Book Lesson Plan

Title: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Author: Laura Numeroff
Illustrator: Felicia Bond
Theme/Moral: When you do something nice it will lead to something else.
5. Story Stretchers:
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a. What was the first thing the boy gave the mouse?
b. What do you think the boy will give the mouse next?
c. Why was the mouse asking for so much?

Name of Activity

Cookie Jumping Large Motor\Physical

Length of Activity

45 minutes

Activity Objective
Directions for
Caregiver/Teacher

I can follow the teachers directions so that I can work on my listening skills.
1. Write numbers 1-10 on the cookie templates
2. Set and tape out cookies on the blacktop outside
3. Make children file up into a line
4. Lead them outside
5. Shout out a number and let children find and jump on it
1. Get jackets from cubbies
2. Line up at the door
3. When you shout out a number run and jump onto it
4. Keep doing this until time is up

Directions to Tell Preschooler

Objects Needed

Physical
Social-Emotional

Intellectual

1. Large cookie templates for the children to jump on

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Jumping and running
May get sad if people beat them to the number

Numbers and listening