

For younger kids, you can take turns rolling to make it go faster.

For older kiddos, use two dice and have them do some addition. Keep going until the whole cookie is covered. Roll the dice and cover the same number of dots as you rolled.

Repeat with the remaining cards.įor this activity, you will need a die or dice, a tray, something to mark the spots if you have chocolate chips, they would be fun to use, and the printable. Ask if any of the items have names that sound the same. Ask your child to tell you what each item on the card is. What’s the first step for baking cookies? What’s next? Just like the book, one action leads to another.įor this activity, cut the four rhyming cards out and grab some buttons to use as markers. Print and cut out these photos, then together with your child, decide on which order they go in. Get All printables for these preschool activities here <- click to download. If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Activities with FREE printables “What do you think will happen next? Can you make a prediction?” As well as the ability of retelling after you are done reading by asking,” What happened next?” these are both really easy and essential tools for early literacy.Īctivities for If You Give A Mouse A Cookie The story builds as one thing leads to the next when you give in to the whims of a silly little mouse! This is a great book to work on a bunch of skills. If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff is a contemporary classic, and if you have ever read it to a group of children, you will know why. I also use most of these with The Duckling Gets A Cookie by Mo Willems. These If You Give A Mouse A Cookie activities are some of my favorite. I know some teachers are reading the book I share on video and then sending the activities to their students. I usually ask that all materials are only used for classroom use, but our classrooms are now virtual and remote. You can send them a link, print out the printables, and send them in the mail, whatever works for you and your students. I want to make it clear to preschool teachers that YES, you can share this with your students and their families. I have had such a positive response for this new series of preschool activities paired with popular children’s books.
