Monday, July 13, 2009

Learning about Dogs

Spending so much time with the dogs on holiday in Spain got us really interested in doing a study on dogs. Eden - It has been one of my favourite studies and I would like to carry on learning about dogs always.

For this theme we have tried a new way of displaying what we learnt, it is called a lapbook because all the information is stored in a folder which is small enough to fit on your lap. (We still need to decorate the outside of the book.)
Once it opens you can see all the many mini books inside.
And they all open up to show more information.
We loved learning about all the different groups of dogs and all the breeds in those groups. It is so much fun spotting all the breeds we have learnt when we are driving or at the park.
It was fun to learn about all the wonderful jobs dogs do.
This is about a guide dog, we had already learnt about them when mom read us the book "Follow my leader" which is about a boy who lost his sight when his friend threw a firecracker at him, and how he got a guide dog to help him get around. You can see that this mini book has a few tabs so that you can turn to lots of different jobs that dogs do.

2 comments:

Buckland said...

It looks great. Well done. I am sure you are in love with lapbooks now too. :-)

Anonymous said...

Hi Eden, Niamh, Jude and Ciara,
I will send you a picture of our Boerboel Dog Hazel. She is very beautiful, and affectionate. She also takes her job of guarding the gate very seriously, barking at everyone who walks past. She loves to go for a walk, and we have also trained her to get into the car, so she enjoys a ride as well.