Parade of Pets

 

 Books:

Moonbear’s Pet by Frank Asch

Arthur’s Pet Business by Marc Brown

I Want a Pet by Lauren Child

Pet Animals by Lucy Cousins

Pet Show by Ezra Jack Keats

The Best Pet of All by David LaRochelle

Emma’s Strange Pet by Jean Little

Snappy Little Pets by David Matthews

Me and My Pet Fish by Christine Morley

The Perfect Pet by Margie Palatina

My Pet Hamster by Anne Rockwell

 

 

                         

 

 

 Writing:

1. Journals- If I could have any pet in the world, I would want a __________."

 

"Who Let the Letters Out?" Phonics Game:

Make a paper dog house with a cut out door and laminate. Attach to magnetic board. Place magnetic letters in dog house door.Have each child pick a magnetic letter from dog house and sing the "Who Let the Letters Out?" chant. For example, the child picking the letter A would sing:

Who let the A out? /A/ /A/ /A/ /A/

Who let the A out? /A/ /A/ /A/ /A/

*song from Dr. Jean's cd, Kiss Your Brain. You can visit her website, Dr.Jean.com, to purchase her cd's.

 

 

 

                          

 

 

 Math:

1. Pattening using animal erasers or counters.

2. Estimation- estimate how many animal counters are in a jar.

3. Number Sequencing- put numbered dog dishes or dog bones in numeric order

4. Number Recognition and Counting- children place dog biscuits in bowls according to the numbers in the bowls

5. Graphing- graph favorite pets

6. Sequencing- sequence toy dogs and cats according to size.

 

 

                            

 

 

 Art:

1. Paper plate cat and dog heads

2. Fishbowl crayon-resist paintings- children use crayons to draw fish and aquatic plants in fishbowl pattern. Children paint over fishbowl with blue watercolor paint. Paint will resist crayon and create a beautiful fishbowl scene.

3. Paper plate turtle- Children cover plate with green tiussue paper or construction paper squares. Add head and leg patterns.