I love the Mouse a Cookie series. We have every book in my home. We even have the Mouse, Cookies and More Treasury, which includes "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie", "If You Give a Pig a Pancake", "If You Give a Moose a Muffin", "If You Take A Mouse to School", and also games, recipes and songs that go along with the stories. The Treasury also comes with a CD so that children can listen and read along at the same time, and listen to the songs. It is so cute!
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, is definitely my favorite of the series. I've read it so many times in my life that I think I can recite the book, without even looking at it. The book starts with "If you give a mouse a cookie, he'll ask you for a glass of milk..." and the book ends with "And chances are, if he asks for a glass of milk, he's going to want a cookie to go along with it".
Genre: Fiction
Theme/Skill: Students will practice cause and effect relationships. Students will also practice putting things in sequential order.
Grade Level:PreK-2
Pre-reading activity: Students will be working on sequential order. They will read scrambled directions on how to make cookies, and they will put them in order. (The directions will be simple like start the oven, cook the cookies in the oven, turn off the oven, etc).
Post-reading activity: Students will cut out different lines from the book on a worksheet. They will have to decide what causes what. For example, 'If you give a mouse a cookie' will go before 'he'll ask you for a cup of milk'. Students will decide the order based on what they just read. Students will also be able to go back and read the book again to check their work!
I like this series of books!! They're fun and interactive for the children and they could really get into it. One of the main points is that there is a lot of repetition, and the kids could try to predict what is going to happen next in the story. One thing you could have them do is to write their own version of this book. I think they would have a lot of fun doing that too!
ReplyDeleteI like your idea of having a child write their own version of these books. I know my kids have heard these stories enough times, they could probably figure it out! It would be a fun activity. Great idea! Thanks!
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