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Posted: Sept 05 2007 at 12:08pm \| IP Logged

my 4yr old dd adores dogs, so, together we made a 'dog book'. we made our own hard back book, which is covered with fabric with lots of pictures of dogs. I have printed off colouring pages & dot to dots & such, & she has put lots of photos of our own dog & friends dogs. What else can we do? How can i encourage this without it all going over her head? (if an activity is too advanced i end up doing it all, which defeats the pirpose of the excercise!)
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Posted: Sept 05 2007 at 1:32pm \| IP Logged

Maybe have her-
- freehand draw a dog...
-label the parts of a dog (with her own handwriting or else glueing word slips by the appropriate spots)
-use brown strips of paper to "build" a kennel
-learn a poem that mentions dogs
-sort pictures of dog characteristics such as Long hair vs. short hair dogs, dogs by color or size...

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Posted: Sept 05 2007 at 3:08pm \| IP Logged

great ideas, thanks!

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Posted: Sept 05 2007 at 5:00pm \| IP Logged

I don't know too much about dogs but I just wanted to wave hello to a fellow Brit! Welcome!

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Posted: Sept 05 2007 at 7:40pm \| IP Logged

Lynn
could you print off two sets of different breeds of dogs, laminate them and have her 'pair' them?

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Posted: Sept 05 2007 at 9:57pm \| IP Logged

I've seen recipes online to make home-made doggie biscuits.

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Posted: Sept 06 2007 at 3:18am \| IP Logged

Thanks Theresa & Erin for your ideas...they are great...i wouldnt have come up with them myself.
Doris, I have pm'ed you!

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Posted: Sept 07 2007 at 1:54am \| IP Logged

Hi Lynn,

This is a great opportunity to write one-two words under a picture. Great schooling accomplished when you are following their interests. You can do math with dog toys or pictures. Copywork is fun when they are following what they love.

I made homemade index cards for my little ones to read following their interests and homelife. It was such a treasure to read them and to look back at them with fond memories.

Have fun!

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