Home Hot Topics Articles About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading NEWSlink Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Teaching Peace with Elyse Ideas and Activities for Indoor and Outdoor Play The Reading Corner Teaching Children with Special Needs How to Get a School Grant Earlychildhood NEWS Blog Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements ProSolutions CEUs Subscribe today to our monthly newsletter!   ACTIVITY Pet-able Pets By Julie Joy Babies will love the surprise of a new pet on each page of the booklet and being able to get a ”feel” for each. Curriculum Area Sensory Before You Start Freehand-cut or use stencils to cut out figures of the pets listed in "Materials Needed". Hole punch eyes if desired. Lay out the tagboard pieces in a row. Let's Begin 1. Taking the baby’s hand, dip the underside of each “pet” into the glue and press to the center of each piece of the tagboard. Let dry. 2. Hole punch 3 or 4 holes along the left side of each piece of the tagboard. Lace up the side with the yarn and tie off. 3. Say the name of each pet and encourage the baby to touch them. Furthermore Fabrics and materials for this project are available at notions and craft stores, and stencils for pet shapes can be easily found online, at craft stores, or in activity books. The pet with the thickest fur should go on the first page of the booklet so it closes easily.   Tweet Various fabrics and materials to represent the texture of each pet. Try soft felt (kitten), faux fur (dog), feathers (bird), and vinyl (lizard). Tagboard cut into squares or rectangles Hole puncher Tacky glue in small trays or plates Sharp scissors Yarn Extra Sturdy Tagboard - 100 Sheets Animal Shapes Stencils, 8" - Set of 12 Colored Felt, 9" x 12" - 50 Sheets Natural Feathers - 1/2 oz. One Hole Punch Colorations® 5" Pointed Tip Scissors Colorations® Acrylic Yarn- Set of 12 Aleene's Original "Tacky" Glue® Natural Feathers - 3 oz. Articles and activities listed on this website may be printed for single use. No article or activity may be duplicated or distributed in any form, in whole or in part, without permission from the publisher, Excelligence Learning Corporation. Contact Permissions Department.

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