Wise Little Owls



Wise Little Owl

Hoot Whoo!
This week these adorable little owls crash landed and are perched around our therapy gym.  Since I work in an early childhood school setting, many of my treatment plans incorporate functional use of art materials, including cutting and pasting tasks.  The first week of therapy, my students got  acquainted with Mat Man.  Mat Man is a fun way to teach body awareness, shape recognition, spatial awareness, cooperation, organization, counting and sequencing as the children build and draw Mat Man together.  I love to begin each school year with Mat Man being one of our first activities and I continue to incorporate and build upon these skills as the school year progresses. 



Mat Man

My students were so unbelievably excited to create these cute owls.  Each student got to pick the color body and wings of their owl and after they cut out their oval shaped body and wings, they were given an oval belly, circular eyes, triangular nose and ears, and  rectangular feet, moving from the top of the owls head to the bottom.  Then each student was given 10 circular dots to paste on the owl's belly in a tree pattern.  I placed 10 dots of glue for a visual cue; working on fine motor and hand-eye coordination while counting and pasting the dots.

Owl Activity



Wise Little Owls




Owl Template: Body

Owl Template: Wings

Owl Template: Belly, Ears, Eyes, Beak, Feet and Dots

Each sweet little owl is unique and it's so cute to see each student's personality shine though!




Little Owls

Hoot Who!



Lauren