Intrapersonal Students will begin reflecting in their duck journal as they make a visit to the courtyard when the Mallard first returns and begins laying her eggs. The Ugly Duckling by. After listening to the story children will reflect in their journals what they felt the message of the story was. All players must waddle like a duck and quack during this game. Let the children come up with ideas of different sound and motions that could be used to accompany any version of The Ugly Duckling .
Audience has to guess the feeling classmates are portraying.
After reading In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming students will work in small groups to represent an individual animal in the story. As you reread the book, give each group of youngsters the opportunity to demonstrate the actions of their animal when it is described in the text. Naturalist Vi sit an area in which a mallard is brooding. Watch and record the events on a regular basis. Read books that include baby and adult animals.