Whooo's Here?

I mentioned yesterday in my random ramblings that I would have the Reading is a Hoot car at my church's trunk or treat this fall.  I have purchased a bunch of decorating supplies, and I will hopefully spend my weekend crafting a bunch of little owlets from yarn, fabric and scrapbook paper.  I also have to buy some favors and treats and such.  But this thing is about reading, and I remembered that I did a fun storytime for my preschools a couple of years ago-way before the owl trend I might say!  I'm a visionary people.

Whoo’s Here for Storytime?

Opening Song:  Roll Your Hands

Roll, roll, roll, your hands, fast as fast can be!

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily roll your hands with me!

Mix it up:  clap, wiggle, go slow

Book:  I’m Not Cute by Jonathan Allen

Rhyme:  Wide-eyed Owl

There’s a wide-eyed owl with a pointed nose

Two pointed ears and claws for toes.  
He lives way up in a tree

And when he looks at you

He flaps his wings and says Whoo Whoo!

Book:  Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

Rhyme:  Five Little Owls

Five little owls on a moonlit night

Five little owls are quite a sight

Five little owls, are you keeping score?

One flew away, and then there were four!

Four little owls, happy as can be,

One flew away and then there were three.

Three little owls calling who, who

One flew away and then there were two.

Two little owls having lots of fun

One flew away and then there was one.

One little owl, we are almost done,

He flew away and that leaves none.

Book:  Cock-a-doodle-hoooo! By Mick Manning

Rhyme: Ostrich

Here is the ostrich straight and tall

Nodding his head above us all

Here is the hedgehog prickly and small

Rolling himself into a ball.

Here is the spider scuttling around

Treading so lightly on the ground

Here are the birds that fly so high

Spreading their wings across the sky

Here are the children fast asleep

And in the night, the owls do peep.

Book:  Bear’s New Friend by Karma Wilson

Rhyme:  Owl Song

I’m a great big owl, as you can see

I live high up in a tree

All the other birds wake me up when they play

Because I like to sleep all day.

Book:  Sleeping Cutie or Little Hoot

Closing Song:  Thank You Clap

My hands say thank you with a clap, clap, clap.

My feet say thank you with a tap, tap, tap

Clap, clap, clap, tap, tap, tap.

And now we say goodbye