Dogs and Cats (Wednesday)

Presenters
Noni Hazelhurst and George Spartels

Songs

 * This Little Boy is all Ready for Bed
 * The Old Grey Cat
 * Have You Heard the Cat at Night?
 * I Had a Cat
 * Fa la Nana Bambino

Poem

 * Cats by Eleanor Farjeon from Rhyme and Rhythm, compiled by J.Gibson and R. Wilson (Macmillan)

Activities

 * Bunk beds are made out of shoe boxes and cardboard rolls for the toys Lisa and Kim
 * Noni and George play a cat and mouse game.
 * Noni makes a bed for Scrap the dog as Diddle doesn't need one, because cats sleep anywhere.

Story

 * John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat by Jenny Wagner, illustrated by Ron Brooks (Puffin Books, Penguin Books Ltd)

Film

 * Cats Playing
 * I Had A Cat (shadow puppets)

Ideas for Later

 * Talk about the best ways to care for different pets.
 * At the local library looking for books about animals.

Reference

 * This Little Boy All Ready For Bed' by Mary Miller and Paula Zajan from The Useful Book (ABC Books)
 * The Old Grey Cat'Traditional from Making Music Your Own (Silver Burdette)
 * Have You Heard the Cat at Night' by Ron Gamack (unpublished)
 * I Had A Cat' Traditional from Merrily Merrily (Nursing Mothers' Association)
 * Kitty and Puppy' (One Little Kitty) by Roberta McLaughlin from The Small Singer (Bowmar Publishing Corp).
 * Fa La Nana Bambino'Traditional from Catch a Song (Dominie)
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20000116032615/http://www.abc.net.au/children/play/parents/prognote/series72.htm