Pet Show

To finish off our unit a local pet shop owner stopped by with some of his pet shop friends.

He taught us about different types of pets and how we can care for them.

He showed us the difference between a small pet and a large pet

Some of the teachers didn't mind the snakes and some left the show when they came out

He let us touch the pets and we discovered that the spikes on the back where soft and not sharp

and even hold them

He showed us a tarantula spider that the children wanted to keep in the box and the teachers were glad.  (Snakes yes, Spiders NO!)

Mrs. Torres enjoyed herself most of all.

What child does not like learning about pets?  If you're looking to bring in some pet shop learning fun.  You can find my Pet Shop theme lesson plan on Teachers Pay Teacher or Teachers Notebook.

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Pet Shop :Unit

We stared our unit off by reading the book The Perfect Pet

After reading the book we had a class discussion on what we would need to do to help the pets.

 We had a class discussion on what types of animals would make good pets and what types of animals would not. 

Pocket Chart Story using the children's names.

The children enjoyed rereading the pet story over and over so that they could hear and see their name.

Small Group Activities

Fish Bowl Letter Bingo

Calling cards are in lowercase letters and the fishbowl mat is uppercase letters.

Counting and Writing

Children were given small cats and dog counters with number mats and dry markers.  Children identified the number on the dog house and then counted out the amount of pets and placed them on the mat.  Once they had completed that they used dry markers to write the number.

Doggy letter match 

Children match the dogs to the right dog house by using the letters on each.

Art Studio

Children had the opportunity to go to the art studio and make pets of their choice.  

Here is what some of them came up with

 If you are looking for ideas for a Pet Shop Theme Lesson Plan, you can find one on TPT and TNB.

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Giving Back

With 75 million children in the world without access to an education.  I feel that I could do a little something about it, that is why I will be donating a portion of every sale from my TPT and TNB store to Pencils of Promise.

Education creates opportunity and every child deserves to have that opportunity which someday that child will be able to positively impact the world.  

Me Nuth a preschool child that has been given the opportunity of an education through Pencils of Promise.

Pet Clinic Dramatic Play

Dramatic play is an essential part of children's learning.  It allows children to develop skills in such areas as literacy, language, math, social emotional, cognitive, and writing.

Providing children with different types of dramatic play can be a challenging and time consuming.  Try to find one storage unit that can be changed easily without having to change the whole home living center.

   

This dramatic play stand is not in my home living center but rather right outside the area.  It allows me to be able to change out the role play theme easily and often to give children the opportunity to act out different types of life experiences.  

Here it is turned into a Vet Clinic.  Children can play on both sides of this unit to extend the play.  

Children negotiate what roles they will be playing.  Vet, customer, vet assistant and even groomers.

Writing in the dramatic play area happens naturally when providing signs and prescription pads on clip board. 

 Children learn to care for the animals by feeding them and walking them.

Props provided in the vet clinic where

Doctor Tools

Stuffed Animals (dogs, cats, lizards, turtles, mice, and snakes)

Dog Treats

Collars and Leashes

Food and Water Bowls

The Vet Clinic printable kit can be found on Vanessa Levin Pre-K Pages

 She has many other dramatic play themes to chose from.  They are easy and quick to use to transform you dramatic play space into something magical.

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More Pet ideas can be found from Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers in the Pet Shop lesson plan theme bundle, also available is a Lap Book to Big Book Doggy in the Window.

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