March Around the Alphabet. This is a lot of fun. The children gain added exposure to the letters while including the excitement of a stop-and-go game! 1  Write each letter of the alphabet on large index cards. 2  Be sure to put the capital letter on one side and lowercase on the other.
Typical lifespan of small dogs. Smaller dogs typically live to 14 or 15 years old. Smaller dogs generally live longer than large dogs because they don't suffer as many serious skeletal and cardiovascular diseases as larger dogs do.
Since the 1930s, the canine life span has increased more than 70 percent, from seven years to 12! And that's just the average. With advances in veterinary care and nutrition and more knowledgeable owners, many good-sized dogs now live to 14. Of course, no one can really predict how long an individual dog will live.