(I LOVE Amazon, and if you choose to get yours there, they do send me a few cents-which supports my coffee habit!) Arthur's Pet Business (An Arthur Adventure) by Marc Brown You can also click on the title links to see what Amazon has available. Many of the following books are available at your local library. Return to Top Pets Theme Ideas for Your Library That child then goes to the back and the next child is the leader. They act like one animal (perhaps barking, trotting like a horse, etc.) and the others follow and copy that child. The children practice their tossing skills by trying to get a stuffed animal onto a pillow!Įach child has a turn leading the line of their friends. Place pillows out and provide beanie baby animals or stuffed animals. I highly recommend it! Click the picture to the right to check it out! The kids would play this every day at Circle Time, Gross Motor Time or just as a great transition throughout the day! THIS CD is my ABSOLUTE favorite for this theme! There are 2 tracks about Animal Actions. Let each child take a turn pretending to be an animal and let the other children guess!
and then place them in the house to rest (of course, the children will want to be in the house with their pets!). Provide stuffed animals and use this inside or outside! The children can take their pets for walks, runs, etc. If you have a large appliance box, let the children help you decorate it and turn it into a pet house. Return to Top Pets Theme Large Group Games to Help Build Your Preschoolers Muscles While They Have Fun Together! Provide a variety of feathers to paint with this week! More Than Just Painting (Although that is always THE favorite in our classroom!) Provide stuffed animals, bandages, doctor kits, large white shirts (for doctor coats), clipboards and crayons Pets Theme Ideas to Transform Your Dramatic Play Area What would a lion need? A rhinoceros? A giraffe? Where would they sleep? What do they eat?
It also allows for some great conversation! Ask many questions while cooking with your children to encourage conversation! Be sure to ask specific themed questions while making these fun snacks!įor a snack today, provide animal crackers.Īs you all share snack, talk about the crackers and how they would take care of them if they were pets.
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Snack Recipe Ideas to Cook Up for Your Pets Theme!Ĭooking with children helps develop their math skills and helps them to learn how to follow directions. Provide flannel pieces or stuffed animal cats and mittens as props for the children to learn this! You could also use one of those "See and Say" toys! VARIATION: There are many CD's available with animal sounds on them. Play the sound and pause the tape as the children guess the animal. I'm thinking of a pet that has 4 legs, ears, and barks (or an moos!), etc.īring a recording of different animal sounds (either you can record the sounds on a tape with pauses in between or ask a parent or group of parents to collaborate on this project!). Provide markers, crayons and colored pencils for the children to color and design their pets over the week or so of this theme.Īdd stuffed animals or plastic animals to your block area for some imaginative pet park building!Ĭircle Time is such a great time for children to learn the social skills of being together as a large group AND to learn more about your theme! Hang these on the wall at the children's level (I recommend taping a very large piece of paper or thin tablecloth to the wall first!). In advance, cut out pet shapes from large paper (24" X 24" or larger)-include dogs, cats, etc.
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