Mix It Up ...in the Class(ROOM): Laura Numeroff Book Craze

The month of September, we decided to do a book theme with our after-school children.

We started out with some really fun books by Laura Numeroff:

If You Give a Mouse A Cookie

Then children decorated paper plates with the cookie of their dreams.

If You Give a Moose a Muffin

Children colored a muffin template.

Then, we sang this rhyme, subtracting one every time we chanted the rhyme.

However many children you have is the # you start with. The teacher may start by being the moose, and then the child chosen becomes the moose. Every time a child is chosen, they become the moose who will "eat his fill" by taking away one "muffin" (child) from the group.

__(10)__ little muffins on the window sill.
Moose came along and ate his fill.
Now how many muffins are on the window sill?

From:

http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/MooseHeadbandandRhyme.htm

If You Give a Pig a Pancake

After reading the book, we will make pancakes with the children!
Just make sure none your children have allergies to any of the ingredients. If someone does, find a recipe to substitute. We have a child allergic to eggs, so his mom brought in a recipe for egg-free pancakes!