Dog Days

Miss Laney brought a special dog visitor today! The children enjoyed playing with Gertie and watching her perform many dog tricks including shaking hands, jumping, sitting, playing fetch, and rolling over on the ground. She accompanied our group to the park and was very well behaved.
Our activities this week have revolved around dogs, pets, and taking care of animals.
Dog houses and beds were created by Miss Meghan with cardboard boxes, newspapers, and blankets. The children pretended to be dogs and dog owners. Feeding, grooming, training, and cleaning up after animals were earnestly practiced as the children focused on the care of pets.

We observed many different types of dogs, made dog masks, played hopscotch with dog bone shapes, had "obedience school" with a simon says game, and finger knitted dog leashes.

We also made our own animal books, labeled the animals, did a fun science experiment about rain water running down a foil hill in a big pan, made foil balls to toss into a variety of box shapes and added up the points designated to each shot, and had a "pet show" day on Thursday when each child had the opportunity to tell us about their chosen stuffed pet.