A Wise Old Owl
Grade Levels: Pre-K - 4
Posted: September 28, 2020 | Updated: September 28, 2020
Created by: Schoolhouse by the Sea
This little poem is a traditional English-language nursery rhyme. It can be used in a classroom as a call and response to bring quiet or before a special story to set the mood.
Stories are very special and in order for us to make ourselves ready for them, it can help to call them in with a story or song. This is a wonderful poem to recite before a hearing, reading, or telling a story.
sat in an oak.
The more he saw,
the less he spoke.
The less he spoke
the more he heard.
Let us be like that wise old bird.