Owls 2012-2013: Frolicking Friday and a Special Visitor

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Friday, September 14, 2012

Frolicking Friday and a Special Visitor

The Owls were greeted this morning by the beautiful alphabet made for them by their families last night at Back to School Night. It sparked many conversations about letters, and the Owls were interested in doing their own collages. At Choice Time, we offered them similar materials to those used by their families, and they dove right in, even adding other collaging materials from the classroom.

Today was another great day for a walk! We went to visit the giant rock pile which the Owl are becoming very adept at "surfing."

We aslo checked up on the rock house we had started building the other day. Many Owls continue to be very interested in the building of structures with rocks and sticks. We are going to be introducing the work of Andrew Goldsworthy as an artist who works with natural materials. We are excited to see where this goes!

We ended the morning with a very special visitor! Penny grandfather brought in an owl that his father had bought many years ago!
He knew a lot about Great Horned Owls, and told us that in October we would be able to hear their signature mating calls at night. He demonstrated their hoots: two shorts and three longs. The children were very curious if the owl was "real," and he explained that it had been alive a long long time ago. Someone even asked it it would "get real again?" They even got a chance to feel to soft owl feathers.