Today’s Flannel Friday idea comes from Making Learning Fun.
I made a jar and 10 mice of various colors. After reading Ellen Stoll Walsh’s Mouse Count, we sing this rhyme, to the tune of “Frere Jacques”:
Mouse count, mouse count
Mouse count, mouse count
Count with me, count with me
How many mice, how many mice
Do you see? Do you see?*
I DID have 10 mice. Where did #10 go?
We count the mice. I take one or more away and then we recite the rhyme and count again. This can be done an endless number of times!
To change things up, and to promote vocabulary, we also count how many mice are INSIDE (adentro) the jar, and how many mice are OUTSIDE (afuera). I may also ask the kids to name the specific colors inside or outside.
Inside mouse, outside mouse
We also do the same with UPSIDE DOWN (cabeza abajo) and RIGHT SIDE UP:
Upside down mouse, right side up mouse
This would work well for a Mice, Colors, or Counting-themed storytime.
For the full Flannel Friday roundup, visit Andrea later today!
*P.S.: I just made up this Spanish rhyme: doesn’t rhyme perfectly, but works with the tune:
Ratoncitos, ratoncitos,
Cuéntalos, cuéntalos
Cuántos ratoncitos
Cuántos ratoncitos
Puedes ver? Puedes ver?
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Karen, they are from here: http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/MouseCountFeltBoard.htm Have fun!
Do you have patterns for the mice?
This is fabulous! I love the song.