Wide-Eyed Owl (traditional)
Self-regulation, body awareness, fine/gross motor skills, literacy, science
I modified the poem to make this fingerplay chant.
Begin by sitting on floor with knees in front.
There’s a wide-eyed owl make circles over eyes with fingers
With a pointed nose. point finger out from nose
She has pointed ears point fingers out from head
and claws for toes. make claws with fingers on knees
She sits in a tree
And looks at you, make circles over eyes w/fingers
Flaps her wings flap!
and says “Tu-whoo.”
If you teach the tricky Owl yoga pose (squatting on the ground, hands/arms linked behind back, turn head to each side, saying “hoo hoo”), you could have the children try saying the poem and doing the motions in that position.
Bring photos of an owl, with closeups of the different parts: eyes, claws, beak. Leave these in a science area or displayed on the wall. (I have not tried this)
Play one new owl call to each class (the children might choose to try making the calls, and then adding them to the end of the chant, instead of “tu-whoo”). (I have not tried this)
