Dear Mommy and Daddy,

This week, I drew my own puppy on a big mural together with my friends. I can recognize my own puppy as I painted its paws with my own hands and feet. I’m always amazed to see different shades of brown when teacher Deborah mixed the three paints together – red, yellow and blue. I like to count – my dog has four paws.

I love to bring my puppies around the classroom in a wooden push cart. Teacher Deborah taught us a new rhyme with finger plays. It’s so fun to play with my little fingers...they can run so fast. Would you like to learn this rhyme with me too?

Two little puppy dogs
(hold up two fingers)
Lying in a heap,
(let two fingers fall down.)
Soft and Woolly
(pet two fingers with opposite hand.)
And fast asleep.
(lay hands against the side of your face and close eyes.)
Along came a pussycat
(hold up one finger from opposite hand and move toward the two little fingers.)
Creeping near,
"Meow", She cried right in their ear.
Two little puppy dogs
(hold up two fingers)
After one cat,
(two fingers chase the one finger).
Did you ever play tag like that?
(point to the children)