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Pets
Ways to make pets a meaningful topic or theme:
- Have family members bring in pets at a special time.
- Post photos of children's pets throughout the room.
- Visit a pet shop.
- Make treats for family pets and animals at the shelter.
- Visit a veterinarian's office.
- >Invite someone from a local animal shelter to bring an animal that is available for adoption.
- Collect food for shelter animals.
- Count how many bags or cans were collected.
- Weigh how many pounds of food were donated.
- Create a book with HyperStudio of children's pets.
Make copies for the reading center and to send home
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Computer Activities
| Photo of Dog Visit |
Software
Barbie Pet Rescuer
Fisher Price Rescue Heroes: Hurricane Havoc
Fisher Price Time to Play Pet Shop
HyperStudio
Kid Pix Studio Deluxe
Ruff's Bone
Techplaces Community
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Related Activities
Math
- Graph the number of different types of pets children have. The children
can learn concepts of quantities, more and less, and compare numbers
across all categories. The children also learn how to summarize the
information obtained from a graph and how to make conclusions.
Another Pet Chart Example
Books
Bridwell, N. (1985). Clifford, the big red dog. New
York: Scholastic.
Brown, M. W. (1972). The pokey little puppy. New York: Harper &
Row.
Brown, M. W. (1989). Baby animals. New York: Random House.
Day, A. (1996). Good dog, Carl. New York: Little Simon.
Driscoll, L. (1998). All about dogs and puppies. New York: Grosset
& Dunlap
Geisel, T. S. (1957). The cat in the hat. New York: Random House
Keats, E. J. (1988). Hi Cat! New York: Simon & Schuster.
Kirkpatrick, J. (1999). Barn kitty. Santa Fe. NM: Azro Press.
Petty, K., Perry, K., & Thompson, G. (1995). Gerbils (First Pets).
Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Juveniles.
Salsem, M. E. (1992). How kittens grow. New York: Scholastic.
Wells, R. (1997). McDuff moves in. New York: Hyperion Books for
Children.
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