent. - “For Little Friends: Peanut-Butter Bugs” (December 2000 Friend)
Instructions for making snacks that look like bugs. - “For Little Friends: Food for the Birds” (January 2005 Friend)
Instructions for homemade bird feed. - “Kitchen Crafts: Veggie Bugs” (August 2011 Friend)
Make snacks that look like ladybugs. - “Kitchen Crafts: Fruit and Veggie Butterflies” (February 2012 Friend)
Bring the beauty of nature inside with butterflies you can eat!
Media
- Music: “In the Leafy Treetops” (Children's Songbook, 240)
- Music: “The World Is So Big” (Children's Songbook, 235)
- Music: “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (Children's Songbook, 231)
- Music: “Birds in the Tree” (Children's Songbook, 241)
- LDS Media Library: Animals
Pictures of an emu, a bird’s nest and eggs, butterflies, and other animals. - LDS Media Library: Animals
Pictures of a pigeon, honeybees, seagulls, and other animals. -
English only:
- Video: “For Little Friends, April 2009: Chicks and Hens”
Windows Media Player
