Harry the Dirty Dog

Today we did a fun craft that involved Harry the Dirty Dog. Harry hates baths. In order to skirt getting yet another boring old bath, he buries his scrub brush and runs all over town getting dirty. But when he gets home, he is so dirty that no one knows who he is. Only a bath will do.

Okay - so, cute story.

I had Dub color a clean dog and a dirty dog from a cut out I found.
Then I cut and taped up the clean and dirty dog back to back in order to make a hand puppet.

Coloring his dirty dog.

The puppet and the book.

Putting on the puppet. It took several tries to get the point of the puppet.

What? This dog hates baths? That puzzles me. Bath time is awesome.

"Reading" it again...while sitting in a basket...still puzzled about why this dog doesn't like to take a bath. Hopefully he doesn't get any nefarious ideas...

So - it was a pretty good activity. If you're interested in hearing Betty White read an abbreviated version of Harry the Dirty Dog - complete with pictures - link up here! Very cute!

What We're Reading Now

Just found one of my favorite all time books! W is too young to "get it", but I think it is brilliant and I can't wait to share it with him.

Alphabeasties by Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss is absolutely precious.
Using different fonts, the authors create animal shapes using all of the letter being represented.
Take a look at this version of letter A.


This book is fascinating and will provide hours of perusal for little eyes. A great take on traditional alphabet books, your reader won't be disappointed.

Love it!
Note: I also saw that the authors created flash cards to make this text more mobile. Great, great idea and I'm sure they will be in the mail to little Wyatt Dodd soon.


Also in our shipment today - Snowbots written by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by David Barneda.
Little snowbots celebrate a snow day - school is canceled and everyone goes outside to play. When things get too cold, though, mama and papa robot must come to the rescue. It's darling to see the little snowbots doing things that children would do. Only instead of enjoying a bubble bath after a day in the cold, these kiddos have hot oil baths. Very creative. Perfect for boys. Who doesn't like robots paired with rhymes?