During the fall we usually complete a short Mice mini-theme. There are so many adorable activities that you can complete with this mini-theme! Here is a copy of a planning web that I created for this theme: mice-are-nice-planning-web
Here are some of my favorite books to read aloud during this unit:
Learning Treasures has these adorable harvest mice printables created by Belinda Mooney:
Harvest Mice lowercase flash cards
Harvest Mice uppercase letter flashcards
Harvest Mice Number flashcards 1-20
Making Learning Fun has a fun Mice unit on their site. The following activities are from Making Learning Fun:
3 Blind Mice color and counting page
Here are activities to complete with the story Mouse Mess by Linnea Riley:
We typically read this book at the beginning of this unit, I also use this book to introduce the letter M sound.
The Mailbox’s Teacher Helper Magazine–Kindergarten edition Aug/Sept. 2006, has a wonderful Mouse Mess literature unit. The following worksheets are part of this literature unit:
- Mouse Mischief–sequence the story pictures
- A Mouse and His House–rhyming
- Mouse’s Menu-beginning sound /m/
- Lunchtime–writing
There are also many great free resources available on the web related to this book.
Hubbard’s Cupboard has a great mini-unit to accompany this book: Mouse Mess Unit
Here are some printables from Hubbard’s Cupboard:
Mouse’s Lunch Cover and Back Pages
Here are activities to complete with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Belinda Mooney has created a whole bunch of fun, free activities to accompany this book on her Learning Treasures Website. Here are some activities:
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Lotto
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Word Cards 1
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Word Cards 2
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Word Cards 3
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Word Cards 4
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Dominoes 1
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Dominoes 2
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Dominoes 3
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Dominoes 4
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Dominoes 5
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Shadow Game 1
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Shadow Game 2
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Shadow Game 3
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Shadow Game 4
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Shadow Game 5
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Shadow Game 6
Hubbard’s Cupboard has lots of great ideas for If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, she used these ideas during a family literacy night: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Family Literacy Night
Here are some Mice themed worksheets that I created:
mice-are-nice-counting-worksheet
