Owl Story Time – Toddler

Opening song

Sign language: owl

Book: Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood

wow said the owl

Flannel: Little Owl Count

5 little owls on a dark, dark night.
5 little owls are quite a sight.
5 little owls! Are you keeping score?
1 flies away and that leaves 4

4 little owls as happy as can be
1 flies away and that leaves 3

3 little owls calling, “Who, who, who.”
1 flies away and that leaves 2

2 little owls having lots of fun
1 flies away and that leaves 1

1 little owl and we’re almost done,
He flies away and that leaves none

(Source: Upper Hudson Library System)

Song: “Be Like an Owl” (tune: of “London Bridges”)

Flap your wings and fly around, fly around, fly around.
Flap your wings and fly around, just like an owl.

Open your eyes big and wide, big and wide, big and wide.
Open your eyes big and wide, just like an owl.

Land on the ground and hop along, hop along, hop along.
Land on the ground and hop along, just like an owl.

Turn your head and say who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who,
Turn your head and say who, who, just like an owl.

(Source: Upper Hudson Library System)

Book: Little Owl’s Night by Divya Srinivasan

little-owls-night

Rhyme: “Wide-Eyed Owl”

There’s a wide eyed owl (thumbs and forefingers around eyes)
With a pointed nose, (forefinger makes a v at end of nose)
Two pointed ears, (forefingers extended up from head)
and claws for toes, (fingers and arms bent in front of chest)
When he sits up in the tree, (point to tree)
and he looks at you, (point at a child in the group)
he flaps his wings, (fold arms into arm pits and flap)
And he says ‘Whoo Whoo.’

Song: “Toes are Tapping “ – Kimbo Educational: It’s Toddler Time

Book: Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton

little-owl-lost

Song: “Can’t Wait to Celebrate” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem

Song: “Icky-Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Closing rhyme

Craft: Snowy owl with small paper plates (from “I heart crafty things”)

snowy-owl

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