Links to owl-related books, coloring pages, printable materials, videos, and Web sites just for kids. Also contains arts and crafts and art activities and lesson ideas submitted by chat room members at the bottom of the page. For other arts and crafts ideas, go to the Just For Fun page.
International Festival of Owls, 2-4 March 2012
Home page
International coloring contest
Books
All About Owls, by Jim Arnosky.
Outstanding Science Trade Book Award, 1996. Recommended by chat room member Sherry Vann.
The Barn Owl, by Sally Tagholm. Follows a breeding pair for a year.
The Barn Owls, by Tony Johnson. Ages 4-9.
The story of generations of owls who have lived in the same redwood barn, told in poetry.
Berkeley's Barn Owl Dance, by Tera Johnson.
A barn owl learns to fly and faces her fear of leaving home. Recommended by chat room member Diana.
Cock-a-doodle-hoooooo, by Mick Manning.
A tired and lonely owl takes refuge in a hen house.
Good-night, Owl! by Pat Hutchins.
Guardians of Ga'Hoole, by Kathryn Lasky. Young adult fantasy epic series.
The adventures of Soren, a young barn owl.
Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen. Available on Amazon.
A boy adjusts to his new home in Florida and tries to solve a mystery.
I'm Not Cute! by Jonathan Allen.
I'm Not Scared! by Jonathan Allen. K-2
Little Hoot, by Amy Krause Rosenthal.
Owl, part of the See How They Grow series by DK Publishing.
The life of a barn owl from egg to adulthood.
Owl at Home, by Arnold Lobel. Second- or third-grade level.
Owl Babies, by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson. Ages 5-7.
Owl Moon, by Jane Yolen. Available on Amazon.
1988 Caldecott Award winner about a young girl going owling with her father.
Owls, by Gail Gibbons.
Owls in the Family, by Farley Mowat. K-4.
The story of Wols and Weeps, two adopted owl chicks growing up in Mowat's family.
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, by Jill Tomlinson. PreK-4.
Plop the barn owl overcomes his fear of the dark.
Poppy, by Avi.
Poppy and Rye, by Avi
Ruffle, Coo and Hoo Doo, by Randy Houck.
True story of two Quaker parrots who end up living with great horned owls in a tree in Connecticut.
The Sleepy Owl, by Marcus Pfister.
There's an Owl in the Shower, by Jean Craighead George.
A lesson about conservation.
White Owl, Barn Owl, by Nicola Davies.
A young boy and his grandfather build a barn owl box and watch the parents and babies.
The Best Nest,by Laura Datta and Matt Buckingham.
For younger children. Teaches the lesson that home is the best place to be. Has texture on the pages.
Coloring pages, clip art, and toys
Coloring pages on John Atkinson's (Vacadude's) site
Most of these collections have pictures of many species of owl, and several include pages from other collections:
Barn Owl Trust Barn Owl Colouring page
Coloring Book Fun barn owl page
DLTK's Crafts for Kids
First-School Owls coloring page
Free Printable Coloring Pages barn owl page
Bird-themed coloring pages
National Geographic coloring book barn owls page
Kidsuki.com
Owl (well, mostly owl) clip art on bing.com
Howloween barn owl masks
Molly mask 2010
Four owlets masks 2011
Owl family play set
Paper Molly the Owl by Chris Adams
Printable materials
Barn owl brain map
How to Help Barn Owls
Owls of Maine program materials (Chewonki Foundation, Maine)
Puzzles
Barn owl online jigsaw puzzle
Select other bird puzzles
Characters crossword puzzle and solution
Characterz word search and solution
Molly and Carrie jigsaw puzzle by Carla in SE AZ
Mollyology word search and solution
Owlismz crossword puzzle and solution
Owlismz word search and solution
Ruthie's word search
Videos
Some Facts about Owls
"Owl pellets" song and dissection video
Web sites
ABCTeach
A variety of learning forms and materials on birds, most for lower elementary students. Includes owl bookmarks, coloring pages, blank fact cards for filling in, a sign, word jumble and word search, and writing paper. For ABCTeach members, there are also upper elementary resources for learning about owls.
Acorn Naturalists owl page
A site that sells activity guides, classroom learning aids, books and DVDs, pellets and pellet dissection tools, and, of course, finger puppets. Recommended by SPO chat room member Trisha in UT.
Animal Diversity Web Barn Owl page
Barn Owl Trust
A barn owl pellet cookie recipe, instructions for making a barn owl mobile and finger puppet, owl jokes and word search, and a photo gallery.
Deep Space Sparkle
Cardboard fish and owls
Eric Carle inspired owl lessons
Line drawings of owls and cats
Owl art projects
Owl paintings for second grade
Owl painting in oil pastel
eMINTS (Enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies) Barn Owl page
Contains lesson plans, fact sheets, and online quizzes.
Environmental Education for Kids (EEK) Barn Owl page
Friends with Feathers
Not just for kids, but written in simple, kid-friendly English. The Owl Facts page is especially good.
Good Sites for Kids Animals page
Has links to a variety of sites (including a link to Molly):
Birds on Enchanted Learning (Caution: Solicitation for membership)
Create a Bird (Norman Bird Sanctuary)
Birds in the Classroom (Fernbank Science Center)
Guardians of Ga'Hoole
Includes owl facts, printable material such as games and posters, and information about the books and author.
Journey to Forever barn owl page
Not specifically for children, but very simply written.
KidWings
Virtual owl pellet dissection
Also pages about bird skulls, nests, feathers, beaks, and feet.
Kids Learn Owl Prowl
Very good educational site that provides lesson plans that meet New York State standards for grades 1-3, along with activities (including a puppet show based on Owl Moon), fact sheets, games, puzzles, and poems.
Molly the Owl Books curriculum guides
A set of guides for teaching the Molly the Owl book to elementary and middle school students. Available as a set of PDFs.
K through grade 2 download page
Grades 3-5 download page
Grades 6-8 download page soon to come
Owl wallpaper for your computer
Owlsworld (Eulenwelt) owl puzzles
Scholastic article about barn owls
Story Lovers World (links to owl books, toys, music, and jewelry)
Tooter4kids Only Owl pages
Provides vocabulary lessons, information and fun facts about owls in general, poetry, a story, and links to many other sites related to owls (including quizzes, poems written by children, and word scrambles and searches).
BioKids Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species
Simplified barn owl information, pictures, recorded sounds, and classification.
World Bird Sanctuary
Bios of birds living at the sanctuary in Missouri.
Arts and Crafts
How to draw a barn owl (video tutorial)
My Owl Barn
A website featuring owl-themed arts and crafts, and gifts for yourself and others.
Home page
Print your own 2012 calendar
Print your own 2011 calendar
Toys and holiday decorations
Howloween barn owl masks
Owl masks 2012 (including a barn owl)
Four owlets masks 2011
Molly mask 2010
Howloween pumpkin-carving stencils
Four different owls
Another owl
Howliday ornaments
Owl family play set
Paper bag owl puppet
Paper Molly the Owl by Chris Adams
Silly paper tube owls
Art activities contributed by chat room members
(Also check the "Arts and Crafts" section of the Just for Fun page.)
Activity by Trisha Gordon Cooper
Three owlets on a branch
Materials:
Black construction paper for the background
Brown construction paper for the branch
Cotton batting or cotton for the owlets
Orange paper triangles for beaks and feet
Yellow circles and smaller black circles for eyes
Stars and moon stickers or shapes cut from foil
Glue stick, or white glue and cotton swab
Language arts activities contributed by chat room members
Activity by Sherry Vann
Use the words "barn owl" to create an acrostic that uses facts about these owls to assess student knowledge after research or studying. For example:
B is for barn owl, a common owl found on every continent except Antarctica.
A is for awesome birds that ....students fill in answers.
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