Two weeks ago our weekly focus was on pets. Pierce is obsessed with dogs but was saying that every other animal went “moo” so I wanted to find a fun way to practice animal sounds with a focus on cats, dogs, and more common animal pets.
Here is a list of activities you can do that are all pet-focused and easy. Nothing that I will be sharing now or in the coming weeks will be complicated or take a lot of materials to do. We are all limiting time spent shopping and trying to find ways to save time and keep kids entertained, not add a complicated craft project to our already large to-do list!
Books
Songs
- I have a Pet
- B-I-N-G-O
Sensory Play Ideas
- Give your pets a bath – put toy animals in a bin with soap and water
- Find your pets – you can hide pets in kinetic sand or cotton balls
- Animal rescue – water play
- Jello animal rescue
- Feed the animals corn sensory bin
Indoor Activities
- Animal toy rescue – tape animal toys to the top of a bin
- Animal puzzles
- Feed your pets – fine motor activity
- Free your pet – wrap rubber bands around one of your pet toys
- Pet grooming station
Art & Craft Projects
- Animal track painting
- Animal coloring pages like these simple dog coloring pages
- Cat Mask or Dog mask
- Pet Turtle
- Sticky fish craft
