{"id":2584,"date":"2020-05-05T07:09:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T07:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=2584"},"modified":"2021-02-05T11:46:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T11:46:05","slug":"the-owl-who-was-afraid-of-the-dark-literacy-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-owl-who-was-afraid-of-the-dark-literacy-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark – Literacy Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark –\u00a0<\/strong>Literacy Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a well known and well loved story about a baby owl who seeks help to overcome his fear of the dark.\u00a0 Find a link to the story here You Tube – The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark – Teacher Resources\u00a0<\/a>page will take you to Teacher Support Notes for Literacy lessons, an IDL topic mind map and activities to support learning in all 8 areas of the curriculum.<\/p>\n

Watch the video and try out some of these Literacy activities.<\/p>\n

Recall, Sequence and Retell the Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

CfE Es and Os\u00a0 LIT 0-01c and\u00a0 LIT 0-07a \/ LIT 0-16a \/
\nE NG 0-17a<\/p>\n

Being able to recall (remember) and retell a story is a big part of the fun in sharing a book together.<\/p>\n

With your child, divide up the story so that you each have a minimum of 2 chapters each to illustrate.<\/p>\n

Lay your illustrations out on the floor or use pegs to hang them from a small washing line. Can you put them in the same order that each part of the story appears in the book?<\/p>\n

There are 7 chapters in all.\u00a0 Once your child is confident about sequencing the story, can you illustrate all 7 chapters ?\u00a0 Are there parts of the story that don\u2019t show up in your illustrations?\u00a0 Where would they fit in the sequence?<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Go Exploring and Collect Textures<\/strong><\/p>\n

CfE Es and Os\u00a0 Listening and Talking LIT 0-09a and\u00a0 Writing LIT 0-21b<\/p>\n

This activity is designed to create conversations about we are experiencing and exploring ways to record what we have discovered.<\/p>\n

The setting for the story is the parks and gardens around Plop\u2019s home.\u00a0 Explore your own local park or garden and pay special attention to the textures you find.\u00a0 Look for smooth and rough surfaces.\u00a0 Can you find anything that is hard or something spongy, soft?\u00a0It might be possible to collect small items (leaves, feathers or sticks for example).<\/p>\n

Another way to collect textures is to press modelling clay or play dough on to a surface.\u00a0 Lift it off carefully and you will see an imprint of the texture you have \u2018collected\u2019.\u00a0 Talk about how the imprint feels under your fingers using as many descriptive words as you can.<\/p>\n

Making wax crayon rubbings of a surface allows you to speak about what the surface feels like and what that texture looks like in 2D.<\/p>\n

Find out how to make wax rubbings at\u00a0\u00a0OPAL Bark Art<\/a><\/p>\n

Game \u2013 \u2018The creature I am thinking of is\u2026..\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

CfE Es and Os\u00a0 Talking and Listening LIT 10a<\/p>\n

Plop is described as fat, fluffy, soft and perfect.\u00a0 Out loud, describe another night time creature but don\u2019t name the creature!<\/p>\n

Example \u2018The creature I am thinking of is \u2026. brown, spikey and has a long nose.\u00a0 What is it?\u2019\u00a0 Answer: A hedgehog.<\/p>\n

Begin by describing creatures from the book and then move on to other creatures, people, living things you may have come across outdoors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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