O is for Owls

ASL O and Owl

O Template – Color it orange and glue Cheerios to cover this week

O tracer pages

I Spy O

O is for Opposites: use images like these to make cards to match
You can play the game verbally in the car or around the table by asking things such as “If I am not hot I am….
If we are not down we are …… If it is not night then it is …..”

Eric Carles Opposites

Tana Hoban’s Exactly the Opposite

Shape – Octogon If you haven’t already, consider printing a shape template page to add to the binder/mini-office.

Montessori Trays:
scoop cheerios into varied containers
peel oranges
make paper chains by gluing long strips of paper into intersecting O’s

Science: read about owls. Discuss the term nocturnal. Dissecting owl pellets is a big hit in grade schools. Older Funschoolers who are game can try this virtual dissection.
O is for oil as well. Demonstrate that oil and water do not mix. Can make a discovery bottle to display.

Coordination Games: make O rings out of paper plates. See if your Funschooler can spin them on an arm, finger, or on a stick.

Lit:

Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel
Owls by Gail Gibbons
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
All about Owls by Jim Arnosky (renowned nature artist/author!)
Tiger with Wings by Barbara Esbensen
I’m Not Scared by Jonathan Allen

Classic Lit:
The Owl and the Pussycat

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat

I.

1The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
2 In a beautiful pea-green boat:
3They took some honey, and plenty of money
4 Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
5The Owl looked up to the stars above,
6 And sang to a small guitar,
7″O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love,
8 What a beautiful Pussy you are,
9 You are,
10 You are!
11 What a beautiful Pussy you are!

II.

12Pussy said to the Owl, “You elegant fowl,
13 How charmingly sweet you sing!
14Oh! let us be married; too long we have tarried:
15 But what shall we do for a ring?”
16They sailed away, for a year and a day,
17 To the land where the bong-tree grows;
18And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood,
19 With a ring at the end of his nose,
20 His nose,
21 His nose,
22 With a ring at the end of his nose.

III.

23″Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
24 Your ring?” Said the Piggy, “I will.”
25So they took it away, and were married next day
26 By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
27They dined on mince and slices of quince,
28 Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
29And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
30 They danced by the light of the moon,
31 The moon,
32 The moon,
33 They danced by the light of the moon.
A favorite poet is Ogden Nash. Sorta should be N I suppose but who forgets a name like Ogden?

Crafts:
Owl Coloring pages – color a simple owl shape and cut out. Glue to navy or black cardstock. Glue a small twig to the page to make the owl appear to be perched in the tree. Can cut out a small yellow circle to place in the ‘sky’ as a moon.

Make a Paper Plate Owl

Snacks: oreos, Cheerios, oranges (slice into circles) olives, onion rings, donuts : )

Fingerplay:

Five wise old owls
Sat on a barn door
One flew away
And then their were four
Four wise old owls
Sat down for tea
One fell in his cup
And then there were three
Three wise old owls
Hooted on cue
One lost his voice
And then there wer two
Two wise old owls
Weren’t having any fun
So one fell asleep
And then there were One
One wise old owl
In the setting sun
Flew off to the forest
And then there were none.

Poem for memorizing (I love this one!):
A wise old owl
lived in an oak;
the more he saw
the less he spoke;
the less he spoke
the more he heard.
Why can’t we all be
like that wise old bird.

O is for Obedience
Our bible lessons this week focus upon the 10 Commandments. God asks us to obey. Why? Because obedience is the only way to be truly happy and our obedience makes those around us happier as well. It also shows God we love him hence our memory verse:
“If you love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15
Make Moses’ stone tablets and display them as a reminder. Children should understand that obedience is not only for children. We are all called to obey. Good opportunity to remind children that, as in many areas of life, we do not lead far out ahead nor push from behind but that we are fellow travelers with them.