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If You Give A Moose A Muffin
A fun book about a moose, who when given one thing he desires immediately has to have something else, and all the silliness that follows each request. This story is wonderful for introducing cooking to your child if you have not yet. Besides reading to my children cooking a simple recipe is a favorite activity- for quality time, math and science lessons.
Start with a 6 cup or 12 cup muffin tin (I buy them at Dollar Tree and Designate them just for the kids). Using a sharpie, write numbers inside bottom of muffin tin. Provide your child with small items to use for counters; unifix cubes, beans, paperclips, chocolate chips, anything you have a good amount of. Have your child place a corresponding number of items in each cup.
Cook a recipe with your child like our delicious Snickerdoodle muffins here. Teach your child how to measure ingredients by cups, teaspoons, tablespoons
Teach skip counting to Kindergarteners by placing chocolate chips in pairs on table.
Provide your child with a ruler and various bowls, cups, utensils from your kitchen and have them measure height, if they are able have them record the results .
Beginning literacy comes from reading to and with your child. Simple language makes this an ideal book to start with.
On a couple 3×5 card’s that have been cut in half, write words like moose, and muffin, Give them to your child and ask him look for the words as you read the story. Don’t give him too many so he is not overwhelmed.
Identify words that may be new to your child like; antlers, jam, and scenery.
For older children provide a writing prompt such as “If you give a _____” have them write a paragraph on what happens.
A fantastic sensory bin for this theme is of course a cooking bin! Start with flour for a base, include measuring cups, spoons, sifters, cookie cutters, or anything you can find to make it fun. If you are feeling really daring, give your child some water to add another dimension to their sensory play. Don’t forget to place a drop cloth beneath the bin to catch the mess. You can get shower curtain liners at Dollar Tree, they are thin, but depending on the activity I can usually get several uses before I need to replace it.
Give your child cupcake wrappers, a muffin tin, plastic knife, beans or beads, a rolling pin and play dough. Help you child create pretend muffins. Play dough is also one of the best fine motor skill building activities you can do.
Purple fingerpainting (for the blackberry jam the moose needed on his muffin of course)
Print out the attached antler template, trace them onto brown cardstock twice. I took a 12×12 piece of scrapbook cardstock, folded it in half, traced the template and cut once, placing the template right up to the edge gave me enough room that I was also able to cut 2 thin strips to make enough to fit around the kids head for a headband. Staple antlers to headband and allow them to decorate their antlers with markers, crayons, or even glitter!
Let them make cupcakes! Print out one of many available blank cupcake templates- just do an internet search of cupcake templates, pick out your favorite and let your child color with markers, crayons, or paint.
Trace your childs foot vertically on a large piece of paper for the moose head, trace handprints on either side for antlers, give them google eyes and crayons or markers to decorate. Alternatively you could paint their hands and feet and let them press the prints down onto paper.
Moose themed snack idea:
Muffins, of course, like our recipe here
Make “Moose Munch” by combining any combination of the following; popcorn, chocolate chips, cranberries, nuts, yogurt covered raisins, bugles, pretzels, or m&m’s.
Moose march- put on your moose headband and march around the room with or without music.
Sing “Do You Know The Muffin Man”
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