The Alphabet: NO -- 3/22/22

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Mosquitoes Can't Bite Ninjas by Jordan P. Novak
Naked! by Michael Ian Black
Baz & Benz by Heidi McKinnon

Books:
Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise by Sean Taylor
How to Put an Octopus to Bed by Sherry Duskey Rinker
I Want That Nut by Madeline Valentine
Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward
The Nuts: Bedtime at the Nut House by Eric Litwin
Octopants by Suzy Senior

Craft: O is for Owl
- Print template on cardstock or heavy paper
- Color pieces of owl (O body, head with beak, wings, feet) before cutting out pieces
- Glue head to top of body
- Glue wings to sides of body
- Glue feet to bottom of body


Extension Activities:
- Make a Name Puzzle.  Write your child's name on a long piece of paper.  Have your child decorate the paper before cutting it into pieces so each letter is on a different piece.  See if your child can put their name back together again.
- Get messy by making some painted O art.  Place a small amount of paint in a shallow dish.  Then let your child stamp Os on a piece of paper using a variety of things (i.e. paper towel tubes, drinking straws, round plastic lids, etc.).


Template --

O - Owls and Ocean: April 6-7, 2015

Books:
As an Oak Tree Grows by G. Brian Karas
Big Egg by Molly Coxe
Colors of the Ocean by Laura Purdie Salas
I Am Otter by Sam Garton
Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal *
My Octopus Arms by Keith Baker *
Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef by Marianne Berkes *

Craft: Octopus
Our craft this week was based on the craft pictured above.  A piece of cardstock was cut in half and eight arms cut about 2/3 way of the sheet.  The sheet was then colored and glued into a cylinder.  The arms could be rolled or folded.

Literacy Extensions:
- Have your child continue the Over in the Ocean rhyme with other ocean creatures.
- Practice the different sounds of the letter "O".  See if your child can come up with words that use the different sounds (i.e. oo - Hoot, long o - old, short o - hot, etc.)