{"id":461489,"date":"2010-03-22T21:39:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T01:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2517"},"modified":"2010-03-22T21:39:53","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T01:39:53","slug":"teaching-physical-science-with-children%e2%80%99s-literature-wow-said-the-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/461489","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Physical Science with Children\u2019s Literature: Wow! Said the Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is no shortage of books about colors, but Tim Hopgood has written and illustrated a particularly satisfying story with Wow! Said the Owl<\/a>.\u00a0 One curious little owl takes a long nap at night (”instead of staying awake all night , as little owls are supposed to do”) so that she can stay awake and see the dawn.\u00a0 Following is page after page of bright colors from the yellow of the sun to the green of the trees to the red of the butterflies and orange flowers. Young children will love the bright collage style illustrations, the simple predictable language, and the cycle of night-to-day-to-night.\u00a0 Teachers will appreciate the opportunity to teach or reinforce color identification with the color wheel at the end of the book that encourages kids to “Look through the pages [of the book] and see if you can find them.”<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n

This book is best suited for the early elementary curriculum when students are learning to make basic observations of objects (K.1a) and the physical properties like color that can be used to describe them (K.4a). Young children will love playing a modified version of “I Spy” using this book for inspiration.\u00a0 The teacher should model the game by telling children that she\/he is going to close his\/her eyes and pretend to be the baby owl who has never seen daylight before.\u00a0 When the teacher opens his or her eyes, he should say “Wow! said the owl…… I see something [color].” and encourage the children to guess what he or she sees.\u00a0 If children are having difficulty, additional physical properties can be introduced like shape and size to help children guess the object.\u00a0 After the teacher has modeled the game several times, children can take turns being the baby owl. As a follow up activity, students can take a walk together outside and look for objects with particular colors.<\/p>\n

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