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c. "Five Little Monkeys Jumping On the Bed" & "Five Little Monkeys
Sitting In a Tree" songbook by Eileen Christelow
• Monkey Puppets – Make or buy monkey puppets to act out the
story/song.
• Monkey Plate Character – Use cut out monkey parts to glue on a
paper plate in the form of a monkey.
• Tree/Bed Poster – Draw, copy or print graphic symbol of a large
tree or bed with Velcro attached. Velcro pictures or graphic
symbol pictures of monkeys to the tree. Take off or have the
students take off the monkey symbols as you sing/read the story.
• Additional suggestions available from "More Hands On Reading"
by Kelly & Friend
d. "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jake Keats
• Footprints – Make footprints from biscuits. Shape one biscuit
into foot and use another biscuit to make five toes.
• Sponge Paint Footprints – Sponge paint blue paper with white
paint. Use foot sponge print to make black footprints in the
snow.
• Ivory Snowmen – Mix Ivory detergent with water and shape
balls into a snowman. Attach buttons, toothpicks, beads, etc.
• Snow Cones – make crushed ice by placing ice cubes in a bag
and crushing with a hammer. Put the crushed ice in a cup and
pour on flavored juice.
• Additional suggestions available from "More Hands On Reading"
by Kelly & Friend and "Units" by Dianne DeTommaso
e. "Going On a Bear Hunt" by Rosen & Oxenbury
• Bear Cave – Cut out a black cave and cut slit to make a "door"
and glue to blue paper. Cut out a bear shape from brown paper,
felt or fur. Glue eyes, nose and teeth on bear shape. Glue the
bear behind the "door" of the cave.
• Story Actions – Put motor actions to the story sequence.
• Story Sequence – Have students draw or make graphic symbols
pictures of the story sequence. Have students put the story in