I use die-cut shapes of owls that I found at my local teacher supply store and placed sixteenth note rhythms in the center of each pattern. Each owl pattern has only one full beat -- i.e. tika-tika, or ti-tika, or tika-ti. Magnets can be added to the back of each owl for easy magnetic use.
Place the owls along a single line drawn on the board using a green or black marker to represent the limb of a tree. After singing an owl folk song (i.e. My Owlets), have the children correctly play the rhythm pattern that has been created on the "limb" of the tree. If the rhythmic pattern is played correctly, die-cut leaves can be awarded to the "tree."
For a fun extension, mix the owl rhythms up each time the song is sung or a particular passage in a story (i.e. Owl Babies) is read. If you have additional owl shapes, you can add rhythm patterns. Additional options would include Level II rhythmic concepts.
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