Letter O Storytime

Book read:
Night Owl by Toni Yuly

Other book suggestions:
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish by Dr. Seuss
I'm not cute by Jonathan Allen
I'm the biggest thing in the ocean by Kevin Sherry

The Owl Pokey (from Pasadena Library)
You put your right wing in,
You put your right wing out,
You put your right wing in and you shake it all about!
You do the owl pokey and you fly yourself around,
That's what it's all about!
(other verses: tail feathers, claws, etc)

Open them shut them (from Sunflower Storytime)
Open shut them, open shut them (open and shut both hands)
Give a little clap, clap, clap (clap hands three times)
Open shut them, open shut them (open and shut both hands)
Put them in your lap (lay hands flat on your legs)
Creep them, creep them (creep them up legs, body, all the way up to chin)
Creep them, creep them
Right up to your chin
Open up your little mouth (open mouth and hold fingers outside of mouth)
But do not let them in! (shake finger ‘no’)

I'm a Little Pumpkin (to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")
I'm a little pumpkin, orange and ground (hold arms in a circle)
Here is my stem, (place fist on your head)
There is the ground. (touch the ground)
When I get all cut up, don't you shout!
Just open me up and scoop me out! (pretend to scoop the pumpkin out) 

Open up the barn door (with puppets, modified from SLC Book Boy)
Open up the barn door to bring in some hay,
There's a horse inside saying "Neigh, Neigh, Neigh!"
Open up the barn door singing "Tra-la-la!"
There's a sheep inside saying "Baa, baa, baa!"
Open up the barn door saying "How do you do?"
There's a cow inside saying "Moo, moo, moo!"

Craft: We made owl puppets with paper bags and an owl template.

Literacy tip of the week: The more you read and talk to your child the more new vocabulary words they will hear.