The dog is dirty (3 pictures)

From muddy dog to clean dog - learn playfully about care and sequence.

What happens to a dog that has happily played in the mud? In this interactive preschool activity, children discover in a playful way how a dirty dog becomes completely clean again. The task seems simple: drag the 3 images to the correct place so that the dog’s story is shown correctly. This sorting activity with exactly 3 pictures helps preschoolers discover the correct order step by step.

Preschoolers practise their logical thinking by placing images in the correct order. They learn to think about what happens first, what comes next and how a situation changes. This helps them develop a better understanding of time sequence, chronology and cause-and-effect relationships.

In addition, this free app stimulates language development. Each image is supported by clear spoken sentences. Children hear many spoken words and concepts. By looking, listening and acting at the same time, new vocabulary is remembered better.

The activity also contributes to world orientation. Preschoolers discover that animals need care and that washing helps them become clean again. They learn to think about hygiene, care and looking after pets. This helps them better understand the world around them.

Thanks to the simple drag-and-drop controls, children also practise their fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination and digital skills. The free app is suitable for use on tablets, computers, interactive whiteboards and other digital learning environments.

This educational activity is ideal for preschool teachers, support teachers, parents and supervisors who are looking for a fun way to work on time sequence, cause and effect, animal care, hygiene, vocabulary development, listening skills, world orientation and digital literacy.

Let children discover through play how a dirty dog becomes completely clean again, while at the same time giving them a strong foundation for language, thinking and learning.

In the online logbook, parents and teachers can easily check afterwards which apps were played and which results were achieved.

Learning goals

• Language development
  • Listening to and understanding simple spoken sentences.
  • Expanding vocabulary around dog, mud, dirty, washing, water, soap and clean.
  • Extracting information from spoken language supported by images.
  • Making connections between spoken sentences and matching pictures.
  • Understanding concepts such as dirty, clean, washing, first, then and at the end.
  • Retelling a simple event using pictures.
• Logical and mathematical thinking
  • Logically arranging a sequence of three pictures.
  • Placing events in the correct order.
  • Reasoning about what happens first, then and last.
  • Recognising cause and effect within a concrete situation.
  • Solving a problem by comparing and arranging pictures.
• World orientation / Orientation to the world
  • Recognising and understanding daily care routines.
  • Understanding that something can become dirty and then be cleaned again.
  • Connecting experiences around animals, care and hygiene with recognisable images.
  • Observing change: from dirty to washed and clean.
• Sense of time
  • Recognising a simple chronological sequence.
  • Understanding concepts such as first, then, afterwards and finally.
  • Ordering a short event with a beginning, middle and end.
  • Recognising change over time in a sequence of pictures.
• Digital literacy
  • Using a digital application purposefully.
  • Performing drag-and-drop movements to solve a task.
  • Using digital media to practise, listen and learn.
  • Working independently or with guidance on an interactive exercise.
• Motor development
  • Practising fine motor skills by dragging and placing pictures.
  • Strengthening eye-hand coordination when using a mouse, touchscreen or digital board.
  • Acting purposefully and with control within a digital environment.

QR code

You can use the downloadable QR code below to navigate directly to this app.