Brown Owl's Birthday Tea - MINI BUNDLE OF GAMES & ACTIVITIES

Talk about birthdays and Brown Owl's presents.Design your own birthday cake!These worksheets are based on the rhyming picture book 'Brown Owl's Birthday Tea'.1) How old are you? When is your birthday?Why not use this rhyme to practise the months of the year?Apples, peaches, pears and plums,Tell me when your birthday comes!Birthday RhymeLabel Brown Owl's presents and say who they are from:The socks are from Fox. The frog is from Dog etc.2) Design your birthday cakeTalk about it! There are ..... on my cake. (speaking activity)Label the decorations! (writing activity)TIP: Hang up the cake designs on the blackboard and describe one for the pupils to guess!Have fun reading and rhyming with Brown Owl!For more information about my series of rhyming picture books, please visit my website: www.readandrhyme.at

Curso: 3.-4. PRIM

Practise key words from the rhyming picture book 'Brown Owl's Birthday Tea' with these game cards.Includes: birthday tea, cake, family, friends, presents, pizza, Brown Owl, tree, three, drum, frog, hatThere are four cards of each picture and they can be used for different games:1) SNAP (2-4 players)Shuffle the cards and deal them between all players.Players put their cards in front of them, face down.Each player turns over a card and lays it in the middle. If two cards on top of each other are the same, players shout snap and place their hands in the middle. The fastest player wins the cards!The winner is the player with all the cards at the end of the game.2) PAIRSMix the cards and spread them out face down on the table. Each player takes it in turns to choose two cards. If they are the same, they take the cards and turn over another two. The winner is the player with the most pairs at the end of the game.3) OLD MAID (3-4 players)The aim of the game is to have as many pairs as possible.Remove THREE Brown Owl cards. Brown Owl is the old maid (schwarzer Peter)Shuffle the remaining cards and deal them between all players.Players look at their cards and place any PAIRS in front of them.Each player chooses one card to pass on and places it in front of them. Players count 3,2,1 and pass the card to the player on their left.If a player has a new pair, they place it on the table in front of them.The game carries on until one player has no cards left. The player with the most cards has won.Any player with Brown Owl tries to pass it on as it does not have a pair.4) HAPPY FAMILIES (3-4 players)The aim of the game is to have as many sets of four animals as possible.Shuffle and deal all the cards between the players.If a player has a set of four, they can place it on the table in front of them.Any player starts and can ask another player for an animal they need: Have you got a birthday cake?The other player responds with Yes, I have! OR No! I Haven't!The player can continue asking until someone says no.Play then passes to the next player.The game is over when one player has no cards left.The winner is the player with the most sets of four (Quartett)4) CHANGE PLACES (whole class)Choose enough sets so that each child has a card.Remove one chair and stand in the middle of the circle.Choose a key word and shout it out. E.g. "CAKE!" All the children with a cake card change places.Now a new player is in the middle and chooses another key word, e.g. Brown Owl!If the person in the middle shouts "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!", then everyone changes places.Have fun reading and rhyming with Brown Owl!If you'd like to know more about the rhyming picture book the words are taken from, you can check out some sample pages here.

Curso: 2.-3. PRIM

Children love making their own mini books to practise reading key words and phrases from 'Brown Owl's Birthday Tea' by Rachel Schmidlechner and Nadja Grace Bodner.There are three versions available and each one is differentiated, so there are 9 mini books in total.Mini books are a great way to practise vocabulary and motivate children to read in English.Have fun reading and rhyming with Brown Owl!For more information about my series of rhyming picture books, please visit: readandrhyme.at

Curso: 3.-4. PRIM

Use these flashcards and wordcards to introduce and practise  key words from the rhyming picture book 'Brown Owl's Birthday Tea' by Rachel Schmidlechner and Nadja Grace Bodner.Set one includes separate flashcards and wordcards to promote memorisation skills and to use in matching games.Set two includes the word and picture on the same card. Perfect for a classroom display or introducing the new words.TIPS:Print two on a page if you would prefer smaller cards.Print two sets to play a game of pairs or snap.Have fun reading and rhyming with Brown Owl!If you'd like to know more about the rhyming picture book the words are taken from, you can check out some sample pages here.

Curso: 2.-3. PRIM