Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Photo Credit: Wolf Bulletin Board on Flickr, Creative Commons Today we will begin our unit study on wolves by talking about the relationship between each of the members of the family in a wolf pack. While discussing, begin to list words that the children might need to spell when writing about the wolf pack. Words on this Word Wall might include: male, female, wolf, pack, wolf pack, pup, canine Write each of these words with white chalk on black construction paper cut in the shape of a wolf.
(Spraying with hairspray will fix the chalk.) Wolf Talk. Wolves express themselves in many ways. There is the howl-bark, which is usually a distress call. It starts out as a high pitched bark and quickly turns into a short howl. It's a "Wolf Alarm", a warning to pack mates of possible danger. There are the yips, yaps, squeals, and chirps of play. Listen to Wolf Howl Animal Preserve's Wolves, Watachee, Waya and Ohoyo participating in an evening chorus howl, one of their first! Here is a Midnight howl recorded in January of 2011 during the peak of their breeding season. Below is a link to an mp.3 of our Wolves howling, recorded on December 27, 2006. Looking for Love, howl Here is a video of our Wolf Pups, Niko Akni, Chito,Woha and Nita howling at 18 days old.
Here is a sample of one of our Wolves, Ohoyo in a distress howl, called a "bark-howl". We have recorded a CD of our Wolves howling called, Wolf Songs. Wolf Curriculum - Reading - Kids Planet: Defenders of Wildlife. Grey wolf videos, photos and facts - Canis lupus.