Burnham Bunch: Dogs

For the Dogs!

Read: Bark, George by Jules Feiffer and Lyle Walks the Dog: A Counting Book by Bernard Waber

Discuss: What type of sound does a dog make? What would you think if a dog spoke to you?

Storyboard: Use storyboard pieces while reading Bark, George. I displayed George on our flannel board and then taped all the animals to the back of the easel. As the doctor removes the animals from George's stomach, I "pulled" the animal out of story-George.

Craft: Doggone Cool Doggy

• Need: Small paper plates, construction paper in black, brown and red. Sticker eyes. Glue sticks.
• Prior to storytime I cut out all the bits and pieces: black = ears, brown = dog bone, red = tongue. I also folded the ears (see finished product).
• Have children glue all the bits onto the paper plate, in order to create a doggone cool doggy.
• Ask each child what word they would want their doggy to say, if the doggy could speak. Write the word on the dog bone. (Most of the kiddos wrote their name) ...