Out of the Book

An idea for a craft can come from the book itself,
as in the book Cool Cat,Hot Dog by Sandy Turner. 

I was drawn to it by the unique and clever use of collage and the competitive banter
between cat and dog that makes it a perfect picture book for an older audience.

I presented  this program with Darcy, one of my co-workers at the time,
and we held our cat and dog puppet as we read the dialogue.
The children had to vote who was the best. Cat or dog? Dog won.

I photocopied images of cat and dog along with key phrases in the book.

For materials I used different shades of light weight cardboard, brown paper grocery bags,
graph paper,discarded J fiction, tissues, markers, scissors and glue.
 I had several copies of her book on the tables for them to look through.
They enjoyed recreating the style of Turner's collage using recycled materials.

The program's title was It's Raining Cats and Dogs!  We also read and included                     ;   

Woof a Love Story by Debra Weeks is about a dog and cat that fall in love- 

yet there is a big communication problem- very funny and sweet.

Why do I Have to Eat Off the Floor? by Chris Hornsey is about 

a dog that has to come to grips that he isn't a human.

We served Cracklin Oat Bran dry cereal ( it looks like dog food) - 

The whole group was on all fours eatin' like dogs.

We all were crackin up laughing. Good dog!