Brown Owl's Autumn - Bundle of Activities

Play a game of pairs & practise 12 autumn key words.Set includes:  bat, mushroom, apples, acorn, mud, pumpkin, crow, squirrel, scarecrow, leaves, fog, pine cone TIP: Print on thick paper so you can't see through the paper. Laminate for classroom use. There are four versions available: picture/word (readers), picture/picture (non-readers), full colour and b&wThe b&w version is for children to create their own game to take home and practise there too.Have fun reading and rhyming with Brown Owl! For more information about Brown Owl and our series of rhyming picture books, please visit:www.readandrhyme.at

Klassenstufen: 2-3. Klasse

It‘s autumn and Brown Owl and friends are busy in the forest.What can you see? What can you find?There are many different ways to use this I-spy picture. Here are a few of my ideas:1) To revise autumn vocabulary that has previously been learned and to generate differentiated speaking opportunites.Children simply say what they can see. The closer they look, the more they'll find!Some children will give short answers: two bats / I can see two bats. Others will give longer ones: I can see two bats flying next to Cat.N.B Cat has a capital letter as it's her name in my rhyming stories).2) To introduce autumn vocabulary.Again I first see what the children know. If they use a word in their mother tongue, I give them the English (maybe write it on the board for older children) and we repeat it together with an action.3) To play a game of 'I spy'. This can also be played in pairs.Teacher: "I spy, with my little eye ... something orange!"Pupil: "Is it the pumpkin?"Teacher: "Yes, it is! / No, it isn't!"4) To practise reading and writing key autumn words (black and white versions).    5) To calm children down or to help them focus. The full colour version can be printed on A3 and laminated. Children can find the objects listed at the side on their own.N.B. I have included a version without the written word so that this busy autumn scene can be used with non-readers, at kindergarten or for teaching key words in other languages too.Using the same vocabulary I have also created a game of 'I have got ... Who has got ...?' and an autumn spotter's list.I hope you have fun learning English with Brown Owl!P.S. Brown Owl is the main character in my rhyming picture book series ‚Read and Rhyme with Brown Owl‘. For more information visit www.readandrhyme.at

Klassenstufen: 2-3. Klasse

Motivate children to go on an autumnal walk with this Brown Owl's spotter's list!This activity can be done near your school or home, in a forest, town or park. All you need is to print the sheet and take a pencil with you. If you spot something on the list, tick it off/cross it out/circle it.How many objects can you find? Can you find the TOP SPOT? (in this case it's a squirrel).Ext: Colour the objects exactly as you find them.N.B. Use the version without the written word to teach other languages too!I hope you have fun learning English with Brown Owl!P.S. Brown Owl is the main character in my rhyming picture book series ‚Read and Rhyme with Brown Owl‘. For more information visit www.readandrhyme.at

Klassenstufen: 2-3. Klasse

Young learners can learn key autumn words and use language creatively with these story sticks. The sticks can then be used for various games/activities:1) The teacher introduces autumn words by drawing the story sticks out of a bag and repeating the new language with actions.2) The children hold up the sticks as they hear the words in an story or poem (see Brown Owl's poem).3) Play a game of change places. The children choose one or two sticks and sit in a circle. The teacher removes a chair and stands in the middle."I spy, with my little eye, squirrels!" Anyone with a squirrel stands up and changes places.The next person in the middle says the phrase: "I spy, with my little eye, pumpkins!" All the pumpkins change places.If someone calls AUTUMN TIME then everyone changes places.4) Choose 5 story sticks at random. Can the children put them into a short story?Have fun reading, rhyming and learning English with Brown Owl!N.B. Brown Owl is the star of my 'Read and Rhyme with Brown Owl' picture books. For more information about the series , please visit www.readandrhyme.at

Klassenstufen: 2-3. Klasse