OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them*<\/strong><\/p>\n GUESSING GAME: Where’s Baby Duckling?<\/strong> BOOK: Wow! Said the Owl<\/a><\/strong> by HOPGOOD FLANNEL RHYME: Hoot Owl Count<\/strong><\/p>\n Five hoot owls sitting in a tree Four hoot owls sitting in a tree Three hoot owls…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n FLANNEL SONG: Owl in the Tree<\/strong> Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo hoo,” Robin in the nest goes, “Tweet, tweet, tweet…” LITERACY TIP: Vocabulary<\/strong> FLANNEL SONG: A Hunting We Will Go*<\/strong> BOOK: Over in the Meadow<\/a><\/strong> by WADSWORTH, illus. by David A Carter FINGERPLAY: Two Little Blackbirds<\/strong><\/p>\n Two little blackbirds sitting on a wall BONUS LITERACY TIP!<\/strong> Acting out little rhymes like these helps build vocabulary, because your movements reinforce what the words mean.<\/em><\/p>\n ACTION RHYME: This is Big Big Big*<\/strong> <\/p>\n CLOSING SONG: Sneeze Game*<\/strong> <\/p>\n *Check out the My Baby Storytime<\/a> page for the words and\/or citations for these weekly activities!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There’s nothing particularly wintery about birds, I guess, but since our skill of the month is Vocabulary, this worked well today! OPENING SONG: Hello Song* OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them* GUESSING GAME: Where’s Baby Duckling? I made four different … Continue reading
\nI made four different colored eggs from felt, cut them in half with a jaggedy edge. Then I hide a felt duck (this one was from a counting set we have) under one of the eggs. This is a good thing to do first, since you can set up the flannel before everyone comes in. Ask, “Baby Duck, are you in the spotted egg?” Look in each egg till you find the duckling!<\/em>
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\nThis is a cute short new picture book about an owl who stays awake during the day and is amazed by all the colors she sees!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOne flew away! How many do you see?
\nOne, two, three, four.<\/p>\n
\nOne flew away! How many do you see?
\nOne, two, three.<\/p>\n
\nSing to: Skip to My Lou.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOwl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo hoo,”
\nOwl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo hoo,”
\nSkip to my lou, my darling.<\/p>\n
\nDuck in the pond goes, “Quack, quack, quack…”
\nRooster in the yard goes, “Cock a doodle doo…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nWhen children know many words, it’s easier for them to learn to read, because it’s easier to sound out words that you already know! Help them learn by using a variety of terms. Instead of just saying, “Bird,” say, duck, owl, parrot, hen.<\/em>\t <\/p>\n
\nToday we used duck\/truck, owl\/towel, parrot\/carrot, hen\/pen<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThis is one of my favorite songs, so I always sing this book! We did the first 6 verses, which in this version includes the owl and let us finish with “crow,” which is a nice lead-in to…<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHold pointer fingers out in front of you<\/em>
\nOne named Peter, one named Paul
\nWiggle one finger, then the other<\/em>
\nFly away Peter! Fly away Paul!
\nMove one finger behind your back, then the other<\/em>
\nCome back Peter! Come back Paul!
\nBring one finger back in front, then the other<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n