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Mouse Counting Activity Inspired by the book Mouse Count

Here’s a playful way to recreate the story Mouse Count with your child and sneak in a little mouse count activity with math too using everyday items.

This adorable book Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh creates an opportunity to learn about counting and also working together as a team.

Mouse Count Activity with Lids for Preschoolers

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For this activity Ellen Stoll Walsh for our featured book activities for Virtual Book Club for Kids. She’s the author of several book but we’ve selected three of her books to feature.

Click now to see what we’re reading next for our book club!

The books are  Mouse Paint, Mouse Count, and Mouse Shapes.  
Have you read them yet?

Just in case you can’t wait to read the stories here are some videos of Mouse Count, Mouse Paint & Mouse Shapes read by others.  

Here’s a little bit of background about Ellen Stoll Walsh too.

Ellen Stoll Walsh Virtual Book Club for Kids

We selected to share about Mouse Count, as our featured story this month.  It’s an adorable story about a snack and ten mice.  The illustration of vivid and fun to anticipate what happens next with your child.  

After reading the story we decided it would be fun to recreate the story and practice our counting skills.

Recycled Lids Mouse Craft for Preschooler for Mouse Count Book Activity

Mouse Count Activity with Lids

Create the characters from Mouse Count with your child using household items for hours of play and storytelling.

Materials for Mouse Count Activity:

  • 10 lids
  • Paper Towel Tube
  • Plastic Jar
  • Scrapbook Paper or Construction Paper {3 types}
  • Black Sharpie Marker
  • Glue Sticks
  • Scissors
Using Recycled Item to make Book activity for Mouse Count

Directions to Make Mouse Count Activity:

1. Gather items around your house to create this activity including 10 lids, and empty paper towel roll and a plastic jar. {All things you need to keep a stash of for everyday learning}

2. Using Scrapbook paper to cut out mouse ears and mouse nose

3.Cut out strips of the same paper to use for the snake

4. Using black market draw two eyes on each lid

Using Scrapbook Paper for Snake Craft from the book Mouse Count

5. Using the glue stick, attach the two ears and nose to each mouse.  Now you have 10 mice!

Hands on Counting Activity for the book Mouse Count

6. Use the paper strips glue in a selected pattern onto the paper tube.

Mouse Count Book Activity with Recycled Lids for Preschoolers

7. Add a circle head, two eyes and a tongue to the snake.

Paper Snake Craft inspired by the book Mouse Count

8. Then use your remaining paper to cover your plastic jar {optional}

9. Are you ready to play?  Encourage your child to retell the story using the mouse lids and paper snake and jar.  The older they are start to add number recognition cards to the retelling also.

Mouse Count Inspired Number Activity for Preschoolers

Mouse Count Activities on our Site

If You Give Mouse a Cookie Headband

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Sidewalk Chalk and Cookie Game 

Mouse Headband Tutorial 

Mouse Count Activity with Lacing and Math

Mouse Paint Words and Video 

Printable Mouse Count Activities 

Mouse Count Printables

Check out these additional Mouse Activities:

  • Mouse Count Sensory Bin from Still Playing School
  • Mouse Shapes Learn to Spell Your Name Activity from Growing Book By Book
  • Shape Collages Inspired by Mouse Shapes by Inspiration Laboratories
  • Mouse Count Number Lines and Ordering by Rainy Day Mum
  • Mouse Shapes Puppets  from The Pleasantest Thing
  • Triangle Puzzle from Mama Miss
  • Mouse Paint Color Mixing Hearts Craft from Toddler Approved
  • Free Color Book from Playdough to Plato
  • Relay Race Game for Mouse Count from LalyMom
  • Pattern Activity for Mouse Shapes from Crystal & Co
  • Mouse Paint – Colour Mixing Wheel from Science Sparks

For more ideas for Number Week visit the Virtual Book Club for Kids!

Number Themed Activities featuring Mouse Count Book Activities for Preschoolers and Toddlers

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Counting Mice Book Activity inspired by Mouse Count.

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Filed Under: Math, Reading Tagged With: Author Study, Ellen Stoll Walsh, Kim, Mouse Count, Virtual Book Club

About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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