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.
Large dogs typically have shorter life spans than small or medium-size dogs do, and toy-breed dogs tend to live longest ofall. Giant breeds such as Newfoundlands, Saint Bernards, Great Danes and Irish Wolfhounds usually have distressingly short life spans of 6 to 8 years, although some have made it 10 or 12 years.