letter O for octopus and owl

Octopus

Brielle was telling her Aunt Megan about octopuses.  Aunt Megan asked how many arms they have.  Brielle looked at her and said (in a nice know-it-all voice) 'they're called tentacles'.

Books:
Octavia and her Purple Ink Cloud by Donna Rathmell (a fun way to learn about colors)
Tickly Octopus by Ruth Galloway
Gentle Giant Octopus by Karen Wallace
Song:
Oscar the Octopus

Owls

I saw this idea for an Owl Snack and couldn't resist.  The kids promptly realized the eyes were chocolate chips and those were the first things to disappear.

Paper Plate Owls

Tracing the letters in owl

Books:
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
The Barn Owls  by Tony Johnston
Owl  by Mary Ling
Song:
Hoot, Hoot went the Little Brown Owl

Other Activities

 Nothing fancy, but there is a lot you can do with a giant letter 'o' on the floor.  We walked on it, marched around it, danced in it, did the hokey pokey, played ring around the rosies.  All kinds of fun entertainment.

We went on a hunt through the house to find objects shaped like and o and then used them to do circle painting.

We listened to (and acted out) the Standin' Tall story about Obedience.  The kids are using the puppets and they formed a marching band.