--------------213A266ED9998D692885DB68 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Andy: Maybe you could get the kids involved in spotting the birds and calling out when they see something, you know, some active participation. If they have the idea that they are helping, it should really build their enthusiasm. I have asked questions like " how would you describe that bird", to get them thinking. Leslie Fisher Cecil Co Andy Rabin wrote: > In a couple of weeks I will be leading a bird walk for a group of > about 15 kids aged 7-11. This will be the first time I've led a walk > for kids. I was wondering if anybody else has any experience(s) > they'd like to share. The thing I'm most afraid of is boring them- a > lot of birdwatching can be a bunch of standing around and waiting. > That's fine for adults who are already interested in finding birds, > but this will probably be the first time most of these kids have gone > birding. I'd like to make it a positive experience for them, not an > experience akin to getting your driver's license at the MVA. I figure > I could go to a place with a lot of large, easy to spot birds (herons, > etc.) and find some nests with eggs or young. Does anyone have any > other ideas? Thanks for sharing, Andy RabinGaithersburg, > MDandyrab@wam.umd.edu Andy Rabin wrote: > In a couple of weeks I will be leading a bird walk for a group of > about 15 kids aged 7-11. This will be the first time I've led a walk > for kids. I was wondering if anybody else has any experience(s) > they'd like to share. The thing I'm most afraid of is boring them- a > lot of birdwatching can be a bunch of standing around and waiting. > That's fine for adults who are already interested in finding birds, > but this will probably be the first time most of these kids have gone > birding. I'd like to make it a positive experience for them, not an > experience akin to getting your driver's license at the MVA. I figure > I could go to a place with a lot of large, easy to spot birds (herons, > etc.) and find some nests with eggs or young. Does anyone have any > other ideas? Thanks for sharing, Andy RabinGaithersburg, > MDandyrab@wam.umd.edu --------------213A266ED9998D692885DB68 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">Hi Andy:
Andy Rabin wrote:
In a couple of weeks I will be leading a bird walk for a group of about 15 kids aged 7-11. This will be the first time I've led a walk for kids. I was wondering if anybody else has any experience(s) they'd like to share. The thing I'm most afraid of is boring them- a lot of birdwatching can be a bunch of standing around and waiting. That's fine for adults who are already interested in finding birds, but this will probably be the first time most of these kids have gone birding. I'd like to make it a positive experience for them, not an experience akin to getting your driver's license at the MVA. I figure I could go to a place with a lot of large, easy to spot birds (herons, etc.) and find some nests with eggs or young. Does anyone have any other ideas? Thanks for sharing, Andy RabinGaithersburg, MDandyrab@wam.umd.edu
Andy Rabin wrote:
In a couple of weeks I will be leading a bird walk for a group of about 15 kids aged 7-11. This will be the first time I've led a walk for kids. I was wondering if anybody else has any experience(s) they'd like to share. The thing I'm most afraid of is boring them- a lot of birdwatching can be a bunch of standing around and waiting. That's fine for adults who are already interested in finding birds, but this will probably be the first time most of these kids have gone birding. I'd like to make it a positive experience for them, not an experience akin to getting your driver's license at the MVA. I figure I could go to a place with a lot of large, easy to spot birds (herons, etc.) and find some nests with eggs or young. Does anyone have any other ideas? Thanks for sharing, Andy RabinGaithersburg, MDandyrab@wam.umd.edu
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