"This is a cute story about a tomcat getting a family. Set in Venice, readers get a little taste of Italy, from the Italian words used by the cats and the gondoliers, to the Venetian architecture depicted in the colorful, attractive illustrations. 31 pgs in a large format, hc book." Rainbow Resource
Day 1: Social studies & Language arts
- Taught Fluttershy our address
- Located Italy and made a Italy's flag
- Learned to count in Italian
- Watched wonder pets episode save the kitten
Day 2 Art
- Color match the cover page with crayons
- Watched cat video
- Leonardo Da Vinci was from Italy, we colored a mona lisa coloring page
- We also painted with watercolors
Day 3: Math & science
- Watched Aristicats
- Played nocturnal animal game
- Looked at different cat breeds
- Played with colored rice and beads light table
Resources we used:
- Learn to count in Italian http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pKAOSvtrrj8
- Wonder pets episode save the kitten http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70137035&trkid=3325854
- Cat video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RmRaLSTEW0s#!
- Nocturnal animal game http://www.kidsplanet.org/games/js/whoami.html
- cat breeds http://www.cfainc.org/
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