If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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About this Resource

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Places to Purchase this Resource

fishpond.com.au (Australia)	amazon.com
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Fun things to do

This delightful story of how many favors a single mouse could ask for and the delightful things he may do in order to 'help' in the process.

We have collected a range of resources for you to include with this delightful story for you.

Family Life Projects
Activity 1

Bake cookies and share them as a family for morning or afternoon tea. There are a range of recipes for you to choose from.

Activity 2

Bake some extras and give them to grandparents or family friends to teach your children a spirit of generosity too. Spend time wrapping them with cellophane and and tying them together with ribbon. Alternatively, box them up beautifully with custom mouse boxes for Christmas, Valentines Day or modify the designs to suit your own special occasion. Allowing the children to add their own special touches and allow them to share the joy of giving them with you. You can even round it off with a custom mouse gift card.

Craft Projects
Activity 3

Make a mouse to act out the story with by constructing a:

• paper bag mouse puppet,
• mouse finger puppet,
• toilet paper roll mouse which can probably be made more realistic by being put the right way up using pop sticks etc,
• paper mouse with movable limbs if you use push pins in assembly,

Family Discussion
Activity 4

Spend some time discussing the role of manners. It can be observed that there is a lack of them mentioned in the story and this is a great opportunity to explain how manners can make a person serving another feel appreciated.

Games
Activity 5

Play 'If you give a mouse a cookie' bingo.

Activity 6

Alternatively, print off this set of 'If you give a mouse a cookie' dominoes to play as a family.

Activity 7

Build numeracy skills by playing games with either the Feed the Mouse Math Mat or the Count the Cookies Math Mat.

Activity 8

Create a scavenger hunt were children can list where to find each of the items that the mouse may want according to the story.

Activity 9

Or, create a matching game by matching pictures to their shadows.

Activity 10

Make a custom set of 'Go Fish' cards using a set of the Mouse Upper Case letters matched with the Cookie Lower Case letters. (Use the same rules as in 'Go A to Z!')

Activity 11
Play a game of true or false by printing off a variety of images, some which relate to the story, and others that do not. These flashcards are a great source of images for this project. Ask your child for each image, 'True or false - was there a 'object' in the story?' and form a true and false pile.

Online Resources
Activity 12

Play Mouse's Counting Game.

Activities for Older Siblings

Activity 1

Explain the nature of cause and effect using this story with older children. You can download this cause and effect page to kick things off.

Activity 2

Use paper cookies to solve mathematical story problems.

Activity 3

Print off word cards based on 'If you give a mouse a cookie' and use them for vocabulary development and sentence writing practice.

Alternatively, simply add these to your older child's vocabulary list.

Curriculum Tie-Ins

Hickory Dickory Dock (Sonlight P4/5)
Ties in with Sonlight P4/5 through 'A Treasury of Mother Goose', pg 150.

Activity One

Make a mouse from an egg carton and a clock for it to climb.

Activity Two

Learn the full Nursery Rhyme.

Download the words to Hickory Dickory Dock for free here.

Download the sheet music to Hickory Dickory Dock for free here.

Activity Three

Create a mouse that can run around the clock face as you sing the song the whole way through.

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down!
Hickory Dickory Dock.

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The bird looked at the clock,
The clock struck two 2,
Away she flew,
Hickory Dickory Dock

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The dog barked at the clock,
The clock struck three 3,
Fiddle-de-dee,
Hickory Dickory Dock

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The bear slept by the clock,
The clock struck four 4,
He ran out the door,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The bee buzzed round the clock,
The clock struck five 5,
She went to her hive,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The hen pecked at the clock,
The clock struck six 6,
Oh, fiddle-sticks,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The cat ran round the clock,
The clock struck seven 7,
She wanted to get 'em,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The horse jumped over the clock,
The clock struck eight 8,
He ate some cake,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The cow danced on the clock,
The clock struck nine 9,
She felt so fine,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The pig oinked at the clock,
The clock struck ten 10,
She did it again,
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The duck quacked at the clock
The clock struck eleven 11,
The duck said 'oh heavens!'
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck noon
He's here too soon!
Hickory Dickory Dock!

Pussy cat, pussy cat (Sonlight P4/5)
Ties in with Sonlight P4/5 through 'A Treasury of Mother Goose', pg 89.

Activity 1

Create a pussy-cat, pussy-cat puppet show or felt board story characters to act out the rhyme with.

Pussy cat, pussy cat,
where have you been?
I've been to London
to visit the queen.

Pussy cat, pussy cat,
what do you there?
I chased a mouse
from under her chair.

Three Blind Mice (Sonlight P4/5)
Ties in with Sonlight P4/5 through 'A Treasury of Mother Goose', pg 54.

Activity 1

Use some of the mice craft projects to create Three Blind Mice to inhabit your home.

Download the words to Three Blind Mice for free here.

Download the sheet music to Three Blind Mice for free here.

Activity 2

Learn the song as a family too - this song makes a lovely round if you have enough in your home or local homeschooling group to learn it together.

Three blind mice,
three blind mice.
See how they run,
see how they run.
They all ran after the farmers wife,
who cut of their tails with a carving knife.
Did you ever see such a sight in your life,
as three blind mice?

Missing
authored by A. A. Milne

Activity 1

Use the short story 'Missing' to play a game of hide and seek with one of your home crafted mice. Hide the mouse in your learning area and allow your young child to hunt for it. If needed you can use 'hotter' and 'colder' to indicate which way they should be going. This can keep your preschooler occupied as you work with older siblings.

Has anybody seen my mouse?

I opened his box for half a minute,
Just to make sure he was really in it,
And while I was looking, he jumped outside!
I tried to catch him, I tried, I tried….
I think he's somewhere about the house.
Has anyone seen my mouse?

Uncle John, have you seen my mouse?

Just a small sort of mouse, a dear little brown one,
He came from the country, he wasn't a town one,
So he'll feel all lonely in a London street;
Why, what could he possibly find to eat?
He must be somewhere. I'll ask Aunt Rose:
Have you seen a mouse with a woffelly nose?
He's just got out…

Hasn't anybody seen my mouse?