Many preschoolers can relate to the theme of getting dressed, a skill many of them are mastering. A craft project to go with this theme is making a paper doll with clothes. This can just be photocopied from a book of paper dolls.

Another easy project is to have the child glue scraps of fabric on a cut-out of a person to design your own suit.

• Daly, Niki. JAMELA'S DRESS.
  A young girl in Africa takes a piece of fabric and wears it like a cape, but her mom wants to make a dress out of the fabric.
• Fox, Mem. SHOES FROM GRANDPA.
  In this cumulative tale based on "The House That Jack Built," Jessie gets various articles of clothing.
• Hutchins, Pat. YOU'LL SOON GROW INTO THEM, TITCH.
  As the youngest child, Titch always gets hand-me-downs to wear.
• Jocelyn, Marthe. HANNAH AND THE SEVEN DRESSES.
  With a nice surprise ending, Hannah cannot decide which dress to wear for her birthday.
• Kuskin, Karla. THE PHILHARMONIC GETS DRESSED.
  The members of the orchestra get dressed, from underwear to tuxedos.
• Leonard, Marcia. NO NEW PANTS!
  In this easy reader, a boy tries on several pairs of pants but prefers his favorite old pair.
• London, Jonathan. FROGGY GETS DRESSED.
  Froggy gets dressed to play in the snow, but forgets essential pieces of clothing like underwear. A Froggy puppet is also available from the Lakeshore Teacher's store.
• Miller, Margaret. WHERE DOES IT GO?
  Illustrated with color photos, this guessing game includes pieces of clothing.
• Neitzel, Shirley. THE JACKET I WEAR IN THE SNOW.
  This rebus story, patterned after "The House That Jack Built," named pieces of clothing.
• Offen, Hilda. A FOX GOT MY SOCKS.
  In this illustrated finger play, the actions are pictured in the illustrations, and the rhythmic lyrics are similar to those of Dr. Seuss.
• Taback, Simms. JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT.
  A very old overcoat is remade into several different garments in this Yiddish folksong.
• Watanabe, Shigeo. HOW DO I PUT IT ON? GETTING DRESSED.
  Little Bear demonstrates the right and wrong way to put on several items of clothing.
• Wells, Rosemary. MAX'S DRAGON SHIRT.
  Max and Ruby go shopping at the department store, where Max finds the perfect shirt.

September, 2000