# Squirrels, Part 1

#### Introductory Facts

Watch a one-minute video, "[Fun Facts for Kids about Squirrels](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN-b8p_4Ep8)", and a four-minute video, "[How Do Squirrels Find the Food they Hide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ckDOcVvz-k)?"

#### Activity 1

Go out and collect acorns, leaves, and twigs.

Curriculum areas: E03a, E03b, S07b, R09b

#### Activity 2

Using your acorn collection from before, or various nuts if you weren't able to find anything:  
\- sort and count the collection  
\- look at them under a magnifying glass, looking for bite marks  
\- describe the differences between the items - big, little, smooth, rough  
\- make patterns with the different items  
\- estimate how many of each you can hold in one hand, then try and count them  
[![image.png](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/scaled-1680-/E3qDHH1BrYOVjZSI-image.png)](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/E3qDHH1BrYOVjZSI-image.png)[![image.png](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/scaled-1680-/djuxDpZ1TqfGlqIa-image.png) ](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/djuxDpZ1TqfGlqIa-image.png)[![image.png](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/scaled-1680-/0zcgM3e9w9xdtzZL-image.png)](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/0zcgM3e9w9xdtzZL-image.png)

Curriculum areas: M04a, M03a, R09b, M01b, M02b, M02c

#### Lunch Snack

Make peanut butter and rice cracker squirrel faces, and use a [squirrel cookie cutter](https://www.amazon.com/LILIAO-Squirrel-Cookie-Cutters-Thanksgiving/dp/B07V8BZM5F?crid=MSTVPTOUVXPW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.2-tUwXY9tvQFUx-cl_iAurW2UdHH7w9QmYfgcVzn93PVB2S-pJIFpIqdcpMSS2pojjcu1EkwGjGVDtRXARg1FKJyrVkPyOWrHbhT_7MHFnOZ2opce5sQHpyZRRuMJ3e3q8dyeXux1vAV3Bnd5UmPaGXxg7Jcn6SEEjBjKhs_VnrDbge13JviGHUEHUp9bDSCXT-BEyOvxqUNVNhfogtXygW1fpy-HTMtNzf29TM12HTNkRG_MRfKtlVTTZ9dOikUwEZWiAba9DeVs2F9UQLnn9oNq-9anNYgi4gdJaRo-2E.BRdHbu5eqyrxFprkTD0j4KTCFt-onjmEuuGgDdShipc&dib_tag=se&keywords=squirrel-shaped+cookie+cutter&qid=1731204857&sprefix=squirrel-shaped+cookie+cutt%2Caps%2C227&sr=8-7) to make fruit kebabs on the side.

[![image.png](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/scaled-1680-/8uEv0XtUEpSEDiIs-image.png)](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/8uEv0XtUEpSEDiIs-image.png)[![image.png](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/scaled-1680-/sfh36IWyXXveIePn-image.png)](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/sfh36IWyXXveIePn-image.png)

Curriculum areas: S13b, S13c

#### Activity 3

Make a [squirrel feeder](https://funlearningforkids.com/nuts-book-activity-squirrel-feeder/).

[![image.png](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/scaled-1680-/o5ZjlSveDjWcKmtJ-image.png)](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/o5ZjlSveDjWcKmtJ-image.png)

Curriculum areas: E02a, E02c

#### Activity 4 

Play acorn bingo: draw a grid each, and take turns rolling a dice to see how many nuts you can put on it; the first person to cover all the squares wins

[![image.png](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/scaled-1680-/TYSDTbKHZ1is4UgJ-image.png)](https://wiki.srp.life/uploads/images/gallery/2024-11/TYSDTbKHZ1is4UgJ-image.png)

There are lots more squirrel and acorn activities [here](https://www.prekprintablefun.com/squirrels-and-acorns-lesson-planning-page.html)!