Mouse Eats all the Things!

 

This is one of my favorite  mouse, food, colors  books ever! The double page illustrations are wonderful and perfect for storytime. This mouse is adorable too!  I used an activity sheet that is available on Denise Fleming's website for my mouse pattern. You can't tell but he's about 7 inches tall to the tip of his tail. I made all my food pieces large too! I have a circle diecut for the blueberries and grapes and peas.  I just freehand cut out the other pieces and then used plenty of glitter glue to jazz them up! I end my flannelboard with a recap of all the colors by adding little 'crumbs' of each color onto the mouse. A ravenous mouse and colorful food is so much Fun with Friends at Storytime!

 

Watermelon!

It's picnic weather here and time to eat yummy summer picnic food! One of my favorite summer treats is watermelon! Check out this link for National Watermelon Day on August 3.   I made a rhyme to use a few years ago when I taught preschool and we tasted watermelon. I used the watermelon prop at the art table too. Summer food is fun ... and delicious!

Sharing Watermelon
by Kathryn Roach

I have a big red watermelon
A juicy summer treat.
I want to share it with my friends
They'd like a slice to eat!

I'll share one,...
Now another,...
One more slice makes three.
Here's one more for my friend,
And that leaves one for me!


I usually line up the felt watermelon slices and take them off as we 'subtract' until the last one, that I pretend to gobble up! 

Some good watermelon books are...Watermelon Day by Kathi Appelt; One Watermelon Seed by Celia Lottridge; The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli; and a nonfiction book, Watermelon for Everyone by Pat Griffeth. You could sing Raffi's book/song, Down By The Bay (Raffi Songs to Read). Then there's one of my favorites, Lunch by Denise Fleming. There are several wonderful Flannel Friday posts based on Fleming's book. Check out the food Flannel Friday pinterest board! Here are some great previous Flannel Friday posts about watermelons; Miss Mary Liberry has Watermelon contest.  Anne @ So Tomorrow has a link to a cute rhyme Yummy Watermelons.  Wow! Watermelons are so much Fun with Friends at Storytime!