- family
- happy
MA Standards:
Literature/RL.PK.MA.8.a:
Respond with movement or clapping to a regular beat in poetry or song.Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Sing Together: “Three Owl Babies”
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Tell children you are going to sing “Three Owl Babies.”
Explain that you are going to sing the song once using facial expressions and hand motions. Say, The next time I sing the song, I want you to join in and repeat the words and actions after me.
Encourage children to recall the Owl Babies story as they sing the song. You may want to have the Owl Babies book on display to help children recall.
Sing the song together.
Three Owl Babies
(sung to the tune of “Five Little Ducks”)
Three owl babies sitting in a tree. (hold up 3 fingers)
Sarah, Percy, and Bill make three. (hold up 3 fingers, one at a time)
But where, oh where can their mommy be? (shrug shoulders)
She’ll be back soon. Just wait and see.
Wait and see.
Wait and see.
She’ll be back soon.
Just wait and see.
Three owl babies feel all alone.
They wish and wish for their Mommy to come home.
Look, there she is! She’s flying through the trees. (extend arm and point finger)
Hoot. Hoot. Hoot. They’re a happy family.
Happy family.
Happy family.
Hoot. Hoot. Hoot.
They’re a happy family.
English Language Learners: Have children count with you in their home language as you raise your fingers one at a time. When children have said the number in their home language, say the number in English. Have children say the number in English after you. Repeat as needed.