Activity 1: Study the Story Pictures
- Before reading or listening to the story, study and describe the pictures accompanying the story.
Activity 2: Recite the Book Information
- Before and after reading or listening to the story, recite aloud the name of the author, the title of the book, and the title of the chapter.
Activity 3: Narrate the Story
- After reading or listening to the story, narrate the events of the story aloud in your own words.
Activity 4: Study the Riddles
- Study Nutkin's riddles.
- Practice reciting them and memorize the answers.
- Tell the riddles to your friends and family.
Activity 5: Act Out the Story
- Play the roles of Nutkin and Old Brown.
- While playing Nutkin, say the riddles and dance about impertinently.
- While playing Old Brown, at first keep still and ignore Nutkin. Then, lose your patience and get him.
Activity 6: Draw the Story
- In the story, Squirrel Nutkin teases an owl named Old Brown until Owl Brown loses his patience and decides to skin him.
- Study the real owl below and sketch your own picture.