Week 3 - Dogs

Dogs Songs/Fingerplays

Puppy Dog
(tune: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear)

Puppy dog, puppy dog, turn around,
Puppy dog, puppy dog, touch the ground.
Puppy dog, puppy dog, wag your tail.
Puppy dog, puppy dog, drink from the pail.
Puppy dog, puppy dog, sit and beg.
Puppy dog, puppy dog, hold up one leg.
puppy dog, puppy dog, take a walk
Puppy dog, puppy dog, try to talk.
Puppy dog, puppy dog, try to lick
Puppy dog, puppy dog, fetch the stick.
Puppy dog, puppy dog go upstairs
Puppy dog, puppy dog, look for bears.
Puppy dog, puppy dog, turn off the light.
Puppy dog, puppy dog, say goodnight.

"Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone"
Oh where oh where has my little dog gone?
Oh where oh where can he be?
With his ears cut short and his tail cut long,
Oh where oh where can he be.

P-U-P-P-Y
(tune: B-I-N-G-O)

I read a book about a dog
A dog that likes to run, oh!
P-U-P-P-Y! P-U-P-P-Y! P-U-P-P-Y!
Now what is this dog's name, oh?
I read a book about a dog,
A dog that likes to hide, oh!
P-U-P-P-Y! P-U-P-P-Y! P-U-P-P-Y!
Now what is this dog's name, oh?
I read a book about a dog,
A dog that has some spots, oh.
P-U-P-P-Y! P-U-P-P-Y! P-U-P-P-Y!
Now what is this dog's name,oh?
(Spot!)


What dog keeps the best time?  A watchdog
What's fluffy, white, and barks?  Pup-corn
What do you get when you cross Snoopy with a hornet? A bee-gle
What's green and barks a lot? A pup tent!
What's a dog's favorite pizza? Pup-eroni
What do you call a police dog?  A copper spaniel


Rags the Dog
I have a dog and his name is Rags. (point to self
He eats so much that his tummy sags! (rub tummy)
His ears go flip flop and his tail wig-wags! (wiggle hands on each side of head, swing arm back and forth for tail.)
And when he walks he goes zig-zag! (wiggle hips)
Refrain: say 3 times
He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig-zag! (do motions for ears, tail, then wiggle hips for zig-zag)
I love Rags and he loves me! Yeah!

Wiggler
I've got a dog as thin as a rail (children are sitting, palms of their hands in front, facing each other, close together)
He's got fleas all over his tail (wiggle fingers)
Every time his tail goes up (raise hands while wiggling fingers)
The fleas on the bottom all hop to the top (hands to floor, stand up, hands stretch up high)

Wiggler
(Leader calls out each line and the audience repeats it)

Flea.
Flea fly.
Flea fly mosquito.
Oh, no no no more mosquitoes.
Itchy itchy, scratchy scratchy, oh, I got one down my backy.
Beat that big bad bug with the bug spray.
SSSSSsssssssssss!

Miscellaneous Dog Activities

Week 2 = Hey Diddle Diddle

Our Second week of storytimes focused on the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle".  I did actually find a book but it was waaaaaay too long for a preschool storytime, so I included books about cats, dogs, cows, and fiddles (music).

The first book I read was Dog Loves Books, by Louise Yates.


We are focusing during our mid-point in storytime so far of saying our nursery rhymes.  So far so good, but I need to find some more activities or songs or movement to do with them.



You can click on the picture above to go to the link to print the nursery rhyme, Hey Diddle Diddle.

The second book I read was The Doghouse, by Jan Thomas.  Jan Thomas is one of my very favorite children's authors/illustrators.  She does very, very simplistic text and pictures, but they are just PERFECT for preschoolers, with humor for all members of the family.



The craft today was a very simple one, to go along with the nursery rhyme...."...and the dish ran away with the spoon."

We attached the spoon to the dish with a glue dot.  If you do not have adhesive wiggly eyes (as we currently do not), I spent some time actually attaching enough eyes onto glue dots for the kids.  It is easier for them to adhere, but also sticks better to the plastic than gluestick does.  Plus I have found that for the really little kids, trying to put gluestick on a little eye is really really difficult.
I also provided small dessert size plates if kids wanted to use those instead of the bowl.  Unfortunately, with the weight of the spoon, the dish and the spoon did not sit up without being supported.

Another Itsy Bitsy book as a handout:




Maze just for fun:

Kansas Reads to Preschoolers 2013 - "Dog's Colorful Day"

I am not entirely sure how long it has been going on, but once a year a committee selects a preschool-age-appropriate book title to be used for a statewide event called Kansas Reads to Preschoolers (click here to go to website for information and examples).   Last year the book was Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archumbault.  This year's title was Dog's Colorful Day, by Emma Dodd.  The website referenced above had a lot of good activities to go with the book.