Mice!

September 16, 2014

Eep! Mice!

A storytime about the smallest, cutest animals anyone's dared to write a picture book about: mice!

Books:

Little Mouse and the Big Cupcake by Thomas Taylor
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
Ten in the Den by John Butler

Songs:

Opening Song: Where is Thumbkin? – Kimbo

Song 2: Skinny-Marinky-Dinky-Dink – 100 Singalong Songs for Kids Vol.1

Song 3: Shake My Sillies Out – Raffi

Song 4: Let Everyone Clap Like Me – Wee Sing in the Car

Song 5: Hickory Dickory Dock – The Best of Wee Sing

Song 6: Dance Your Fingers/Clap Along With Me – Wee Sing for Baby

Song 7: The More We Get Together – 100 Singalong Songs for Kids Vol. 1

Song 8: The Wheels on the Bus – 100 Singalong Songs for Kids Vol. 1


Felt/Magnet Board:

The Mouse and Thunder

I came across this story in a regular old Google search and boy is it cute! It's a selection from Early Childhood Themes Through the Year by Debbie Thompson and it's available (mostly) on Google Books.

The story is basically this:

Once there was a mouse who was afraid of thunder and all the other mice made fun of her because of it, which made her pretty sad.

One day, the mouse went for a long walk on a hot day. Before long, she became very thirsty and wanted a drink of water.

Just then - it began to THUNDER! And the mouse became frightened. But - she came across a frog. The frog said, "Oh! Thunder! Now my pond won't dry up! Hooray!"

Then she came across a duck. The duck said, "Oh! Thunder! Mud is nice! I like mud! Hooray!"

"Hmm..." said the mouse, "the frog likes thunder...and the duck likes thunder...?? I know! When it thunders, it usually rains too. And rain is good! And if it rains...I will have a drink of water because I am so thirsty!"

And it did rain, and the mouse was able to get her drink of water. And she was never afraid of the thunder again!  The End!!

We played the story up with lots of Hoorays and applause to keep the kids on track.


Craft:

This week we pulled an oldie from the library files and made a Mouse Mask. This was one of our crafts that was had the summer volunteers prep for us so No Cutting! Unfortunately, that means any identifying marker was lost - so I have no idea where it came from exactly. But - it was cute nonetheless!!