Summary
Peep, Chirp, and Quack — a chicken, a robin, and a duck — watch how a bird gathers materials and builds a nest to meet its needs. Like every Peep story, it models the science-inquiry habits of observing closely, asking questions, and trying things out, which makes it a gentle fit for a preK–1 science circle.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Peep and friends watch an animal build or make something it needs.
- What did the animal build or make in this story?
- Why did it need to build that?
- What materials did it use?
- How do people build things to meet the same kind of need?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: build, nest, shelter, material, need.
Try it: Using only paper or sticks, try to build a tiny nest that could hold one cotton ball 'egg.' Did it hold?