Dogs!

Dogs!

Used or recommended Books:

Bark, George by Feiffer

Doggone Dogs by Beaumont

Don’t Lick the Dog by Wahman

Great Gracie Chase by Rylant

Great Smelly Slobbery by MacDonald

Harry the Dirty Dog by Zion

Not Afraid of Dogs by Pitzer

Say Hello to Zorro! By Goodrich

We found some puppies in the storytime apron!

We read this book on how to be safe around dogs...

I love it because it is full of useful information and it rhymes!

Then it's time for a flannel board story:  Dog's Colorful Day.

Dog gets a bath to wash away all of the spots.

Dog gets into bed and dreams of colorful bones!

Then we could sing a song or two:

Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?

Oh where oh where has my little dog gone?

(Look around)

Oh where oh where can he be?

(Hands out, palms up, shrug shoulders)

With his ears cut short

(Hands on ears)

And his tail cut long

(Wag hands behind back)

Oh where, oh where can he be?

(Look around)

Or do another flannel board with a song:
BINGO!

Or do an action rhyme:

Puppy’s Dog House

This is puppy’s dog house

(Tips of fingers together)

This is puppy’s bed.

(Hands flat, palms upward)

This is puppy’s pan of milk

(Cup hands together)

So he can be fed. (Lapping motion)

The puppy has a collar (hands around neck)

With his name upon it too.

Take a stick and throw it,

And he’ll bring it back to you!

This Is What My Dog Does

This is what my dog does

Whenever I’m around

(Point to self)

He wags his tail from side to side

(Waggle your ‘tail’)

Then chases round and round

(Roll fists rapidly)

And whenever I’m feeling down

(Look sad)

He licks my face and licks my face

(Make licking motions with hand on face)

And licks away my frown.

(Pull mouth into a smile)

Ten Little Puppies

(To the tune of Ten Little Indians)

One little, Two little, three little puppies,

Four little, five little, six little puppies,

Seven little, eight little, nine little puppies,

Ten little puppies, running and barking!

Five Little Puppies

Five little puppies were playing in the sun.

(hold up hands,fingers extended)

This one saw a rabbit, and he began to run. (bend down first finger)

This one saw a butterfly,and he began to race. (bend down secind finger)

This one saw a cat,and he began to chase. (bend down third finger)

This one tried to catch his tail,and he went round and round. (bend down fourth finger)

this one was so quiet,he never made a sound. (bend down thumb)

That Doggie in the Window?

How much is that doggie in the window? (Bark! Bark!)

The one with the waggly tail

How much is that doggie in the window? (Bark! Bark!)

I do hope that doggie's for sale!

 

This Old Man

This old man, he played one,

He played knick-knack on my thumb;

Knick-knack paddywhack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played two,

He played knick-knack on my shoe;

Knick-knack paddywhack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played three,

He played knick-knack on my knee;

Knick-knack paddywhack,

Give a dog a bone,

This old man came rolling home.

Finally, time for puppets!  I act out the story of Bark, George using puppets: