Mouse Count is an adorable story by Ellen Stoll Walsh. It creates an opportunity to learn about counting and also working together as a team. Here’s a playful way to recreate the story with your child and sneak in a little math too with everyday items.
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Ellen Stoll Walsh is our featured author this month for Virtual Book Club for Kids. She’s the author of several book but we’ve selected three of her books to featured this January. 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 ready the story we decided it would be fun to recreate the story and practice our counting skills.
Mouse Count Activity with Lids
Create the characters from Mouse Count with your child using household items for hours of play and storytelling.
Materials:
- 10 lids
- Paper Towel Tube
- Plastic Jar
- Scrapbook Paper or Construction Paper {3 types}
- Black Sharpie Marker
- Glue Sticks
- Scissors
Directions:
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
5. Using the glue stick, attach the two ears and nose to each mouse. Now you have 10 mice!
6. Use the paper strips glue in a selected pattern onto the paper tube.
7. Add a circle head, two eyes and a tongue to the snake.
8. Use remain paper to cover your plastic jar {optional}
9. 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.
Additional Mouse Count Activities
Check out the ideas from this Month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids Bloggers:
- 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
- Mouse Count Relay Race from LalyMom
- Mouse Shapes Pattern Activity from Crystal & Co
- Mouse Paint – Colour Mixing Wheel from Science Sparks
Have you decided which books(s) you’ll be reading in January?
If you are interested in joining Virtual Book Club for Kids this January, here’s what you need to do…
- Add the Virtual Book Club for Kids dates to your calendar and start reserving or finding your books!
- Pick at least one book to read with your child this month.
- Do a book inspired craft or activity after you read the book.
- Come stop by and tell us what you did here in the comments or over on our Virtual Book Club for Kids Facebook page!
We hope many of you will join in with us!
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