While Monday’s group explored the moon through the eyes of a kitten, today’s group explored through the eyes (and soft fur) of puppies. When children arrive at preschool, we almost always start the day inside. But today all the teachers were waiting outside and the children went straight to the playground.
We played for a little bit and then some visitors came!
The humans are friends of the teachers and know the church, the park and our preschool very well. They brought their 8 week old puppies who have only been alive long enough to see 2 full moons! Since it was MOON DAY, we looked in the book, Dog Gone, to find the moon page. Otis and his dog friends were doing something at Misty Meadow.
What were Otis and his dog friends doing with the moon? Howling at it! We took a picture with the puppies and you can see us howling at a pretend moon:
How many puppies were there? Six! At first there were three people from the family there and each one held two puppies. All the puppies had French names and we wished our friend who speaks French had been there!
We learned some things about them from their human family.
What was the safety plan if you wanted to hold a puppy? If you wanted to hold a puppy, you had to sit down.
What did Ms Kristin say about running? If you want to run, go far away from the puppies so they don’t accidentally get stepped on. The puppies were allowed to run where ever they wanted. If a human wants to be away from the puppies, they can sit on a bench.
Why might a puppy lick you? They like the sweat (and we sure were sweaty…it was very hot and humid by 10:15).
What do the puppies eat? They just stopped nursing which means drinking the mother dog’s milk. Now they eat their own puppy food mixed with a bit of water. Ms Kristin said that reminded her of the preschoolers who put their crackers in their water at Snack Time.
Where do the puppies sleep? All together in their crate. There are fresh pine chips in there.
Before we went inside we sang thank you to the 4 humans with all our limbs and then to all the puppies in a barking voice.
Rebecca, Jason, Otha and Moe…we thank you very much!
What was the very first thing you did after going inside? Washed hands! We were getting ready for Snack Time and doing what Ms Rebecca said was important to do after handling the puppies.
For Snack Time today, we ate the moon (insert giggling). Grandma Bonnie bought us Half Moon Cookies which were a big hit, and Ms Kristin brought apples that Mr Petr cut into full, half, quarter, crescent pieces. Grandma Vicki refilled our water cups with as much cold water as we could drink!
When we were done eating we had the quietest play time of the summer. I credit the regulating puppy time and the incredible teacher friends we have.
What did you do with paintbrushes today? After finishing our moon snack, we used paintbrushes to cover a white circle paper plate with glue and glitter. The sneaky thing is that until the glue dries the glitter is hidden and looks grey.
It seemed like a joke when it was suddenly time to go home. Our Play Days go by so quickly.
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