B4FIAR - Angus Lost

We "rowed" Angus Lost this past week. Still loving B4FIAR. Angus Lost is about a dog who ventures out on his own because he is tired of the same old things; only to find out that he liked the same old things.

We started the Row with a new sensory bin. I used white felt, cotton balls, a felt cave and several animals from the story. I could not find a Scottie Dog though, so we used another dog in our bin.

I also made snow dough from flour, water, and baby oil. It has a real nice texture. I gave Kaleb several dogs and let him dig through the dough.

For lunch, Kaleb had dog bone shaped PB&J sandwiches.

We started every day by reading the story. Then, he colored the Scottie Dog black. He also traced the color word and we matched the letters with the alphabet magnets. In case you hadn't noticed, in honor of our dog book this week - Mickey was replaced by Snoopy! Snoopy joined us the whole week while we rowed this book.

Then, using the same magnets, we matched the letters to Angus' name and Kaleb's name.

We talked about what other words began with the letter D. Kaleb made a book from Homeschool Share. All mini books will be put into a lap folder for later.

We played a game of Dog Lotto, also from Homeschool Share.

He practiced finding Angus' way through the maze.

We made a cave from a paper bag and added Angus inside along with cotton ball snow.

We measured different items with non-standard measurement - a snowflake ruler (link below). This also gave us practice in counting verbally. He loved finding things to measure - dogs, my foot, the baby....

We practiced our numbers by playing this cookie game from Scholastic. Kaleb decided to bring several dogs and feed them the cookies.

He practiced his name using the letter magnets. He recognizes the letters of his name but can't tell me the order of the yet.

We discussed taking care of a dog as well as petting only dogs that they know. When we lived in the city, there were a ton of street dogs that you dared not to pet. So I wanted to make sure that he knows when he may pet a dog and when he shouldn't. Now, when we see a dog in the neighborhood, he tells me if it is a pet or a street dog (mostly pets here).  He gave his doggies a bath to get them clean from the snow dough.

We made a cave in the corner of our living room using a blanket and some duct tape. The kids loved it. All week, they played and read in it. It kept falling down and they begged me to put it back up again.

I borrowed the other Angus books from the library - Angus and the Cat & Angus and the Ducks. Kaleb loved all the books and to celebrate our row - we fed the ducks.


Links

Nurture Store - has the recipe for the Snow Cloud Dough that we used.

Homeschool Year - had the idea of the cave with a bear, we just eliminated the bear and added Angus.

Homeschool Creations - has free printable for the story.

Homeschool Share - has lap booking resources for the story.

Kristen Stefanko - her TPT store has the free snowflake measurement printable that we used.