If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
Author: Laura Numeroff
Illustrator: Felicia Bond
Published: 2015
Kids really like this book. There’s something very appealing about it. Perhaps it’s the universal feeling all children have for helping other beings and they enjoy watching all that the main character goes through to help the mouse. The mouse itself is very cute and relatable. He’s kinda scruffy with old patched-up overalls, but he’s good natured and likes to clean up after himself and take a nap when he’s tired. He loves things that other kids love like reading a story, drawing pictures, and of course, eating cookies.
This is a great book to activate higher thinking. You can ask students questions about what’s happening on the page. “What is the mouse doing?” “What is the boy doing?” “How do you think he’s feeling?”
At the end of this book is a little game called “The Great Cookie Chase”. This is a great game for two or three children (not great for only one or more than 3). All you need is a die (one dice) and some marker pieces (I used a penny and a nickel). This is an easy game of counting spaces and sometimes going backwards. It was simple enough for preschoolers (with a little help) and the kids seemed to enjoy it.
Author: Laura Numeroff
Illustrator: Felicia Bond
Published: 2015
Kids really like this book. There’s something very appealing about it. Perhaps it’s the universal feeling all children have for helping other beings and they enjoy watching all that the main character goes through to help the mouse. The mouse itself is very cute and relatable. He’s kinda scruffy with old patched-up overalls, but he’s good natured and likes to clean up after himself and take a nap when he’s tired. He loves things that other kids love like reading a story, drawing pictures, and of course, eating cookies.
This is a great book to activate higher thinking. You can ask students questions about what’s happening on the page. “What is the mouse doing?” “What is the boy doing?” “How do you think he’s feeling?”
At the end of this book is a little game called “The Great Cookie Chase”. This is a great game for two or three children (not great for only one or more than 3). All you need is a die (one dice) and some marker pieces (I used a penny and a nickel). This is an easy game of counting spaces and sometimes going backwards. It was simple enough for preschoolers (with a little help) and the kids seemed to enjoy it.
Author: Laura Numeroff
Illustrator: Felicia Bond
Published: 2015
Kids really like this book. There’s something very appealing about it. Perhaps it’s the universal feeling all children have for helping other beings and they enjoy watching all that the main character goes through to help the mouse. The mouse itself is very cute and relatable. He’s kinda scruffy with old patched-up overalls, but he’s good natured and likes to clean up after himself and take a nap when he’s tired. He loves things that other kids love like reading a story, drawing pictures, and of course, eating cookies.
This is a great book to activate higher thinking. You can ask students questions about what’s happening on the page. “What is the mouse doing?” “What is the boy doing?” “How do you think he’s feeling?”
At the end of this book is a little game called “The Great Cookie Chase”. This is a great game for two or three children (not great for only one or more than 3). All you need is a die (one dice) and some marker pieces (I used a penny and a nickel). This is an easy game of counting spaces and sometimes going backwards. It was simple enough for preschoolers (with a little help) and the kids seemed to enjoy it.