Owl Storytime

hoot! hoot!

this morning the babies and i got in touch with our wise old owl selves. 

we read the following picture books together:   

wow! said the owl, by tim hopgood

good for: color association, repetition

good-night, owl! by pat hutchins

good for: animal sounds, repetition, humor

in my opinion, good-night owl! by pat hutchins
goes by smoother during story time

 when you paper-clip some of the pages to shorten it.

i made this flannel to go along with the following rhyming game:

"barn owl, barn owl, where could you be? 

are you under the purple tree? 

let's see!"

   

i adapted the traditional 2 little black birds rhyme:

"two little barn owls 

sitting on a hill

one named jack, one named jill

fly away jack, fly away jill

come back jack, come back jill!

two little barn owls

sitting on a cloud

one flew quiet, one flew loud!

come back quiet, come back loud!"

i've finally learned a new song on the ukulele,

which i copied from the children's librarian
at greenwood public library.

here's are the lyrics w/ the chords, 

 using a simple island strum: 

                                             C

i'm in the mood for singing

                                            C                       G7

hey, how about you?

                                            C                           

i'm in the mood for singing,

                                            C                       G7

hey, how about you?

                                            C                                    

i'm in the mood for singing,

                                            C                            F

singing along with you!

                                                       C

hey, hey

                                           G7

what do you say?

                                            C                                 F

i'm in the mood for that today

                                                       C

hey, hey

                                              G7

what do you say?

                                            C

i'm in the mood for that!

here's her youtube video: 

happy storytime,

courtney