To the Dogs!

I have puppy fever BAD.  My husband and I are buying a house (only a few more days until closing!) and all I can think about is getting a dog.  Which is ridiculous because we already have two cats (one of whom is extremely opinionated and bossy and active).  But still.  It’s there.  So this week for storytime, I had to indulge myself.

BOOKS: 

We read Boot and Shoe by Marla Frazee and Zorro Gets an Outfit by Carter Goodrich.

Zorro was a little better received than Boot and Shoe, but I think that’s because Boot and Shoe was a little too long and little too repetitive (you know, those things you don’t necessarily notice when you’re reading silently to yourself and are enthralled with the pictures).  I think for next time I will choose a different book – something maybe rhyme-y or adventure-like.  

SONG: 

We sang the very delightful My Dog Rags which I found and learned from the lovely ladies at Jbrary.

CRAFT: 

Slinky Accordion Puppies!  I free-handed and printed off puppy fronts and puppy backs and puppy ears.  The kids went to town coloring their puppy fronts and backs.  I was a little disappointed that most of the parents folded the accordion part themselves instead of letting the kids at least try.  I think if the model that I had created had had bigger folds maybe it would have looked easier to mom and dad and they would have let the kids do it themselves.