Owls Storytime

This storytime was for a preschool-aged group at my library.

Today's storytime is brought to you by the letter 'O'. So, on the board when the kids walked in was:

Read Aloud Books

Little Owl LostWritten and illustrated by Chris Haughton

Little Owl has fallen from his nest and can't find his momma! Good thing Squirrel knows just where she is...right? I love this one. It's SO cute. And it garnered such a great response from the kids, who thought it was pretty silly. They enjoyed it for sure.

Little Owl's Orange ScarfWritten and illustrated by Tatyana Feeney

Little Owl's scarf is itchy. It's long. And it's orange. How can he get rid of it? This is pretty cute. I picked it because it helped introduce another 'O' word. The kids liked the giraffe at the end.

Owl BabiesWritten by Martin Waddell, illustrated by Patrick Benson

Momma is gone and the three baby owls are getting worried! Will she come back? So for this book, I actually showed the picture book animated video. Because my voice was gone (Hooray for being sick all weekend! And that's why this is the first post this week!). Either way, it's a pretty cute story.

Songs & Rhymes

Hello Song

Song: Just Like an Owl

(Tune: 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 and 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, say who, who, say who, who

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

Song: All Night Long

When the owl’s in the tree he goes hoot, hoot, hoot!

Hoot, hoot, hoot, hoot, hoot, hoot!

When the owl’s in the tree he goes hoot, hoot, hoot!

All night long.

Song: Open, Shut Them

Open, shut them, open, shut them

Give them both a clap, clap, clap

Open, shut them, open, shut them

Put them in your lap, lap, lap

Creep them, creep them, slowly creep them

Right up to your chinny chin chin

Circle them around your little mouth but…

Do not put them in!

Goodbye Song

Games & Activities

Felt: Owl in the Tree

Because it is, after all, the kids' favorite game!

Owl, owl, where do you hide? 

Are you in the (color) tree? Let's peek inside!

I hid the owl in the branches of one of the trees, and then put the leaves on top. So with each guess, I'd peel off just the leaves (like a huge windstorm....right?).

Felt: Good-Night, Owl!

Craft: O is for Owl

I printed off a large letter 'O' and pre-cut feet, a beak, and some eyes. Then the kids glued away with the feathers! They could decorate with markers, too.

Other Book Ideas

Wow! Said the OwlWritten and illustrated by Tim Hopgood

I'm Not Scared!Written and illustrated by Jonathan Allen

Little Owl's NightWritten and illustrated by Divya Srinivasan

A Book of SleepWritten and illustrated by Il Sung Na