cat and dog

pla y ca rds
cat and dog

concept, text, illustrations and design this book could be published thanks to

elke and rené leisink the generous support of

publishing biblionef • family leisink

copyright 2014

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oops! the card with the word
‘noose’ is not correct.
it has to be ‘no xo se’!
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missing card
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2 players (or more) a-m or n-z

10 cards
picture up

cat takes 10 cards (or more). dog closes his eyes.

cat puts the cards on the table
so that cat and dog
can see the pictures.
moon

cat takes 1 card (or more). dog opens his eyes.

dog says which card is missing.

moon!
10 new cards

cat shows the card. now dog puts 10 new cards

on the table.
draw the word
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cat takes 1 card. cat looks at the card.

dog can not see the card.

moon? banana?

no

cat draws the word on the card. dog guesses again

dog guesses what cat is drawing. what cat is drawing.
dog is wrong.

banana!

now dog is correct. now dog takes 1 card.

memory
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2 players (or more) a-m + a-m or n-z + n-z

take 24 picture
cards down

cat takes 2 boxes of cards. cat puts the cards on the table
cat takes out 12 pairs of cards. so that they can not see the picture.
for example: ‘apple + apple’,
‘ball + ball’, ‘egg + egg’, ‘car + car’...
cat has now 24 cards in total.

apple apple apple

dog starts. dog finds the

dog takes a card. other card with ‘apple’.
dog finds ‘apple’ dog takes both cards.

ball egg
i have i have
6 cards... 18 cards!

now it is cat’s turn. the game is finished.

cat takes the cards ‘ball’ and ‘egg’. cat and dog count their cards.
cat puts the cards back on the table. cat has 6 cards and dog has 18 cards.
now it is dog’s turn again. dog wins!
missing card
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dog takes 1 card. dog looks at the card.

cat can not see the card.
is it
is it an something
animal? no to eat?
yes

cat asks a question. cat asks another question.

for example: ‘is it an animal?, ‘is it a dog says only ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
bodypart?’, ‘is it a part of nature?’...

is the colour red? is it a

tomato?
yes yes

cat asks another question. it is something to eat and it is red.

for example: ‘is it red, green, yellow, it is a tomato. cat is correct.
blue, big, small, round, square?’... now it is cat’s turn to take 1 card.
step by step he finds the word. dog must guess.
word maker
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book

cat takes 10 cards cat makes the word ‘book’ with the
and dog takes 10 cards. letters on the cards.

sing

cat takes 1 new card. dog knows the word ‘sing’.

dog makes the word ‘sing’ with the
letters on the cards.
red dog takes 1 new card.

cat knows the word ‘red’. it is cat’s turn, then dog’s turn,
cat makes the word ‘red’ with the then cat’s turn, then dog’s turn...
letters on the cards. untill there are no more cards left.
cat takes 1 new card. dog made the most words. dog wins.
 word domino
cat and dog cat and dog
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ca t

cat and dog both take a card. the word ‘cat’ ends with the letter ‘t’.
dog starts with the card ‘dog’. cat looks for a card
cat starts with the card ‘cat’. that starts with the letter ‘t’
do g
t ree g uitar

cat finds the card ‘tree’ the word ‘dog’ ends with the letter ‘g’.
and puts it on the table. dog looks for a card
that starts with the letter ‘g’.
dog finds the card ‘guitar’.
tre e e gg guita r r ain

the word ‘tree’ ends with the letter ‘e’. dog finds the card ‘rain’.
cat looks for a card it is cat’s turn, then dog’s turn,
that starts with the letter ‘e’. then cat’s turn, then dog’s turn...
cat finds the card ‘egg’. untill there are no more cards left.
 dead fish
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a yes

dog takes 1 card. dog draws 6 lines cat asks for the letter ‘a’.
on the card is the (because ‘b a n a n a’ the letter ‘a’ is
word ‘banana’. has 6 letters). and dog in the word ‘b a n a n a’.
also draws a fish. dog writes the letter ‘a’ on the 6 lines.
x no n
yes

cat asks for the letter ‘x’. cat asks for the letter ‘n’.
the letter ‘x’ is not the letter ‘n’ is
in the word ‘b a n a n a’. in the word ‘b a n a n a’.
dog draws 1 line on the fish. dog writes the letter ‘n’ on the 6 lines.
z w sorry cat,
no no the word
q no the fish is dead is ‘banana’
f no

cat asks for the letters ‘q’, ‘z’, ‘w’ and ‘f’. with 5 lines, the fish is dead.
the letters ‘q’, ‘z’, ‘w’ and ‘f’ are not cat does not win.
in the word ‘b a n a n a’. dog tells that the word is ‘banana’.
dog draws 4 lines on the fish.
letter maker
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fff

cat takes 10 cards cat has 3 cards with the letter ‘f’.
and dog takes 10 cards. cat puts ‘f f f’ on the table.

z z z and f

cat takes 1 new card. dog has 3 cards with the letter ‘z’
and dog has 1 card with the letter ‘f’.
dog puts ‘z z z’ and ‘f’ on the table.
hhh dog takes 1 new card.

cat has 3 cards with the letter ‘h’. it is cat’s turn, then dog’s turn,
cat puts ‘h h h’ on the table. then cat’s turn, then dog’s turn...
cat takes 1 new card. then cat has no more cards
in her hands. cat wins.
flash cards
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cat takes a card. cat shows dog writes the word

dog can not see the card. the card on a piece of paper.
very fast.

story cards
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2 players (or more) a-m + n-z

this is a story about a duck. the duck does

he wants to swim, but then not want to get
it starts to rain. wet, so the duck
takes an
u mbrella...

dog takes 5 cards (or more). dog makes a story with

the 5 words on the cards.
 quartet
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3 players (or more) a-m or n-z

dog deals all the 52 cards. cat, elephant and dog

1 card for cat, 1 card for elephant, look at the cards.
1 card for dog, then again 1 card (cat has 18 cards, elephant has 17
for cat, 1 card for elephant, cards, dog has 17 cards.)
1 card for dog... elephant,
do you have yes
the ball?

cat starts. cat asks elephant:

cat has 3 cards that start with a ‘b’: ‘do you have the ball?’
‘bike’, ‘book’ and ‘banana’. elephant says ‘yes’
cat has not got the card ‘ball’. and gives the card to cat.
quartet!

now cat has 4 cards that start with a ‘b’: cat has 3 cards that start with a ‘p’:
‘bike’, ‘book’, ‘banana’ and ‘ball’. ‘palm’, ‘pen’ and ‘pig’.
cat puts the 4 cards on the table cat has not got the card ‘pencil’.
and says ‘quartet!’.
 elephant,
do you have no
the pencil?

cat asks elephant: now it is elephant’s turn.

‘do you have the pencil?’ elephant has 2 cards that start with a ‘f’:
elephant says ‘no’. ‘fish’ and ‘flower’. elephant has not got
the cards ‘fly’ and ‘foot’.
cat, do you have cat, do you have
the fly? the foot?
yes no

elephant asks cat: elephant asks cat:

‘do you have the fly?’ ‘do you have the foot?’
cat says ‘yes’ cat says ‘no’.
and gives the card to elephant.
dog,
do you have yes quartet!
the pencil?

now it is cat’s turn again. now cat has 4 cards that start with a ‘p’:
cat asks dog: ‘palm’, ‘pen’, ‘pig’ and ‘pencil’.
‘do you have the pencil?’ cat puts the 4 cards on the table
dog says ‘yes’ and gives the card to cat. and says ‘quartet!’.
 dog,
do you have no
the house?

cat has 1 card that start cat asks dog: now it is dog’s turn.
with a ‘h’: ‘heart’. ‘do you have the house?’ dog has the card ‘foot’.
cat has not got ‘house’, dog says ‘no’. dog knows that elephant
‘hand’ and ‘horse’. has ‘fish’, ‘flower’ and ‘fly’.
elephant, do you have elephant, do you have
the fish? the flower ?
yes yes
yes and the
fly?

dog asks elephant: dog asks elephant:

‘do you have the fish?’ ‘do you have the flower and the fly?’
elephant says ‘yes’ elephant says ‘yes’
and gives the card to dog. and gives the 2 cards to dog.

quartet!

now dog has 4 cards that start with a ‘f’: when cat, elephant and dog have no
‘foot’, ‘fish’, ‘flower’ and ‘fly’. more cards in their hands, the game is
dog puts the 4 cards on the table finished. cat has 2 quartets, elephant has
and says ‘quartet!’. 0 quartets and dog has 11 quartets.
dog has the most quartets. dog wins.
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words a n d t h e ba ll a n d t h e ra i n a n d t h e h at

1 2 3

cat and dog cat and dog cat and dog cat and dog
wh e re is cat? a n d t h e ya m a n d t h e butte rf ly dog is cold

4 5 6 7

cat and dog cat and dog cat and dog cat and dog
dra w a n d colou r a n d t h e egg cat is ye llow a n d t h e worms

8 9 10 11

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do you want to play the games in this book?

then you will need the cat and dog cards.
the fi rst box of cards is from a to m.
the second box of cards is from n to z.

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