Dogs- Then and Now

Hello boys and girls. Did you know that long, long ago dogs were very useful to people? When people lived in “camps” (like Jamestown), dogs were used to alert the people if there were intruders (look that word up in the dictionary). Dogs were also used to watch over children.  Dogs were used for hunting.  Dogs were used to keep people warm at night. Have you ever heard of a “three dog night?” This is an old Australian phrase which means the night was cold and three dogs were needed to sleep with to keep warm. Have you ever snuggled with your dog at night to keep warm? Even today we use dogs for these same kinds of things. But, long ago, people depended on dogs for their survival (look that word up, too).
Here are a few pictures for you. The first is an old picture of a man with his hunting Beagle dogs. The second picture is a painting of hunting dogs and their owners in the year 1305. The last picture is a dog looking after a little boy.  How are dogs useful to us today?
       

So you are learning about shapes and forms?

I heard you went on a special scavenger hunt for shapes today? I bet you found all kinds of interesting   shapes in nature and in the community. When you look at my face, what shapes do you see? Is my face symmetrical?  Here’s a picture of my water and food bowls- what shapes and forms do you see in the picture– look carefully?