Owls and owlets!

Owls

High in a tree.
I can see,
1 (one) little owl looking at me.


What You Need

1 graham cracker
Almond Butter
Plastic knife
Assorted cereal shapes, fruit and nuts

What to do


Spread the cracker with the almond butter.
Place the eyes, beak and any other features using cereals, crackers, nuts, fresh and dried fruits.

Let’s Learn

Read some books about owls to your child and discuss the features and habits of owls. Nocturnal is a good word to explore and explain.
Make a book about nocturnal animals.
Make a book about night things- moon, stars, bats, owls, people who work at night, etc.

Up Next! Owl Be Watching You!

Bear Heads! Yum!

Bear Heads!

What is that? A yummy snack for hungry tummies and courageous snackmakers.

What you need

Rice cakes 1 - head
Peanut butter 1 Tablespoon
Vanilla wafers 2 - ears
Raisins 2 - eyes
Candy kiss – nose
Mini chocolate chips – mouth
A knife
A plate

What to do

Use a knife to spread peanut butter in the rice cake. Attach the ears, eyes, nose and mouth. The mouth can be made by using the mini chips to make the mouth or a smile.

Choose a theme.

What are your child’s interests?
Teddy bears? Bears?
Learn and sing the Teddy Bears Picnic song.
Pack up your teddy bear and snack goodies and head for the park or the backyard. If it is too warm outside spread a cloth on the floor and picnic on the floor while you learn or listen to the song. Read a book about bears.
Checkout the library and see what is available about bears.

Let’s Learn

Shapes

It is all about circles today. Look at the snack items and discuss their shape. Look for round shapes around you. Make a list using words and pictures.

Bear Puppets

Use small paper plates for the bears head and add features with construction paper. Or even newspaper that can be colored by you and your child. Old crayons with the paper removed are good to color the plates and newsprint. Hold the crayons by the side and color large areas. Encourage your child to color in sweeping motions crossing from the left to the right side of their body or right to left. Put a newspaper under the paper plate.
Add circle ears and use a black marker to add round eyes and nose.

Positional Words – The Teddy Bear game

I see a teddy bear going somewhere. ( Dance the bear on the floor)
Where do you see him go?

Over the chair, (hold the bear over the chair)

under the chair, (hold the bear under the chair)

around the chair, (hold the bear and walk around the chair)

through the chair. (hold and pass the bear through the chair)


Poem or book

I See A Bear

I see a little red bear.

I see a little blue bear.

I see a little yellow bear.

I see an orange bear.

I see a little purple bear.

I see a little white bear.

I see a little black bear.

I see a little green bear

Red, blue, yellow, orange,

Purple, white, black, green,

These are all the bears I’ve seen.

Use for beginning sounds, (S, L, B) or color words.



Counting to ten

___Child’s Name__ Teddy Bear Puppets

1 little, 2 little, 3 little teddy bears,

4 little, 5 little, 6 little teddy bears,

7 little, 8 little, 9 little teddy bears,

10 little teddy bear puppets!

Counting, number recognition

Let’s Learn!

What can you do with it? Many things can be taught when you have your child’s attention with this snack activity. What is your focus? Eye hand coordination? Color words? Beginning sounds? Letter recognition? Number words or number recognition. Writing practice? Action words(verbs)? Prereading and prewriting skills. Reading and wring. All of these can be practiced with making bugs on a log.
How?
The eye hand coordination is in holding that slippery celery and a knife or spoon to corral the peanut butter. What a fun way to strengthen those pincer muscles that will need to hold a pencil, crayon or marker. Those same muscles that control putting the food in our mouth need to be strong to put words on paper.

Color words

Have several small pieces of paper precut to use. Make a color word book. One color on each page. Crayons require more muscle to use than markers.

A blue bug (Encourage your child to draw with a blue crayon)
A green bug
A yellow bug, etc.

Make a Book

Or for an older child, use a learning poem.

Bugs

Bugs have a head.
Bugs have a thorax.
Bugs have an abdomen, too.
Add 2 antenna
And 6 tiny legs
And see what a bug can do.

Make your own book about bugs to read to or with your child. A younger child can learn from a chart or book with the words put on it by you. Letter recognition. Circle all the letter a’s, or b’s on the chart.

Action words

Observe a bug in a jar for a few minutes while eating or making the snack.
Then,
Add paper and pencil and keen observation.

A bug can _________.

Talk about what a bug can do. Have your child write the words or draw the pictures (depending on age and skill level). A bug can walk, climb, fly, stop, sleep, eat, etc.

Remember this is a fun learning activity. No pressure, lots of help and quality time together. The bug on a log shown in the picture has 3 dried cranberry body parts, 2 dried apricot slices for antenna and 6 cheerio legs. Enjoy!