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Mouse | Crafts | Farm Theme | Online Story time Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities

Preparation:
Before reading the story print out the coloring pages listed in the materials column to use on a board or felt board and to make a coloring book for the activities. The images can be printed directly to different color paper, and cut out.

Materials:

• printer
• white paper
• coloring tools
• scissors
• glue stick
• craft stick
• ruler
• stapler

Materials
:

Mouse activity set
color

black and white


Display & coloring book pages:

bear, bird, dog, sheep, horse, farmer, mouse

Activity 1 > Online Story time > Morris' Special Day (enable Flash player on your browser)

This is a funny a delightful online story that all ages will enjoy. The young farmer is frantic! He has "lost" his beloved pet Morris the Mouse. Children will not know who is Morris until the end of the story. Let's go and find out where is he "hiding." In the process we are going to meet a bird, a bear, a dog, a horse and a sheep and, lastly, Morris, the "lost" mouse. What's more we are going to find out how to say these animal words in Spanish just for fun!

1. Read the story and allow the children to use the computer mouse to move to the next page. The children will learn or practice the names of animals and will get a brief and fun introduction to a few fun words in Spanish.
2. Sequencing: Using the display animal coloring pages, ask the children if they can remember in which order did the animals appear in the story. As the children answer place the animal image on the board and write the name of the animal on the image. Continue until all animals have been identified.
3. Discuss the colors of each animal.
4. Discuss: Where was Morris? Was he lost?
5. Using the same images have the children try to isolate which animals live on the farm and which animals don't live on the farm but are wild animals.

Activity 2 > Mouse Activity Set > Mouse Headband and Practice letter Mm is for Mouse

1. Make a cute mouse themed headband with the oval template labeled #3. Cut a piece of paper in 1 1/2" to 2" strips (3 strips) to form a long headband. The children can color the mouse image and glue to the center of the head band. Help adjust the band around the children head and tape in place.
2. Write the word Mouse in the small rectangular card labeled #2.
3. Cut the small oval labeled #4, and glue a craft stick to make a hand puppet.
4. Read the story online one more time with the headbands on!

Activity 3 > Animals & Farmer Coloring Book (links in the materials column)
The children can assemble a coloring book for the animals mentioned in the story. Make sure to write the names of each animal and include the first letter inside the image to reinforce letter recognition. Help the children staple the pages.

Complementary activity > Community Helper > The Farmer
The farmer is presented in this story. Discuss the responsibilities and importance of the farmer. Which of the animals in the story are animals that a farmer would raise in a farm, which ones could be pets at home? Which animal does not belong in the farm and why?