Storytime - Owls

Books

Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood

Toddler

Little Owl's Night by Divya Srinivasan

Toddler

I'm Not Sleepy! by Jonathan Allen

Preschool

Good Night, Owl! by Pat Hutchins

Preschool

Songs/Rhymes

Owl in the Tree
Sung to: “Skip to My Lou”

Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo hoo,”
Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo hoo,”
Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo hoo,”
Hoo, hoo, hoo, my darling.

--Sunflower Storytime

Activities

Five Little Owls

Five little owls sitting in a tree
One flew away!

How many do you see?
One, two, three, four.

Four little owls sitting in a tree
One flew away!

How many do you see?
One, two, three.

Three little owls… etc.

--Sunflower Storytime

O-W-L

We spelled out the word OWL using letters I printed and laminated, then stuck onto the dry erase board with double-sided tape. Once we went over the letters used, I added an S and explained how that made the word plural. We then added other letters to the beginning of the word to find rhymes.

Craft

I printed out this owl craft from First School and the children pasted them onto a piece of brown construction paper then colored them in. Volunteers cut out the pieces ahead of time for the toddlers, while the preschoolers cut their own out.

Flannel Friday - Move Like the Animals

After a brief Flannel Friday hiatus, I'm back!

Today's post features a collection of animal movements we used for storytime this week. Each picture is from Open Clip Art Library. They were added to a word document, printed out, and laminated.

I put double sided tape on the back of each, and hung them on the dry erase board side of my flannel board. The children were invited to shout out the name of the animal and imitate their movements.

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Egg Shakers

I've wanted to make myself a set of egg shakers for quite some time, but never got around to it. But today I found the perfect set of plastic eggs for $3.50. They even come with their own case!

Right away I found some popcorn kernels, warmed up the glue gun, and got to work! I figured out real quick that I'm not coordinated enough to put the glue around the edge of the egg and quickly put the top on, so I had to resort to snapping the egg closed then gluing the seam shut. I double checked the quality of the hold by trying with all my might to open one back up, and the glue did not fail me!

The seams might look a little rough, but I don't think the babies and toddlers will know the difference.

I can't wait to try them out at my Eggcellent storytime next week!

Wee Read - Favorites

Books

Jamberry by Bruce Degen

Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin, Jr.

Baby Says Peekaboo by Dawn Sirett

Songs

Sing With Me

--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Tall as a Tree

Tall as a tree.

(stand up tall with arms over head)

Wide as a house.

(stretch arms out to sides, feet apart)

Thin as a pin.

          (arms at sides, feet together)

Small as a mouse.

          (sink down to floor and crouch)

-- source unknown

They're a Part of Me

--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

One Elephant Went Out to Play

One Elephant went out to play

Upon a spider’s web one day

He had such enormous fun

He called another elephant to come.

(HEY, ELEPHANT!)

Two elephants went out to play

Upon a spider’s web one day

They had such enormous fun,

They called another elephant to come…

etc.

--Miss Mary Liberry

Shake Your Shakers

-- Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.