Eggs and Birds 3-Part Cards – set of 16 birds with eggs

Montessori style 3-part cards of 16 different birds and their eggs:

• American robin
• American crow
• blue jay
• cactus wren
• killdeer
• meadowlark
• peregrine falcon
• red-winged blackbird
• albatross
• black guillemot
• blue-footed booby
• California quail
• common murre
• great blue heron
• puffin
• barn swallow

Each “card set” (bird with egg) consists of 3 images for each set, thus “3-part cards” – special NOTE: because this set has 2 elements of identifying a bird PLUS identifying each bird’s egg, there are 5 cards in each set:

1. control card (picture of bird and egg with label) – approx size: 3.67″ x 4.25″
2. picture card of bird – approx size: 3.67″ x 3″
3. picture card of egg – approx size: 3.67″ x 3″
4. label card of bird – approx size: 3.67″ x 1.25″
5. label card of egg – approx size: 3.67″ x 1.25″

You may use all 5 cards in each set, or you can simplify and use just the bird identifying element or just the egg identifying element. Keep in mind many birds have minor differences in the look of their eggs so we did our best to capture the most common color characteristics. Some birds have more extreme variances, such as cowbirds, lay eggs to match their parasite host eggs; and common murre eggs vary drastically in color but have the unique characteristic of shape that is very interesting and worthy of knowing. Check out the varied colors of common murre eggs and you may just want to get out your paintbrush and decorate some eggs of your own!

This product is an instant downloadable digital file in PDF format. Nothing is sent in the mail.

Supplement any activity or lesson on birds with these beautiful bird illustrations. How many of these birds can be found where you live? Look at a map and learn about where other birds in this set live. Learn about the types of nests they build, environments they live in, what they eat, what sounds they make, unique habits they have and more!

Activities for using 3 part cards (print out our FREE printable “Activities for getting the most out of your 3-part cards”) include but not limited to:

• Naming and Identifying
• Matching (picture to picture, picture to label, and more!)
• Memory Game (control card to picture card, picture card to label card, etc)
• Identifying beginning only sounds
• What’s Missing?
• Mystery Bag (additional resources required)
• Create some bird or egg art of your own! We believe our bird and egg images are inspiring, and you may just want to try your hand at drawing or painting some too!
• Be creative! Make up your own games or use the cards individually for conversation starters, unit or topic initiators,  “hot and cold” games, learning a second language, parts of speech (adding different adjectives), story creation, taxonomy, the sky’s the limit!

How to prepare your card sets: We recommend printing on heavy cardstock and separating with a paper cutter or scissors into the 3 part sets. Round corners with a corner rounder punch (see our favorites page for our recommendation). For added durability, you can laminate your cards, if desired. If you are very low key, you can simply print on paper and cut, just keep in mind this style is not ideal for “memory” activities, but will overall work fine for most others.

Store in zipper pouches (see our Favorites for recommendations) or a zip-lock baggie.