D is for Dog

It is D week with our Preschool letter of the week series. Here are some of our favorite books about Dogs. Followed by that, you will find a list of simple activities!

Books

• Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
• Go, Dog, Go by PD Eastman
  • Always a favorite! We have this on repeat with our 21 month old right now.
• Big Dog, Little Dog by PD Eastman
• I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words (Full version) by Michael Firth
• The Diggingest Dog by Al Perkins
• Clifford the Collection by Norman Bridwell
  • A collectiong of 6 classic Clifford tales.
• Wet Dog by Elise Broach
  • This is one of our favorites. It took a couple of read throughs for me to realize that I need to imagine myself as a story teller from the New Orleans while I read the book. The dog in this book is endearing…and WET!
• ¡Perros! ¡Perros! Dogs! Dogs! (Bilingual) by Ginger Fogelsong Guy
  • This bilingual book is seamlessly weaves Spanish and English for a fun read.

Board Books (for younger children)

• I’ll Teach My Dog a lot of Words by Michael Firth
  • This is the shortened, board book version of I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words
• Clifford’s Bedtime (Bilingual) and Clifford’s Animal Sounds (Bilingual) by Norman Bridwell
  • Two bilingual books that would be a great first introduction to Spanish!
• Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill
  • A favorite lift-the-flap book. This one will be so beloved that after a while it may require some some tape to hold together.
• Doggies by Sandra Boynton
  • A fun counting (and barking!) book.

Download this PRINTABLE BOOK LIST to take with you to the library: D is for Dog Book List

Literacy

• Make your own Dd is for Dog watercolor page.
• Talk about the sound that D makes. We use the Letter Factory Song (to the tune of the Farmer in the Dell):
  • The D says, “duh.” The D says “duh.” Every letter makes a sound. The D says “duh.”
• See if your child can think of any other words that start with “duh.” Duck, donut, dad, dinosaur,etc.
  • Check out books on these topics too!
• Draw a bubble letter D and have your child put stickers in the open space. This is good for fine motor skills as well.
• Download this free letter of the week coloring sheet. You can use this for dot-a-dot, coloring, or stickering. Alphabet Coloring Sheets (variety pack) PDF
• Try these Upper and Lower Case Dot-a-Dot sheets that include a letter recognition portion.

Math and Science

• Look at a dog (or picture of  a dog) and talk about/count different parts of the dog (2 ears, 2 eyes, 4 legs, 1 tail, etc).
• See if your child can name animals with…
  • no legs
  • 2 legs
  • 4 legs
• Learn the names of different breeds of dogs. Talk about how they are different.
• Keep a count of how many dogs you see this week.
• Talk about the difference between wild dogs and domesticated dogs. Name some wild dogs you might see at a zoo.

Music and Art

• Sing B-I-N-G-O
• Sing 1 Little, 2 Little, 3 little doggies to the tune of 10 Little Indians.

PE

• Act like a dog!
  • Walk on all fours
  • Wag your tail
  • Lick water from a bowl
  • Beg
  • Roll over
  • Play dead
  • Play fetch

Happy Reading!

Trish

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