We had a wonderful storyhour for those brave souls who tossed their fates to the winds and risked all to make it here through the torrential rains! Savvy moms knew all the short cuts and detours around local flood plains. By the time storyhour was over, the rains were too.
Play:
Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh. I had an enormous snake puppet from PPLC, 10 little mice (actually only 9 because I lost one but who's counting?) a jar, and a stone I quickly harvested from the library landscaping. Remembering all I had learned from magicians visiting this summer, I palmed the mice and pulled them out from behind the babies. The babies were a little scared of that large snake. I look forward to scaring the older children more. This wonderful story is just concrete enough and has just enough about being eaten up ("But he was still hungry," Isabella kept repeating) to hold toddler attention.
Stories:
Whose Mouse Are You? by Robert Kraus. Great pictures, charming, simple story.
Maisy Goes on Vacation by Lucy Cousins. Rather episodic in detail, but then what do you expect from a mouse named Maisy? It's a cute enough story. Next year don't forget train whistle & beach ball & towel.
Let's Play by Leo Lionni. I love Lionni's cheerful little mice!
Let's Play by Leo Lionni. I love Lionni's cheerful little mice!
Special songs:
Three Nice Mice:
3 nice mice, 3 nice mice
See how nice they are, see how nice they are.
They're always polite when they nibble their cheese.
They never forget to say "thank you" and "please"
They cover their noses whenever they sneeze.
See how nice they are, see how nice they are.
They're always polite when they nibble their cheese.
They never forget to say "thank you" and "please"
They cover their noses whenever they sneeze.
AHH CHOO AHH CHOO AHH CHOO!
They're 3 nice mice, 3 nice mice.&
The Old Gray Cat (only I had young white cat)
The old gray cat is sleeping, sleeping, sleeping,
The old gray cat is sleeping in the house.
The little mice are dancing, dancing, dancing (children dance)
The little mice are dancing in the house.
The little mice are nibbling, nibbling, nibbling (children nibble)
The little mice are nibbling in the house.
The little mice are resting, resting, resting,
The little mice are resting in the house.
The old gray cat comes creeping, creeping, creeping,
The old gray cat comes creeping in the the house.
The little mice go scampering, scampering, scampering (children run in place)
The little mice go scampering in the house.
The old gray gray cat is sleeping, sleeping, sleeping,
The old gray cat is sleeping in the house.
The old gray cat is sleeping, sleeping, sleeping,
The old gray cat is sleeping in the house.
The little mice are dancing, dancing, dancing (children dance)
The little mice are dancing in the house.
The little mice are nibbling, nibbling, nibbling (children nibble)
The little mice are nibbling in the house.
The little mice are resting, resting, resting,
The little mice are resting in the house.
The old gray cat comes creeping, creeping, creeping,
The old gray cat comes creeping in the the house.
The little mice go scampering, scampering, scampering (children run in place)
The little mice go scampering in the house.
The old gray gray cat is sleeping, sleeping, sleeping,
The old gray cat is sleeping in the house.
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| This mouse-like group can be counted on to do a lot of scampering, dancing, nibbling, and sleeping at every storyhour. |
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| With large snake. |
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