Painting owl babies

After reading the delightful book Owl Babies by Martin Waddell, we were inspired to paint our very own owl babies…

Painting owl babies by Teach Preschool

You can also count with owls!

 

Owl Babies is a charming story of three young owls who awake in the night to find that their mother is not in their nest.  The three owl babies comfort each other as they fret over when their mama will return.  We so loved the beautiful owls in our story that we were inspired to create our own…

Painting owl babies by Teach Preschool

Creating our owls was really quite simple.  The children used brown paint to create a tree branch (like in our book) for their baby owls to sit on…

Painting owl babies by Teach Preschool

Although the branch in our book sits horizontal, one child decided to think outside the box and created vertical branches rather than horizontal.  Brilliant!…

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To make the owls, the children loaded up their sponges with white paint and pressed the sponges onto their paper, creating a white, bubbly owl baby’s body and head…

Painting owl babies by Teach Preschool

The fun thing about using the scrubby sponge is that the sponge creates a really unique texture.  When pressed onto the paper, the paint is bubbly, giving the owl babies a nice fluffy texture, similar to the pictures in the book…

Painting owl babies by Teach Preschool

Some of our student’s only chose to make one owl baby while others chose to make all three like in the book.  Some of the children even named their owl babies (asking us to remind them what the names of the owls were in the book)…

Painting owl babies by Teach Preschool

When the paintings were complete, the most darling collection of owl babies were hung up on our walls to watch over our classroom at night…

Painting owl babies by Teach Preschool

One child, who often prefers to explore our other centers over the art center, was excited to show off his owl babies to his dad…

Painting owl babies by Teach Preschool

Owl Babies is a book that inspired new interest in the painting process, we were able to take a look at the bubbles or texture in our paint and recall the names of the owls in our story…

Painting owl babies by Teach Preschool

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Links to grow on:

Adorable owls by Happy Hooligans

Owl shapes by Little Page Turners

Nocturnal animals storytime by RovingFiddlehead KidLit

Deborah J Stewart

Deborah J Stewart

Every time I think I know everything I need to know about teaching young children, God says, "Hold on a minute!" and gives me a new challenge.

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With each new challenge that you overcome, you will find yourself better equipped and more passionate about teaching young children.

God didn't call wimps to lead, teach, or care for His children. Nope, he has high expectations, so get ready. You will have to give your very best but after teaching for over 30 years, I can tell you that it is a wonderful and rewarding journey.

Whenever your calling feels hard, just remember, 'He who began a good work in you (and in the children you serve) will be faithful to complete it.'

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