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Duncan & Dolores

Language: English

Dolores learns to hold back some of her smothering tendencies in order to win the affection of her new pet cat. In the video, LeVar also learns about other kinds of cats as he travels to Marine World Africa USA, where he meets a Bengal tiger. Viewers see how humans can become cats in a behind-the-scenes tour of the Broadway musical “CATS.”

Here are activities to do after watching this episode:

Just Like a Cat

What words can your family think of that name ways a cat moves? Did you say pounce, stretch, leap, stalk, yawn, curl up? Get the entire family involved in doing cat exercises.

You will need:

  • pipe cleaners
  • construction paper
  • tape
  • scissors
  1. Join two or more pipe cleaners to make a band that will fit around the head of each family member.
  2. Cut out two cat ears for each one and use tape to attach the ears to the front of the pipe-cleaner band.
  3. Choose one family member to be the cat leader who calls out words that name how a cat moves. Everybody then does the cat movement. Take turns being leader and enjoy your cat exercises!
  

CATS

You will need:

  • paper
  • pencil
  • crayons

Have a family discussion about cats.
Do you like animals? What do you like about cats and kittens? Think of words that tell how a cat feels. How do cats sound? Think of words that describe how cats look, smell and move. How do cats show they are happy?

  1. Use crayons to draw a cat on paper using shapes that you know. You may want to use a circle for the head, an oval or rectangle for the body and two triangles for ears.
  2. Next, inside of your cat, write
    the words you thought of to
    describe cats.
  3. Put your picture up on
    the refrigerator or
    someplace you can
    share it with others.

Check out some of these books on your
next trip to the library:

  • Puss In Boots by Charles Perrault retold by Lorinda Bryan Cauley
  • Cat & Canary by Michael Foreman
  • Moon Tiger by Phyllis Root

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