Mice+(letter+knowledge)

Letter Knowledge All About Mice 10/8/2009 Sing The More we Get Together/ The More we Read Together

Today is ** letter knowledge ** – For children, this means knowing that the same letter can look different and that letters have names and are related to sounds.

The first story is about a mouse and a huge mess –Read **Mouse Mess ** made such a mess? House, grouse, mouse Rice mice Sky, high, my Then harder Hit, hill, him Had, ham Sam – It’s easier at the beginning, isn’t it?
 * Ask Questions ** – What food does the mouse like best? And you? What would happen if you
 * Hear the sound “M” makes? ** Mmmmmmmmm. Rub your tummy when you the Mmmmmm sound.

Use mouse finger puppet for **Hickory, Dickory Dock ** Hickory Dickory Doc The mouse ran up the clock The clock struck one The mouse ran down Hickory Dickory Doc Struck 2, The mouse said, “boo!” Struck 3, The mouse said, “Whee!” Struck 4, The mouse said, “No more!” (sit down dramatically)

In our next book some mice use shapes to save them from the cat What do cats like to do to mice? Right! Eat them. So lets see how clever these mice are. Use felt shapes to have kids guess the matching letters Adults: Helping your child see shapes will help them when they try to recognize and make letters. A circle becomes an “O” and then part of a “b”, “d” or “c” Triangles can be seen in “v”, “A”, “W” Being able to see the difference between shapes is the first step in seeing the difference between letters. A lower case n and h are similar, but different, and kids need to be able to see those differences.
 * Read Mouse Shapes **

 There is a creature in my house and Mouse is what it’s called – oh. M-O-U-S-E, M-O-U-S-E, M-O-U-S-E And Mouse is what it’s called-oh.
 * Sing M-O-U-S-E to BINGO **

And/Or **The Z was Zapped **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> Sing Razzama Tazzama
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Read Mouse, Look Out! **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> And get kids to chime in.