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Set out pine cones or 2-inch pompoms and let your children
choose the ones they want to use for owl bodies. Cut feet
and triangular beaks out of yellow felt. Invite the children
to glue the shapes onto their owl bodies. Then help them attach
self-stick reinforcement labels for eyes, using glue, if necessary.
OWL PUPPETS
Have your children paint paper plates brown for owl faces.
When the paint has dried, let them glue on yellow paper
triangles for beaks and brown paper triangles for "ears"
(actually feather tufts). To make eyes, have them glue
small black paper circles in the center of flattened paper
baking cups. Then show them how to glue the eyes on either
side of the owl beaks. To complete the puppets, glue or
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OWL COUNTERS
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For each of your children, draw a long horizontal branch
on a piece of paper. Choose a number you are working on,
such as five, and write the numeral 5 underneath the branch.
Invite the children to use washable inkpads and an owl
rubber stamp to make prints of five owls perching on the
branch on their papers. Or let them make thumbprint owls,
adding details with fine point markers. Encourage the
children to use their pictures for counting practice.
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OWL
GAME CARDS
Using books or Internet sources, find pictures of four
different kinds of owls. Make four copies of each picture
and glue the pictures onto separate index cards to create
16 cards in all. Use the cards for playing these games
with your children.
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Set our three pictures of the same owl and one
picture of a different owl. Which one doesn't belong? |
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Mix up the cards and then sort them by kind into
four piles. |
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Lay the cards out face down and play a game of
Concentration. |
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LET'S BE OWLS
Invite your children to try these activities.
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Owls have excellent night vision. Name some things
owls might be able to see in the dark that we can't. |
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Owls are silent flyers. Pretend to be owls and fly
quietly around the room. |
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Owls make hooting sounds. Practice perching on a pretend
branch and calling out, "Whooo, whooo." |
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LITTLE OWL
One little owl when the moon was new,
Along came another owl, and that made two.
Two little owls perched high in the tree,
Along came another owl, and that made three.
Three little owls flew to the barn door,
Along came another owl, and that made four.
Four little owls lined up side by side,
Along came another owl, and that made five.
Five little owls hooted "Whoo, whoo, whoo,"
Then they all flapped their wings and away they flew.
Use the rhyme as a fingerplay. Or invite your children to act
it out with their Owl Puppets, above. |
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LITTLE OWL
Tune: "Jingle Bells"
Little owl, little owl
High up in the tree.
Little owl, little owl
Blinks his eyes at me.
Hooting loud, hooting soft,
Hooting all night long.
I just love that little owl
And love his hooting song.
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PEANUT
BUTTER OWLS
Let your children spread peanut butter on round crackers or
bread rounds for owl faces. Give them triangles cut from cheese
slices to place on their owl faces for beaks. Then let them
add olive slices for eyes.
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