Freebie Friday: Owl Resources

Posted on 12/08/2016 by Momma Jo

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Owl Resources

If you have been reading my blog for a while or follow my Instagram page, you’ll know I have a “slight” love, ok so its really an obsession, for Owls (barn owls are my absolute favourite) and Mugs (not in any particular order). Pixie recently asked for “owl school” and I have shared those printables with you. Here are a few more owl freebies I have been collecting.

Owl Math Freebie from Paula’s Preschool and Kindergarten

Addition, subtraction, and ordering by size are all fun with this Owl Math Freebie! Students will solve addition or subtraction problems and then color by number, and will cut and paste owl lengths from shortest to longest. Simply print and go to add some owl themed fun to your math class!

Owl Theme Class Jobs Freebie from Fancy Free in 4th

Perfect for Back to School in the Owl Themed Classroom! Here is a list of a few classroom jobs and I have provided 2 blank ones for you to add any other job specific to your class.

Teacher Appreciation Free Printables & Gift Idea from Living Locurto

It’s hard to believe that school is almost out for the summer! For an easy Teacher Appreciation gift, you’ll love these adorable free printable owl teacher gift tags and card by Angeli! She always comes up with the cutest illustrations and free printables for us.

School’s a Hoot! from Delightful Designs

Owl Printables for Back To School

FREE Owl Circle Label Templates – Editable from FlapJack Educational Resources

It contains six blank templates that can be edited in PowerPoint to organize your classroom in so many ways – transportation, lunch choice, work stations/centers, etc.

Colorful Owls in Pretty Tree Clip Art Image from My Cute Graphics

Owl Babies from Homeschool Share

Author: Martin Waddell
Illustrator: Patrick Benson
ISBN: 0763617105
Level 1 unit and video by Robin Diedrichs

Owl Prowl Kindergarten Kit from Homeschool Share

created by Ami

{FREEBIE} “Owl” About Numbers! Math Work Page from Class of Kinders

Owl Week (with freebies!) from Highland Heritage Homeschool

Various owl printable freebies

Owl Opposites Flashcards ~ Free Printable from 1+1+1=1

There are 16 different flashcards in this set…
short/tall
hot/cold
slow/fast
white/black
big/small
clean/dirty
more/less
dry/wet
same/different
light/heavy
low/high
hard/soft
short/long
front/back
empty/full
weak/strong

Owl, Owl, 1 2 3 Freebie (Numbers 1-10) from Clearly Primary by Jill Bell

This is a set of 2 math centers that focus on the Numbers 1-10. The owl theme makes them great for Fall or anytime!

Concepts covered:
Ordering numerals 1-10.
Reading and printing number words 1-10.

Each center includes print & laminate cards, a recording sheet, and student directions.

Printable Valentine Activity pack from My Owl Barn

You can download the Valentine Activity Pack for kids with total of 56 pages of fun! There are math activities, coloring pages, printable valentine cards, writing activities, crafts, a banner and so much more.

10 FREE Owl Crochet Patterns from The Steady Hand

1. Jip the owl by Tessa van Riet
2. Owls Two Ways (crochet) by Ana Clerc
3. Owlie Friend Pattern by Sam the SAHM
4. Wendy the Owl by Divine Debris
5. Huggable Owl Pillow by Yarnspirations
6. No longer available
7. Mr. Hoo by Carey Huffman
8. Sleepy Owl iPad Crochet Bag by Paper, Needles and Sweets
9. The Original Not ANOTHER Owl Hat! by Oombawka Design
10. Hooty Owl Coasters by Sally Mae

Halloween Printable Owl Masks from My Owl Barn

These Halloween masks are perfect to wear with your owl themed costume. There is barred owl and barn owl to choose from. All you’ll need to do is download the one you want, print and add some string.

Owl Letter Match Freebie for Preschool and Early Childhood from Jennifer Hier – Early Learning Ideas

Owls ABC and fall fun for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten class! A great way to introduce letters at the beginning of the year.

Students will practice letter recognition and will have an opportunity to explore phonemic awareness as they play this cute letter match game. Children match the baby owl letter cards to the letters on their game board. The set includes 4 game boards and a complete set of lowercase baby owl letter cards

This owl activity is perfect for your preschool, pre-k, SPED, and kindergarten classrooms.

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Montessori Madness ~ Owl School

Posted on 19/04/2016 by Momma Jo

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Pixie LOVES owls, just like her Momma. This month, we have been working on Owl themed Preschool printables I have found online.

Pixie has loved the variety of goodies I have prepared for her. Her favourite, so far, being the mask. Go figure.
Owl School

The following printables have been used for this month’s work:
You’re a Whoot! with printables from Hey Mommy, Chocolate Milk

The following items are available as free downloads:
Thinking skills
Fill in with colors
Letter Recognition
Complete the patterns
Counting on owls
Maze
O is for Owl writing sheet
Circle the different item
Math skills
Prewriting practice

Owl Preschool Pack from LittleMonkeyPrintables
Owl School
Included in this download, you will find 17 activities:

memory game
shape matching
count and clip cards
coloring page
prewriting page
ten part puzzle
size sequencing
word builders
owl fact cards
finish the pattern page
owl magnet/dot page
two Bible verses
5 Little Owls poem
scissors skills
roll & graph activity
handwriting page (O,o)
circle the smallest

5 Little Owls Printable Puzzle from Growing in Pre K and K
Owl School
Printable Five Little Owls Number Sequencing Puzzle 1-5

Letter Tumble from PreKinders
Owl School
This owl letter tumble game can be used to practice matching uppercase to uppercase letters, lowercase to lowercase letters, or uppercase to lowercase letters.

OWL Numbers FREE from KidSparkz
Owl School
OWL Numbers FREE

This is a set of number cards with an owl theme, 0-10. Three cards for each number – the number, a ten-frame representation, and the number word. Use for recognition, sequence, memory games, hiding and finding games, and of course, matching.

from Making Learning Fun
Owl School
Have the children put the paper on a cookie sheet. Have the children complete the picture by putting a magnet in each circle. Some people use pompoms or bingo markers with them. This activity is designed to promote one to one correspondence and letter recognition.

Lacing Cards with Owls from Making Learning Fun
Owl School
Using a small hole punch, punch holes at the dots. Have the children lace yarn through the holes.

Owl Shape Craft from Making Learning Fun
Owl School
You can have the children glue them to dark blue construction paper as a reminder to the children that owls are nocturnal. You could also give the children construction paper scraps
and let the children add to seen. An alternative idea is to cut patterns for the owl pieces,
and have the children trace, cut and assemble.

O-owl writing sheet from Making Learning Fun
Owl School

Five Little Owls from DLTK
Owl School
by Leanne Guenther – it’s the same idea as all the other “Five Little ____” nursery rhymes (pumpkins, snowflakes, chickens, monkeys, etc) so it isn’t terribly original. They’re fairly simple to write but some of them start to be a bit repetitive (which is fine for preschoolers!) because there are only so many things that rhyme with four, three, two, one and none.

Owl Mask from First Palette
Owl School

Super cute printable owl craft (choose pink or blue) from Kids Activities Blog
Owl School
Let imagination run wild when creating owls – pull out the leftover craft supplies because owls may need feathers, pom poms or to be painted like a rainbow!

Printable Preschool Set: Owlette from Learn Create Love
Owl School
This set includes the following:

Which Owl Is Different – a 4 card set in which your child has to find and circle the owl that is different. You can use this sheet as a whole, or laminate, cut out each card, hole punch the corner, and stick a key ring through it to keep it as a card set.
How Many Owls? (3 pages) – A fun set of cards for your child to practice counting and writing numbers. I laminated, cut out, hole-punched, and stuck a key ring through our set.
Stacking Cards – Laminate and cut out, then have your child arrange in order from largest to smallest or vice versa… or, of course, stack! =)
Line Tracing – Help Owlette get to her friend by tracing the lines provided.

Owl Patterning from Rachel Lynn
Owl School
This a quick and cute patterning activity. It will require a keen eye by the kiddos since all of the pictures are owls. They will have to pay attention to details!

Montessori Madness ~ Valentine’s Day Preschool Trays

Posted on 08/02/2016 by Momma Jo

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Wow, its been quite some time since I’ve written of our Montessori adventures! Here is a sneak peak of Pixie’s Valentine’s Day Preschool TraysPreschool Trays this week.

I printed off two Preschool Packs from Over the Big Moon and A Teaching Mommy

I printed all the pages of both packs to keep Pixie occupied for the duration of the week, and possibly longer (totally dependent on her level of interest and how much work she wants to do at the time, of course) and popped into a file folder. I loved the cover of the Valentine’s day Pack from Over the Big Moon so much that I decided to use it on the cover of the file folder to make it easier for Pixie to identify. She will often grab a file folder with her previous themes and redo some of the activities.

Her trays today have the following printables available:

Valentine’s Day Spelling from Over the Big Moon. This particular activity requires Scrabble like tiles, we unfortunately don’t have any she can used (we have a collectors Scrabble set, so that’s a no go), so I just printed off two sets of the recommended tiles they suggested on the original file.

V is for Valentine Do-a-dot painting from Over the Big Moon. Pixie L.O.V.E.S. her dot painters and this page excited her to no end when she saw it come out of the printer.

What comes next worksheet from Over the Big Moon. I cut out the pictures for Pixie to glue onto the worksheet. I’ll be letting her cut them out from now on. Some scissor practice won’t hurt.

Letter Hh sorting from A Teaching Mommy. Here she sorts the capital from the lower case letters into the appropriate box.

In addition to the activities above, we’ll be using our new Spielgaben 4.0 set! (Post on all our Spielgaben fun coming soon!)

Paw Patrol Heroes are on the Beat at Sandton City

Posted on 04/12/2015 by Momma Jo

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PAW PATROL” HEROES MARSHALL & CHASE ARE ON THE BEAT AT SANDTON CITY FROM 4 DECEMBER

ALL PAWS TO THE RESCUE AT NICK JR.’S CHRISTMAS EXTRAVANGZA

“PAW PATROL” HEROES MARSHALL & CHASE ARE ON THE BEAT AT SANDTON CITY FROM 4 DECEMBER

Johannesburg, 2 December 2015: Puppy power hits Sandton City this week as Nick Jr.’s doggy-themed festive extravaganza gets under way (4-24 December, Sandton City).

This year’s fun-filled celebration, “Sandton City Presents Nick Jr.’s Paw Patrol” is based for the first time around action-packed pre-school adventure series Paw Patrol, Nick Jr.’s CGI animated programme about the exciting lives of a pack of heroic puppies led by a tech savvy 10-year old boy called Ryder.

A unique blend of problem solving skills, cool vehicles and physical humour, the Paw Patrol pups work together on rescue missions to protect the Adventure Bay community where they live. From Marshall the firedog to Chase the police pup and Skye who flies high in her copter, each pup brings a unique personality and skills to the team, demonstrating the importance of teamwork and good citizenship.

Bring your little ones to the Fountain Court, Sandton City from the 4-24 December to learn about staying safe with the Paw Patrol team, and join in some fun sing-a-longs with Marshall (an excitable 6-year old Dalmatian pup who’s the team’s fire dog) and Chase (an athletic 7-year old German Shepherd police dog who’s definitely leader of the pack). Plus there’s meet and greets with the characters and other fun activities such as building block pits and craft stations.

Paw Patrol interactive singalong shows are at 10:00 am, 13:00 pm, 16:00 pm and 18:00 pm daily, with meet and greets at 11:00 am, 14:00 pm and 17:00 pm.

Commented Head of Nickelodeon, Tasania Parsadh, “We are very excited to bring Marshall and Chase from Nick Jr.’s Paw Patrol to Sandton City for the first time; these lovable pups will make kids laugh out loud and also teach kids and their parents about the importance of safety.”

For more rescue fun with the Paw Patrol, tune into Nick Jr. (DStv 307) every day @ 14:10pm.

Tinsel the Elf on the Shelf has arrived!

Posted on 02/12/2015 by Momma Jo

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Meet Tinsel the Elf

He has come to keep an eye on kidlets during the month of December.

What is Elf on the Shelf?

Children and adults alike love the magic of Christmas and it’s traditions. with it, Each family has their own traditions so why not get your own ELF ON THE SHELF today to begin this really exciting and special tradition in your family.

ELF ON THE SHELF is a a little toy character that appears in your home round the 1st of December. Once you have given your Elf a name Santa’s little helper watches if the children are being naughty or nice and “reports” to Santa whilst they are asleep. He has magical powers as you will find out. He can listen to the children and can even take messages back to Santa on the North Pole. He returns each day before day break and is found by the very excited children in a different part of the house to where they left him when thy went to bed. Children love to wake up and race around looking for their specially named elf each morning.

South African’s can purchase the Elf of the Self over at Family Traditions.

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The Little Prince Movie Premier

Posted on 30/11/2015 by Momma Jo

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We were invited by BURGER KING® South Africa to attend a movie premier yesterday at Ster Kinekor at The Zone in Rosebank. BURGER KING® South Africa have partnered with Toy Kingdom and Ster Kinekor for the long awaited premier of The Little Prince Movie.

The kidlets were treated to a visit from the Prince, Princess and the Frog Prince. There was also a balloon artist and face painting before the movie started.

Koko (who has decided that he’s too old for face painting *sob*), asked the balloon artist for a rifle.

She is FANTASTIC and made the girls each a Tiger, Pixie’s animal of the day (there was love at first sight), and a butterfly for Fifi.

The face painter was amazing. Fifi asked to be made into a bear. How beautiful did she turn out? Can you spot the glitter that was added? A girl can NEVER have too much glitter.

Pixie asked to be made into a tiger and giggled her way through the whole experience. The face painter was patient with her and worked around Pixie’s constant touching and smudging.

Our scary Bear and Tiger!

Once we got into the cinema, we were surprised by these little goodie bags filled with a Cap and Scholastic booklets from BURGER KING® South Africa and a “The Little Prince” kaleidoscope from Toy Kingdom.

The movie was amazing. I highly recommend it to everyone, of all ages. Pixie, who is 4, sat through the whole movie till the end. Koko and Fifi loved it and have asked for us to purchase the DVD to watch again when it becomes available. It’s a beautifully told story about a little girl who lives in a very grown-up world with her mother, who tries to make sure she is prepared for it. Her neighbour, the Aviator, introduced the girl to an extraordinary world where anything is possible, the world of The Little Prince. The movie is an adaptation of the book, “The Little Prince”, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Afterwards, BURGER KING® South Africa served a lunch of Burgers and Fries.