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Little Mouse, Little Mouse

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This is a simple felt board to help learn colors.

All you need is felt or construction paper.

For the mouse; I just made a half circle and added an eye, ear, tail and a mouth.

Tell the children….”look at all the little houses we have. They are all different colors. Can you tell me the colors we have? Let the children tell you the colors of the houses.

But we have a problem. We don’t know which house the little mouse is hiding in. Will you help me find her?

Let’s call for her….  “Little mouse, little mouse, are you in the [Point to a color of house] ________ house?” Slowly peel back the house to see if the mouse is under the house.  “She wasn’t in that house, which house should we try next?” Ask the child(ren) to choose a color, and repeat the chant.

 

Kitty Kitty

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This is my adaption to the game “Kitty, Kitty Are You In the Blue Hat”.

You will hide the cat under one of the hats and the child/children then ask, “Kitty cat, kitty cat, are you in the [color] hat?” Each child takes a turn lifting a hat to see if the cat is indeed under it. Before the next child lifts the hat; repeat, “Kitty cat, kitty cat, are you in the [color] hat?”.

For this you need either felt or paper (depending on how you wish to make these, permanent makers and glue.  Make sure when printing off the cat; that you print him off small enough to fit under the hats. I made my hats to fit an 8×10 piece of construction paper and then laminated them.

Five Little Monkeys Felt Board

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This is a Felt Story Board for 5 Little Monkeys.

I did free-hand the bed, but below you will find the template for the monkeys. I did alter them a bit. On the Facebook page; you can read why other people did to up the Felt Board story. They were great ideas!