The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark (Jill Tomlinson's Favourite Animal Tales)

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The chapter titles all begin with ‘Dark is?’. Can you think of other ways of describing the dark? Could you write another chapter for the story linked to your description? Who might the owl meet in your chapter? The much-beloved children's classic story about Plop, the baby owl - as read by the Duchess of Cambridge on BBC's CBeebies Bedtime Stories to mark Mental Health Week. What's more, because all of the activities are based on a popular book, you can be sure that your children will stay interested and engaged. This will boost their learning experience and help them to do well. Make a timetable that shows the things that you do on a typical day. Add the things that Plop does during his day. How are they similar / different?

Nu mă așteptam să îmi placă așa mult această cărticică, și chiar mă bucur că am reușit să trăiesc clipe frumoase alături de micuțul Buf care evoluează văzând cu ochii, devenind o adevărată bufniță de hambar. Plop, the Baby Barn Owl, is like every Barn Owl there ever was, except for one thing - he is afraid of the dark. Suitable for ages 5 to 7, you'll find engaging, differentiated worksheets and a whole range of activities that you can use effectively in your classroom. Each chapter titles proves to be very interesting, portraying the many good qualities about the dark: dark is exciting; kind; fun; necessary; fascinating; wonderful; and beautiful. Plop explores these qualities from different characters and experiences during the day time, when he enjoys being outside, gradually changing his perception of the dark throughout the story.

'The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark' teaching ideas

It could be a lovely warm and helpful read for children scared of the dark, but for any child, animal books are a hit, and to read about an owl being afraid of his natural environment is a novel idea and intriguing. Baby barn owl Plop doesn't want to be a night bird, 'Dark is nasty,' he tells his mummy. She tells him that he doesn't know that for sure, so he ought to go and find out. That evening Plop is brave and flies down to a boy scout who is guarding the camp-fire and he tells Plop that dark is fun as he and the other scouts sing around the fire; Plop stays with them until the fire has sunk to a red glow and then he flies home. The same conversation as before ensues with his mummy; although the scout says dark is fun, Plop still doesn't like it AT ALL. This was the first class novel I used when I started my teaching career with a Y1 class in 1990 - the edition I have was published by Puffin in 1973 but the first edition was released in 1968 so it’s 50 years old... but I think it’s a classic that would be welcomed and loved by Y1 children today.

Un bun exemplu îl reprezintă Bufnița care se temea de întuneric de Jill Tomlinson, o cărticică minunată care a reușit să îmi detensioneze mintea. Chiar dacă povestea este una pentru copii și tineri, ea poate fi citită de oricine, ideea lecturii și ilustrațiile ținându-te curios până la final. Protagonistul nostru este un pui de bufniță de hambar pe nume Buf. Toți știm că bufnițele sunt niște păsări de noapte, însă Buf are frică de întuneric și nu îl înțelege. Mrs Barn Owl explains that the dark can be ‘silver or blue or grey or lots of other colours’. Can you paint a picture showing dark scenes in different colours? Este... este... oh, nici nu am cuvinte, zise Buf. Dar ai dreptate, Orion. Sunt într-adevăr o pasăre de noapte, până la urmă. Făceam pe interesantul dormind toată noaptea. Nici n-am știu ce pierd. A really lovely story about a baby barn owl called Plop who does not follow the stereotypical owl instinct of being nocturnal due to the fact that he does not like night time, and dread being out in the dark. The story is set as Plop being the main protagonist, in which he describes the world at night is ‘nasty’ and repeats the phrase “I don’t like it AT ALL", adding extra emphasis to the fact he doesn't like the dark. As the story goes on, Plop meets many different characters, and experiences many new things, helping him to move beyond the negative mage he has previously built up about the dark.

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As well as helping to calm any fears, doing themed activities based on this book can help children with lots of other important skills too, such as turn-taking with the board game.