Tuesday, October 18, 2011

What a Hoot!

Opener:
The More We Get Together
I Wiggle My Fingers

I'm Not Cute! (Jonathan Allen) 3-5
Tired little owl HATES being called cute...until his mother tells him he's not!


Finger Play: Owl in a Tree
Wiggler: Owl version of "Wheels on the Bus"






Little Hoot (Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace) 3-5
Bedtime gets turned on its ear in the owl house!
Song: One Little Owl Stayed Up All Night
Song:  Oh Mr Sun

Wow! Said the Owl (Tim Hopgood)
Little owl explores the colors of daytime but decides he still likes night the best.  A vibrant book of colors...
Song: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star


Felt Board:
5 Little Owls


Closer: Wave Goodbye


More Books!
Toddler
Good Night, Owl by Pat Hutchins
Little Owl by Mark Ezra
Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton
Oliver's Wood by Sue Hendra
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Owls Fly by Kees Moerbeek
Who's in the Forest?  by Phillis Gershator

Pre-K Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na
Eye Guess by Phillis Tildes
Frightened Little Owl by Mark Ezra
I'm Not Cute! by Jonathan Allen - MY FAVORITE
I'm Not Scared! by Jonathan Allen
I'm Not Sleepy! by Jonathan Allen
It is the Wind by Ferida Wolff
Lazy Ozzie by Michael Coleman
Little Hoot by Amy Rosenthal - ALSO MY FAVORITE
One Odd Owl by Paul Adshead
Owly by Mike Thaler
Quiet Night by Marilyn Singer
Whoo Goes There? by Jennifer Ericsson 
Whooo's There by Mary Serfozo
WOW! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood

Kindergarten
Billywise by Judith Nicholls
Cock-a-Doodle-Hooooooo! by Mick Manning
Hoot by Jane Hissey
Owliver by Robert Krauss
Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson
Whoo Goes There?  by Jennifer Ericsson
Whoo-oo Is It? by Megan McDonald

Other Night Creatures
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle
Next Week: Screamin' Halloween Party